Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$906,951

Total expenses

$852,762

Contributions and grants received

$788,751

Grants paid

$553,500

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$8,941

Other revenue

$109,259

Total assets, end of year

$441,488

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,492

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$435,996

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$762,008

Management and general expenses

$49,435

Fundraising expenses

$41,319

Program service expenses (Part III)

$762,008

Program services were 89.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• IN SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. THERE ARE FOUR PATHWAYS AT ACC, UNC, UCCS AND REGIS WITH OVER 90 STUDENTS ENROLLED FOCUSED ON 4 AREAS: ACADEMIC GROWTH, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, INDEPENDENCE, AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT. TO DATE, 44 STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED EARNING A COMPREHENSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION CERTIFICATE WITH A FOCUS IN A VARIETY OF FIELDS SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY. LEGISLATION PASSED IN 2022, LED BY IN, ALLOWED IN TO DEVELOP A GRANT PROGRAM FOR COLLEGES TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDS NEEDED TO ESTABLISH INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR, CSU AND MSU DENVER WERE AWARDED FUNDS TO ESTABLISH NEW PROGRAMS IN FALL OF 2024. THIS EXPANSION DOUBLES THE NUMBER OF OPTIONS FROM JUST 2 YEARS AGO.

  Expenses $183,348 · Grants $37,500

• THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM FOCUSES ON COLLABORATIONS WITH PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, K-12 EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO REDEFINE EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (ID) AND BREAK DOWN STEREOTYPES THAT STUDENTS WITH ID CANNOT ATTEND COLLEGE. THE PROGRAM WORKS TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT COLLEGE IS POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS WITH ID, HIGHLIGHTING THE OPTIONS NOW AVAILABLE IN COLORADO. THE PROGRAM PUTS AN EMPHASIS ON INFORMING ABOUT THE COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN COLORADO AND WHAT THE NEEDED STEPS ARE TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE, INCLUDING EARLY INCLUSION, ACADEMIC PREPARATION, SELF-ADVOCACY, AND SOCIAL INDEPENDENCE.

  Expenses $578,660 · Grants $516,000

• IN OVERSEES AND LEADS THE COLORADO INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION CONSORTIUM. THE GROUP IS MADE UP OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE WORKING TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVE COLLEGE ACCESS IN COLORADO. THIS GROUP MEETS TO SHARE PROGRESS AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP BEST PRACTICES, WORK TOWARDS ACCREDITATION STANDARDS, CONDUCT PROGRAM EVALUATION AND ONBOARD NEW COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES LOOKING TO ESTABLISH INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION THEMSELVES. WITH THE GRADUATE NUMBER INCREASING, AN EVALUATION OF GRADUATES WAS COMPLETED AND SHOWED AN 84% EMPLOYMENT RATE ALONG WITH 88% OF RESPONSES AGREEING THAT THEIR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM PREPARED THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT. ALONG WITH EMPLOYMENT RATES, THE SURVEY SHOWED POSITIVE OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED SOCIALIZATION AND INDEPENDENT LIVING.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• METRO STATE UNIVERSITY DENVER

  $197,500

  PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

• PIKES PEAK STATE COLLEGE

  $153,000

  PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

• LAMAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE

  $150,000

  PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

• ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  SCHOLARSHIPS

• CU COLORADO SPRINGS

  $15,500

  PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

• UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO

  $10,000

  SCHOLARSHIPS

• REGIS UNIVERSITY

  $7,500

  SCHOLARSHIPS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

29 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202541499349301549

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