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← THE ASPEN EFFECT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE ASPEN EFFECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$182,740
Total expenses
$206,855
Contributions and grants received
$170,482
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$12,258
Total assets, end of year
$100,967
Total liabilities, end of year
$81,907
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,060
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$84,379
Management and general expenses
$113,837
Fundraising expenses
$8,639
Program service expenses (Part III)
$84,379

Program services were 40.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $56,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $114,482

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Direct Program Costs

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $45,953

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $33,695

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $12,258

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $119,476 · program services $23,895 · management and general $95,581

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $35,000 · program services $24,500 · management and general $7,000 · fundraising $3,500

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,363 · program services $4,454 · management and general $1,273 · fundraising $636

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $500 · program services $350 · management and general $100 · fundraising $50

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,681 · program services $2,577 · management and general $736 · fundraising $368

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $975 · management and general $975

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,997 · program services $3,498 · management and general $999 · fundraising $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $465 · program services $326 · management and general $93 · fundraising $46

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $308 · program services $216 · management and general $61 · fundraising $31

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,262 · program services $2,983 · management and general $853 · fundraising $426

  • 24a · Other expenses: Animal Care

    total $17,821 · program services $12,475 · management and general $3,564 · fundraising $1,782

  • 24b · Other expenses: Ops/Mentor Expense

    total $5,529 · program services $3,870 · management and general $1,106 · fundraising $553

  • 24c · Other expenses: Stripe Fees

    total $2,343 · program services $1,640 · management and general $469 · fundraising $234

  • 24d · Other expenses: Meals/Snacks

    total $1,725 · program services $1,208 · management and general $345 · fundraising $172

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,410 · program services $2,387 · management and general $682 · fundraising $341

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $62,678 · end of year $90,095

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $11,426

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $554

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $10,872

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $506

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $81,401

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $52,678 · end of year $19,060

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Create youth interactions that strengthen resilience and leadership and help prevent mental health crisis.

  • Building Resiliency in youth with a unique animal environment, a caring mentor team and a strength based approach. The Aspen Effect was able to accomplish this in 2023 through the support of our community by way of individual volunteers donating more than 1900 hours of their time and representing more than 40% of Cash donations for the year.

    Expenses $84,379

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jerry Van Leuven

    President

    Total calculated
    $119,476
    From this org
    $41,774
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,702
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441159349300924

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