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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by READY COLORADO.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,313,301
Total expenses
$1,933,540
Contributions and grants received
$1,313,253
Grants paid
$1,165,675
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$48
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$140,688
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$140,688
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,912,533
Management and general expenses
$21,007
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,912,533

Program services were 98.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,313,253

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $48 · excluded $48

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,165,675 · program services $1,165,675

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $135,971 · program services $135,971

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $31,169 · program services $31,169

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $65,178 · program services $65,178

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $55 · program services $55

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,186 · program services $5,593 · management and general $5,593

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,702 · program services $17,702

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $335 · management and general $335

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,027 · management and general $4,027

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,630 · program services $15,630

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $200 · management and general $200

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFFING SUPPORT

    total $162,850 · program services $162,850

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $135,559 · program services $135,559

  • 24c · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $109,150 · program services $109,150

  • 24d · Other expenses: GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

    total $55,001 · program services $55,001

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,852 · program services $13,000 · management and general $10,852

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $760,926 · end of year $140,688

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $760,926 · end of year $140,688

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

READY COLORADO IS AN ORGANIZATION OF CONSERVATIVES WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE EDUCATION IN COLORADO. THE TOUCHSTONE OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM SHOULD BE CHOICE; NO ONE SYSTEM OF SCHOOLING SHOULD HAVE A MONOPOLY OVER OPPORTUNITY. PARENTS SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO THE SCHOOL THAT WILL HELP THEIR CHILDREN THRIVE, REGARDLESS OF TYPE-PUBLIC, PRIVATE, CHARTER, TRADITIONAL, MAGNET, VIRTUAL, OR HOME SCHOOL. READY COLORADO BELIEVES THAT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM NEEDS TO FOCUS MORE ATTENTION ON THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES; AND LESS ON THE NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF. SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, AND THE STATE SHOULD BE MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS.

  • EDUCATION POLICY ADVOCACY IN COLORADO

    Expenses $1,912,533 · Grants $1,165,675

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Luke Ragland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ellie Reynolds

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Craig Hulse

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brenda Dickhoner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $167,140
    From this org
    $135,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,169
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,971
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,169
    Filer's total
    $167,140

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART VII SECTION A LINE 5
ELLIE REYNOLDS IS A PARTNER AT PURPLE LABEL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, A GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FIRM THAT PROVIDED CONTRACT SERVICES TO READY COLORADO AROUND LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY. ELLIE EARNED COMPENSATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF $12,100 FROM THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY PURPLE LABEL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS TO READY COLORADO.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • COLORADO DAWN

    $410,000

    GENERAL ASSISTANCE

  • PROTECTING COLORADO'S FUTURE

    $310,000

    GENERAL ASSISTANCE

  • READY COLORADO ACTION FUND

    $150,000

    GENERAL ASSISTANCE

  • COLORADIANS FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT

    $150,000

    GENERAL ASSISTANCE

  • COLORADIANS FOR CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP IE

    $75,000

    GENERAL ASSISTANCE

  • PURPLE LABEL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS

    $34,600

    GENERAL ASSISTANCE

  • SENATE MAJORITY FUND

    $13,625

    GENERAL ASSISTANCE

  • LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF THE ROCKIES

    $7,500

    EVENT SPONSORSHIP

  • NEW DAY COLORADO FUND

    $7,500

    GENERAL ASSISTANCE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349320491

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