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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MOONSHOT EDVENTURES.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,213,129
Total expenses
$2,260,911
Contributions and grants received
$790,696
Grants paid
$150,287
Program service revenue
$222,067
Investment income
$123,797
Other revenue
$76,569
Total assets, end of year
$5,529,790
Total liabilities, end of year
$688,323
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,841,467
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,583,553
Management and general expenses
$378,588
Fundraising expenses
$298,770
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,583,553

Program services were 70.0% 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

    $790,696

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,570

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PARTICIPANT PROGRAM FEES

    total $213,617 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $8,450 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $123,797 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $123,797

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $72,679

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $72,679

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $72,679 · excluded $72,679

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $3,890 · related or exempt $3,890 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,890

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $130,287 · program services $130,287

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $444,382 · program services $246,533 · management and general $51,332 · fundraising $146,517

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $500,523 · program services $294,260 · management and general $115,024 · fundraising $91,239

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $112,191 · program services $68,467 · management and general $20,000 · fundraising $23,724

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $78,964 · program services $46,339 · management and general $13,694 · fundraising $18,931

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $33,234 · program services $4,916 · management and general $24,325 · fundraising $3,993

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $185,892 · program services $185,892 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $155,434 · program services $132,567 · management and general $14,193 · fundraising $8,674

  • 20 · Interest

    total $475 · program services $0 · management and general $475 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,733 · program services $0 · management and general $7,733 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Professional and Contract Services

    total $514,607 · program services $430,458 · management and general $84,149 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES

    total $69,914 · program services $23,705 · management and general $40,517 · fundraising $5,692

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $7,275 · program services $129 · management and general $7,146 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $657,299 · end of year $443,040

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,983,417 · end of year $3,017,335

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,235,415 · end of year $1,414,185

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $56,027 · end of year $35,974

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

    $21,461

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

    $14,299

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,072 · end of year $7,162

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $766,623 · end of year $612,094

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $58,435 · end of year $63,727

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $12,658

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $760,169 · end of year $611,938

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,378,049 · end of year $2,810,824

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,511,200 · end of year $2,030,643

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To grow a community of BIPOC & historically marginalized leaders with the skills and resources to design collaborative solutions that disrupt systemic inequities impacting youth.

  • The Moonshot Innovation Space is a 9-month Fellowship program for innovative leaders in the Metro Denver area who are working to positively impact youth* across a variety of sectors such as education, healthcare, local government, sustainability, housing, food, the arts, and more. During the program, Moonshot Fellows participate in a variety of weekly workshops and hands-on learning on subjects like leadership, planning pilots, creating budgets, designing practices of self-care, and collaborating with community members.

    Expenses $415,593 · Revenue $8,450

  • Moonshot continues to support our program alums beyond their Innovation Space experience by offering a range of professional development opportunities, micro grant funding, executive coaching, and access to non-profit industry experts. Additionally, Moonshot extends its impact beyond Colorado by helping other nonprofits launch their own local leadership programs through our fee-for-service consulting program.

    Expenses $839,568 · Revenue $192,158

  • Moonshot operates a coworking office space in Denver, CO, dedicated to supporting social justice- focused organizations, consultants, emerging or small nonprofit youth-serving organizations, and BIPOC-led organizations.

    Expenses $290,126 · Revenue $75,939

  • Moonshot serves as a fiscal sponsor for mission-aligned organizations in the process of obtaining 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Moonshot accepts grants on behalf of these fiscally sponsored projects and carefully oversees their expenditures to ensure compliance with the fundings charitable purpose.

    Expenses $38,266 · Revenue $44,089

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathryn Ling

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $202,057
    From this org
    $193,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,806
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,251
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $8,806
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $202,057

  • Chris Young

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniella Morello

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nicole Bergeron

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tatenda Blessing Muchiriri

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Windy Vigil

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daranee Teng

    Managing Director of Strategy and Impact

    Total calculated
    $138,084
    From this org
    $128,620
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,464
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,620
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $9,464
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $138,084

  • Amanda Gonzales

    Managing Director of Schools and Programs

    Total calculated
    $152,731
    From this org
    $122,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,220
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,511
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,220
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $152,731

  • Caleb Fields

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

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)

Pt I Line 3
The board of directors has an annual discussion on executive compensation.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
25 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621769349300612

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