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← COLORADO ENTERPRISE FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COLORADO ENTERPRISE FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,269,112
Total expenses
$10,805,892
Contributions and grants received
$12,136,951
Grants paid
$1,600,077
Program service revenue
$5,800,275
Investment income
$285,542
Other revenue
$46,344
Total assets, end of year
$70,114,897
Total liabilities, end of year
$35,749,678
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$34,365,219
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,584,606
Management and general expenses
$1,889,490
Fundraising expenses
$331,796
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,584,606

Program services were 79.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $11,051,909

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,085,042

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NEW MARKET TAX CREDIT PROGRAM

    total $3,106,418 · related or exempt $3,106,418

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LOAN INTEREST

    total $2,060,579 · related or exempt $2,060,579

  • 2c · Program service revenue: GRANT ADMIN. FEES

    total $326,635 · related or exempt $326,635

  • 2d · Program service revenue: LOAN ORIG/SVC FEES

    total $306,643 · related or exempt $306,643

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $285,542 · excluded $285,542

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $46,344 · related or exempt $46,344

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $46,344

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $932,145 · program services $932,145

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $667,932 · program services $667,932

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $756,752 · program services $242,097 · management and general $395,048 · fundraising $119,607

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,697,764 · program services $2,030,715 · management and general $604,876 · fundraising $62,173

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $31,176 · program services $28,217 · management and general $2,222 · fundraising $737

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $235,148 · program services $158,074 · management and general $64,991 · fundraising $12,083

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $266,842 · program services $176,356 · management and general $76,530 · fundraising $13,956

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $125,806 · program services $74,343 · management and general $43,526 · fundraising $7,937

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $7,000 · management and general $7,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,443,368 · program services $907,658 · management and general $463,883 · fundraising $71,827

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $421,509 · program services $283,204 · management and general $115,894 · fundraising $22,411

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $150,371 · program services $99,380 · management and general $43,127 · fundraising $7,864

  • 17 · Travel

    total $77,682 · program services $51,340 · management and general $22,279 · fundraising $4,063

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $76,428 · program services $50,511 · management and general $21,920 · fundraising $3,997

  • 20 · Interest

    total $576,051 · program services $576,051

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $51,307 · program services $33,909 · management and general $14,715 · fundraising $2,683

  • 24a · Other expenses: NEW MARKET TAX CREDIT

    total $1,710,000 · program services $1,710,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: REDUCTION IN LOAN LOSS

    total $531,610 · program services $531,610

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $47,001 · program services $31,064 · management and general $13,479 · fundraising $2,458

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $15,052,524 · end of year $17,250,832

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $21,705,481 · end of year $19,622,934

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $645,319 · end of year $1,988,400

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $167,107 · end of year $160,023

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $29,098,052 · end of year $30,393,232

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $47,118 · end of year $55,817

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

    $378,553

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

    $213,556

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $41,685 · end of year $164,997

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $612,242 · end of year $478,662

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $365,622 · end of year $657,327

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $6,871,552 · end of year $5,537,665

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $22,021,617 · end of year $18,856,607

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,208,738 · end of year $10,698,079

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,414,166 · end of year $30,436,814

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,487,833 · end of year $3,928,405

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ACCELERATE COMMUNITY PROSPERITY BY FINANCING AND SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

  • SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM - CEF AGGREGATES AND LEVERAGES CAPITAL TO SPUR INVESTMENT AND BUILD CAPACITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM BANK FINANCING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKS, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING LOW- INCOME AND MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. CEF PROVIDES FINANCING OPTIONS WHEN BANKS CANNOT LEND OR CANNOT LEND ENOUGH, SPECIALIZING IN LOANS UP TO 500,000 FOR NEW AND EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES THROUGHOUT COLORADO. CEF CATALYZES BUSINESS OWNERSHIP AND JOB CREATION BY OFFERING FLEXIBLE FINANCING PRODUCTS, PERSONALIZED CLIENT SUPPORT, ONE-ON- ONE BUSINESS COACHING, AND ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR UNDERSERVED ENTREPRENEURS.

    Expenses $6,984,529 · Revenue $5,800,275

  • DURING 2022, CEF ENTERED INTO AGREEMENTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO ADMINISTER GRANT PROGRAMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY ECONOMIC HARDSHIP CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, FUNDED BY THE STATE OF COLORADO AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA). BECAUSE OF CEF'S INVOLVEMENT IN GRANTMAKING ACTIVITIES FOR THESE PROGRAMS, GRANT REVENUE AND GRANT EXPENSES ARE REPORTED IN THE STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $1,600,077 · Grants $1,600,077

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cecilia Prinster

    PRESIDENT AN

    Total calculated
    $191,036
    From this org
    $183,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,017
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,519
    Bonus
    $20,500
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,692
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,325
    Filer's total
    $191,036
  • Dave Mesko

    CFO & CAO TH

    Total calculated
    $113,931
    From this org
    $109,027
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,904
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nim Patel

    INTERIM CFO

    Total calculated
    $170,744
    From this org
    $170,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,244
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $170,744
  • Lewis Hagler

    DIR BUSINESS

    Total calculated
    $125,608
    From this org
    $121,471
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,137
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alan Ramirez

    DIR OF STRAT

    Total calculated
    $130,648
    From this org
    $111,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,992
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tina Robinson

    DIR OF FIN T

    Total calculated
    $138,058
    From this org
    $123,034
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,024
    Hours/week
    40
  • Carrie Hanson

    DIR OF DEVEL

    Total calculated
    $124,357
    From this org
    $108,701
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,656
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brian Peagler

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Rubin

    V CHAIR, SEC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Bunyard

    TREASURER, A

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Izzy Abbass

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ed Briscoe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mizraim Cordero

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Graf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Simone Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kyle Frazer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sean Koutsakis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Liddy Romero

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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)

SCHEDULE J, PART III
PART I, LINE 3 - THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUALLY PERFORMS A COMPENSATION REVIEW FOR THE CEO AND APPROVES SALARY INCREASES AND BONUSES. THIS INCLUDES THE USE OF SALARY DATA ON SIMILAR POSITIONS FROM EMPLOYER'S COUNCIL.

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

  • 100 PERCENT CHIROPRACTIC SUPR LLC

    $20,000

    DISASTER RECOVERY

  • ARG LIMITED

    $20,000

    DISASTER RECOVERY

  • EAST WEST WELLNESS LLC

    $20,000

    DISASTER RECOVERY

  • ELEVATE COLORADO

    $20,000

    DISASTER RECOVERY

  • FEARLESS MOTION DANCE CENTER

    $20,000

    DISASTER RECOVERY

  • FITNESS CYCLING SUPERIOR LLC

    $20,000

    DISASTER RECOVERY

  • FRINGE INNOVATIONS

    $20,000

    DISASTER RECOVERY

  • JUNIPER PAINTS

    $20,000

    DISASTER RECOVERY

  • KIDSPOT PHYSICAL THERAPY LLC

    $20,000

    DISASTER RECOVERY

  • MCSTERLINGLTD

    $20,000

    DISASTER RECOVERY

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • CEF SUB-CDE 1 LLC

    RELATED · NMTC · CO · 0.01% owned · share of income $62,225 · share of assets $1,371 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CEF

  • CEF SUB-CDE 2 LLC

    RELATED · INVESTMENT · CO · 0.01% owned · share of income $41,786 · share of assets $1,285 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CEF

  • CEF SUB-CDE 3 LLC

    RELATED · INVESTMENT · CO · 0.01% owned · share of income $34,393 · share of assets $894 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CEF

  • CEF SUB-CDE 4 LLC

    RELATED · INVESTMENT · CO · 0.01% owned · share of income $35,143 · share of assets $894 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CEF

  • CEF SUB-CDE 5 LLC

    RELATED · NMTC · CO · 0.01% owned · share of income $52,857 · share of assets $2,991 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CEF

  • CEF SUB-CDE 6 LLC

    RELATED · NMTC · CO · 0.01% owned · share of income $16,393 · share of assets $899 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by CEF

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
3 June 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441559349301459

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