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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ADVANCE COLORADO.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 5 February 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,715,916
Total expenses
$5,190,000
Contributions and grants received
$5,660,095
Grants paid
$2,424,300
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$55,821
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,712,244
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,712,244
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,581,577
Management and general expenses
$608,423
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,581,577

Program services were 88.3% 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

    $5,660,095

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $55,821 · excluded $55,821

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,424,300 · program services $2,424,300

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $767,340 · program services $184,575 · management and general $582,765

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,345 · management and general $11,345

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,022,414 · program services $1,022,414

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $496,845 · program services $496,845

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,566 · management and general $9,566

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT MAIL PROGRAM

    total $229,546 · program services $229,546

  • 24b · Other expenses: POLLING

    total $164,700 · program services $164,700

  • 24c · Other expenses: ACADEMY SUPPORT

    total $28,850 · program services $28,850

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,094 · program services $5,347 · management and general $4,747

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,186,328 · end of year $1,712,244

  • 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 $1,186,328 · end of year $1,712,244

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ADVANCE COLORADO IS A CHARITABLE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES A PUBLIC EDUCATION MISSION. ADVANCE COLORADO EDUCATES CITIZENS ON PRINCIPLES TO ENHANCE AND STRENGTHEN ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP IN A DEMOCRACY. SPECIFIC PUBLIC EDUCATION ISSUES INCLUDE: GOVERNMENT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY; GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY; LIMITED GOVERNMENT; FREE ENTERPRISE; LOWER TAXES, STRONG PUBLIC SAFETY, AND AN ACCOUNTABLE EDUCATION SYSTEM. ADVANCE COLORADO MAKES PUBLIC EDUCATION MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

  • THROUGH ITS WEBSITE, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ADVANCE COLORADO PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. THESE PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS INCLUDED PODCASTS, CITIZEN GUIDES, WHITE PAPERS, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, ISSUE-BASED POLLING, AND NEWSLETTERS. THESE MATERIALS PROVIDED FACT-BASED ANSWERS TO ISSUES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO SUSTAINING AND SUPPORTING FREE AND OPEN DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ADDITION, REPRESENTATIVES OF ADVANCE COLORADO ACCEPTED ALL INVITATIONS TO SPEAK TO CITIZEN GROUPS ACROSS COLORADO ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

    Expenses $4,581,577 · Grants $2,424,300

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Fields

    PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349320849

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