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← DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,830,207
Total expenses
$2,419,731
Contributions and grants received
$1,315,679
Grants paid
$133,350
Program service revenue
$1,315,009
Investment income
$199,519
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,602,708
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,498,730
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,103,978
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,626,860
Management and general expenses
$581,197
Fundraising expenses
$211,674
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,626,860

Program services were 67.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $119,349

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,196,330

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE

    total $586,275 · related or exempt $586,275

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LEADERSHIP DENVER

    total $227,885 · related or exempt $227,885

  • 2c · Program service revenue: IMPACT DENVER

    total $203,088 · related or exempt $203,088

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ACCESS DENVER

    total $116,515 · related or exempt $116,515

  • 2e · Program service revenue: B:CIVIC

    total $112,800 · related or exempt $112,800

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $68,446 · related or exempt $68,446

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $202,508 · excluded $202,508

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,989

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,989

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,989 · excluded -$2,989

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $82,651

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $119,349

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $82,651

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $125,000 · program services $125,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $8,350 · program services $8,350

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $234,828 · program services $138,548 · management and general $72,797 · fundraising $23,483

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $608,401 · program services $378,613 · management and general $113,500 · fundraising $116,288

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,269 · program services $14,547 · management and general $4,318 · fundraising $4,404

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $63,779 · program services $40,119 · management and general $12,499 · fundraising $11,161

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $61,550 · program services $37,996 · management and general $13,342 · fundraising $10,212

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $100,000 · management and general $100,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $93,053 · management and general $93,053

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $180,054 · program services $66,816 · management and general $110,238 · fundraising $3,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,110 · program services $1,528 · fundraising $12,582

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $61,456 · program services $43,749 · management and general $7,103 · fundraising $10,604

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $786,892 · program services $739,525 · management and general $43,750 · fundraising $3,617

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,983 · program services $18,440 · management and general $6,542 · fundraising $5,001

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,550 · program services $3,413 · management and general $1,211 · fundraising $926

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENTS AND TRAINING

    total $23,456 · program services $10,216 · management and general $2,844 · fundraising $10,396

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $800,793 · end of year $821,877

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,779,620 · end of year $2,968,178

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $150,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $11,513

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $336,107 · end of year $578,611

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

    $242,801

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

    $170,272

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $63,322 · end of year $72,529

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $5,243,687

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $213,204 · end of year $278,931

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,034,446 · end of year $1,164,629

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $120,593 · end of year $55,170

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,410,913 · end of year $2,830,165

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,444,373 · end of year $273,813

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FOUNDATION HAS BUILT STRONG, DIVERSE LEADERS FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. THE VALUES THAT GUIDE US ARE THE SAME ONES WE SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY. WE CALL THEM COLORADO'S CIVIC DNA, AND WE PASS THEM ON IN EVERYTHING WE DO: INCLUSIVITY, COLLABORATION, SHARED VISION, LEADERSHIP, RESPONSIBILITY. AN AFFILIATE ORGANIZATION OF THE DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE FOUNDATION IS THE STATE'S PREMIER LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION WITH A HISTORY OF PREPARING AND CONNECTING LEADERS FROM THE BUSINESS AND CIVIC COMMUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN COLORADO'S FUTURE. THE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION HELPS EMERGING AND RECOGNIZED LEADERS EXPAND THEIR SKILLS, ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL AND STATE ISSUES, AND LEVERAGE THEIR INDIVIDUAL PASSION TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE FOUNDATION ALSO ENHANCES INDIVIDUAL, CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH WHILE CREATING VALUE FOR PARTICIPATING COMPANIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

  • LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE: LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE IS AN ANNUAL CITY-TO-CITY EXCHANGE THAT BRINGS DENVER'S PROMINENT BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES OF ANOTHER CITY FACING RELEVANT BUSINESS AND POLICY ISSUES WHILE STRENGTHENING THE COLLECTIVE VISION AND COLLABORATION IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. INCLUSIVE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THIS PROGRAM GENERATED TOTAL REVENUE OF 953,091 AND EXPENSES OF 641,111 FOR A PROGRAM NET OF 311,980.

    Expenses $641,111 · Revenue $586,275

  • B:CIVIC PROVIDES COMPANIES OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES THE INFORMATION, INSIGHT AND A NETWORK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO BE CIVIC-MINDED WHILE MEETING BUSINESS GOALS. INCLUSIVE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THIS PROGRAM GENERATED TOTAL REVENUE OF 354,183. THERE WERE PROGRAM EXPENSES OF 185,660 WITH ADDITIONAL EXPENSES COVERING FUNDRAISING OF 84,103 AND MG&A OF 35,346. TOTAL NET REVENUE FOR B:CIVIC WAS 49,074.

    Expenses $185,660 · Revenue $112,800

  • IMPACT DENVER BUILDS CONFIDENCE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WHILE INTRODUCING THEM TO TOPICS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE REGION. INCLUSIVE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THIS PROGRAM GENERATED TOTAL REVENUE OF 224,088 AND EXPENSES OF 155,193 FOR A PROGRAM NET OF 68,895.

    Expenses $155,193 · Grants $7,000 · Revenue $203,088

  • LEADERSHIP DENVER, ACCESS DENVER, LEADERSHIP ALUMNI NETWORK, LEADERSHIP FELLOWS, COLORADO LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE,COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO PREPARE AND CONNECT LEADERS FROM THE BUSINESS AND CIVIC COMMUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN COLORADO'S FUTURE. LEADERSHIP DENVER IS AN 11-MONTH PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE LEADERS FOCUSED ON ASSUMING CIVIC LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE DENVER METRO COMMUNITY. LEADERSHIP DENVER IS A BALANCE OF IN-DEPTH ISSUES SEMINARS, RETREATS, AND A GROUP COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT. INCLUSIVE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THIS PROGRAM GENERATED TOTAL REVENUE OF 295,385 AND EXPENSES OF 211,911 FOR A PROGRAM NET OF 83,474. ACCESS DENVER EXPOSES SENIOR-LEVEL DENVER EXECUTIVES TO THE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE AND CRITICAL ISSUES OF THE DENVER AREA, PROVIDING AN EXCLUSIVE TWO- DAY INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY'S BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LANDSCAPE. INCLUSIVE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THIS PROGRAM GENERATED TOTAL REVENUE OF 137,315 AND EXPENSES OF 68,975 FOR A PROGRAM NET OF 68,340. LEADERSHIP ALUMNI NETWORK TIES TOGETHER OVER 5,000 ALUMNI OF THE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS, WHO REPRESENT THE DENVER METRO REGION'S BUSINESS, CIVIC, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. INCLUSIVE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THIS PROGRAM GENERATED TOTAL REVENUE OF 17,500 AND EXPENSES OF 66,553 FOR A PROGRAM LOSS OF (49,053). LEADERSHIP FELLOWS HELPS LEADERS WITH A DEEP COMMITMENT TO COLORADO TO FURTHER DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS SO THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR BUSINESS AND CIVIC IMPACT. INCLUSIVE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THIS PROGRAM GENERATED TOTAL REVENUE OF 93,446 AND EXPENSES OF 120,218 FOR A PROGRAM NET LOSS OF (26,772). THE COLORADO LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE DEVELOPS THE NEXT GENERATION OF COLORADO'S LEADERS THROUGH A CONSORTIUM OF LEADERSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS ACROSS COLORADO. CLA COORDINATES A RICH ARRAY OF PROGRAMMATIC AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR ITS PROGRAMS ON MORE THAN THIRTEEN CAMPUSES (CSU-FT. COLLINS, CSU-PUEBLO, THE US AIR FORCE ACADEMY, CU-BOULDER, CU-COLORADO SPRINGS, CU-DENVER, UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO, REGIS UNIVERSITY, METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, OTERO JUNIOR COLLEGE, FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY). INCLUSIVE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THIS PROGRAM GENERATED TOTAL PROGRAM REVENUE TOTALED 0, AND EXPENSES OF 10,188 FOR A PROGRAM NET LOSS OF (10,188). COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM REVENUE TOTALED 0, AND EXPENSES TOTALED 31,835, FOR A NET LOSS OF (31,835). INCLUSIVE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO OTHER PROGRAMS IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, OTHER PROGRAMS GENERATED REVENUE TOTALING 0 AND EXPENSES OF 135,216, FOR PROGRAM LOSSES OF (135,216).

    Expenses $644,896 · Grants $126,350 · Revenue $412,846

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jerome Davis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $293,468
    From this org
    $273,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,551
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,917
    Bonus
    $44,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,012
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,539
    Filer's total
    $293,468
  • Jonathan Ament

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $407,397
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $380,501
    Other
    $26,896
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $290,501 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $90,000 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $12,789 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $14,107 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $407,397 related
  • Tyler Smith

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Paul Lhevine

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kayla Garcia

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Jones

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adeeb Khan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexandra Ballas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Morrison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chantell Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Espinosa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Demesha Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dianne Myles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diedra Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gloria Schoch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Guillermo Lambarri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Eiteljorg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeremy Morgan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Acosta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Licko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jocelyn Hittle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Nimmons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Romero

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Dunkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Schmidt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisha Burnett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4.1 related
  • Luke Ragland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lydia McCoy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynnea Greene Hutton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maggie Dehn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marie Logsden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maureen McDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Mahncke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Hintze

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meshach Rhoades

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Katz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monica Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nolbert Chavez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Hogan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Hutchings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susie Moss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyler Lyons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vanecia Kerr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Simpkins

    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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings

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
  • 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, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6A
EMPLOYEES AT VP LEVEL AND HIGHER ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A YEAR-END BONUS. THE BONUS IS BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL AFFILIATES IN REACHING THE ORGANIZATION'S OVERALL GOALS, THE NET EARNINGS OF THE FOUNDATION, PERSONAL PERFORMANCE, AND IS DEPENDENT UPON THE FOUNDATION ACHIEVING THE BOARD RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF RESERVE.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 January 2024
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500159349301625

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