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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COLORADO SUN.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,767,462
Total expenses
$3,455,628
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,767,462
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$594,703
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,300,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$705,297
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,987,589
Management and general expenses
$277,502
Fundraising expenses
$190,537
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,987,589

Program services were 86.5% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Newspaper memberships

    total $1,460,639 · related or exempt $1,460,639

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Grant income

    total $3,683,250 · related or exempt $3,683,250

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Advertising income

    total $386,854 · unrelated business $386,854

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Syndication income

    total $138,624 · related or exempt $138,624

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Community Events

    total $98,095 · related or exempt $98,095

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,322,233 · program services $1,986,512 · management and general $180,421 · fundraising $155,300

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $61,533 · program services $52,637 · management and general $4,781 · fundraising $4,115

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $81,935 · program services $70,090 · management and general $6,366 · fundraising $5,479

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $213,577 · program services $182,701 · management and general $16,593 · fundraising $14,283

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,414 · program services $713 · management and general $2,701

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,446 · management and general $6,446

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $328,725 · program services $281,725 · management and general $47,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,719 · program services $16,719

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,978 · program services $1,692 · management and general $154 · fundraising $132

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,827 · program services $4,129 · management and general $375 · fundraising $323

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,003 · program services $32,003

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $26,325 · program services $26,325

  • 20 · Interest

    total $39,942 · program services $34,168 · management and general $3,103 · fundraising $2,671

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,643 · program services $14,928 · management and general $384 · fundraising $331

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $225,000 · program services $218,072 · management and general $3,723 · fundraising $3,205

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $62,687 · program services $53,625 · management and general $4,870 · fundraising $4,192

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,641 · program services $11,550 · management and general $585 · fundraising $506

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $567,978

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $21,276

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

    $17,414

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

    $11,965

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $5,449

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $1,300,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year -$705,297

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Colorado Sun is a digital, nonpartisan news organization that seeks to educate and inform the people of Colorado about the issues that affect us all. We produce daily news stories about the environment, climate change, education, health, water, transportation, and govt.

  • Provide a journalist-founded, award-winning news outlet based in Denver that strives to cover all of Colorado.

    Expenses $2,987,589

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sylvia Harmon

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $125,362
    From this org
    $125,362
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lawrence Ryckman

    President

    Total calculated
    $123,600
    From this org
    $123,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dana Coffield

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $118,450
    From this org
    $118,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Brown-Koenig

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $90,176
    From this org
    $90,176
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Danika Worthington

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $77,250
    From this org
    $77,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Nina Henderson Moore

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Neal-Graves

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Ingold

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lamont Browne

    COO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

  • The colorado Sun PBC

    c3 · Newspaper · CO

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 corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • The Colorado Sun PBC

    S Corp · Newspaper · CO · 100% owned · share of income $38,257 · share of assets $21,276 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Colorado Sun

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543089349300434

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