Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,805,933
- Total expenses
- $4,434,428
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,064,205
- Grants paid
- $850,000
- Program service revenue
- $571,918
- Investment income
- $169,810
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,836,237
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $39,759
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $5,796,478
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,272,342
- Management and general expenses
- $78,166
- Fundraising expenses
- $83,920
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,272,342
Program services were 96.3% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$4,064,205
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$18,000
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2a · Program service revenue: Service Income
total $571,918 · related or exempt $571,918
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3 · Investment income
total $169,810 · excluded $169,810
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $850,000 · program services $850,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $843,994 · program services $776,474 · management and general $33,760 · fundraising $33,760
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $470,770 · program services $434,409 · management and general $13,877 · fundraising $22,484
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $272,808 · program services $250,984 · management and general $10,912 · fundraising $10,912
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $171,431 · program services $158,369 · management and general $5,781 · fundraising $7,281
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $97,376 · program services $91,754 · management and general $2,109 · fundraising $3,513
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $73,206 · program services $67,270 · management and general $2,722 · fundraising $3,214
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $39,742 · program services $39,742
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,576,861 · program services $1,568,201 · management and general $7,582 · fundraising $1,078
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13 · Office expenses
total $31,025 · program services $28,509 · management and general $1,154 · fundraising $1,362
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $579 · program services $531 · management and general $23 · fundraising $25
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23 · Insurance
total $6,636 · program services $6,099 · management and general $246 · fundraising $291
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $5,115,071 · end of year $4,773,791
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $135,213
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $27,172 · end of year $55,790
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$4,192
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,749
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,020 · end of year $1,443
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $405,894 · end of year $870,000
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $125,184 · end of year $39,759
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $402,474
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,622,499 · end of year $4,679,116
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $400,000 · end of year $1,117,362
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Colorado Succeeds is a nonpartisan, business-led organization working to improve education and workforce outcomes. Through policy and advocacy, the organization advances changes intended to improve learner outcomes and strengthen connections between education and employment. Through its employer-led talent strategy work, Colorado Succeeds works with employers and industries to identify shared workforce needs, translate employer demand into talent strategies, and partner with education and training providers to develop or improve solutions responsive to those needs. The organization also supports aligned initiatives designed to expand access to high-quality education, credentials and pathways to economic opportunity.
Activities or mission (Part I)
A nonpartisan, business-led organization improving education and workforce outcomes through policy, advocacy and employer-led talent solutions.
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Colorado Succeeds is a nonpartisan, business-led organization working to improve education and workforce outcomes. Through policy and advocacy, the organization advances changes intended to improve learner outcomes and strengthen connections between education and employment. Through its employer-led talent strategy work, Colorado Succeeds works with employers and industries to identify shared workforce needs, translate employer demand into talent strategies, and partner with education and training providers to develop or improve solutions responsive to those needs. The organization also supports aligned initiatives designed to expand access to high-quality education, credentials, and pathways to economic opportunity.
Expenses $4,272,342 · Grants $850,000 · Revenue $571,918
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Linda Peotter
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Cory Foreman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Joe Kuntner
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Brent Abraham
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Brooke Borgen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Eric Adams
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Phillip Stephanus
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Demesha Hill
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Tom Brinegar
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
John Heyliger
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Katie Kruger
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Joel Pennick
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Wes Parham
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jennifer Ray
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Shannon Nicholas
Chief of Staff
- Total calculated
- $192,328
- From this org
- $192,328
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $192,328
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $192,328
-
Ashley Anderson
VP Corporate Relations
- Total calculated
- $125,177
- From this org
- $125,177
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Madison Knapp
Director of Impact
- Total calculated
- $112,225
- From this org
- $112,225
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Rachel Van Brocklin
Director of Communications
- Total calculated
- $101,908
- From this org
- $101,908
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Scott Laband
President
- Total calculated
- $312,356
- From this org
- $312,356
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $312,356
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $312,356
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
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
-
$850,000
Contribution to capitalize the Innovation Fund
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.
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501(C)(3) · Supporting Organization · CO
Directly controlled by Colorado Succeeds
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 31 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202602459349300535
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