Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACTION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,770,000
- Total expenses
- $1,354,751
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,770,000
- Grants paid
- $90,500
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,452,456
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $52,106
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,400,350
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,069,254
- Management and general expenses
- $260,974
- Fundraising expenses
- $24,523
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,069,254
Program services were 78.9% 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
$1,770,000
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $90,500 · program services $90,500
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $145,849 · program services $87,509 · management and general $43,755 · fundraising $14,585
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $375,550 · program services $339,637 · management and general $30,394 · fundraising $5,519
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $16,007 · program services $13,954 · management and general $1,810 · fundraising $243
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $70,970 · program services $48,744 · management and general $21,550 · fundraising $676
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $51,234 · program services $43,555 · management and general $6,154 · fundraising $1,525
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11b · Fees: legal
total $30,014 · management and general $30,014
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $32,925 · management and general $32,925
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $90,000 · program services $90,000
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11g · Fees: other
total $215,475 · program services $178,374 · management and general $36,832 · fundraising $269
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13 · Office expenses
total $60,953 · program services $18,659 · management and general $42,294
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16 · Occupancy
total $39,370 · program services $31,837 · management and general $6,187 · fundraising $1,346
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17 · Travel
total $16,294 · program services $14,226 · management and general $2,068
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $8,628 · program services $3,827 · management and general $4,801
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23 · Insurance
total $10,542 · program services $8,525 · management and general $1,657 · fundraising $360
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES
total $99,971 · program services $99,907 · management and general $64
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24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES AND OTHER
total $469 · management and general $469
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $949,251 · end of year $766,906
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $625,118
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $41,309 · end of year $20,037
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $188,423 · end of year $40,395
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $193,883 · end of year $52,106
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $985,100 · end of year $800,350
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $600,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO MOBILIZE OUR COMMUNITY INTO ACTION IN SUPPORT OF A SHARED VISION FOR A REIMAGINED PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN DENVER.
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DENVER FAMILIES ACTION'S PROGRAMMING FOCUSES ON BUILDING A PIPELINE OF DIVERSE AND EFFECTIVE EDUCATION ADVOCATES AND LEADERS THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. ACTIONEERS IS A FIELD CANVASSING PROGRAM THAT MOBILIZES DPS FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONDUCT VOTER OUTREACH. THE LEAD FELLOWSHIP PARTNERS WITH LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY AND EQUIPS PARTICIPANTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND RELATIONSHIPS NEEDED TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX SYSTEMS, ENGAGE IN EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY, AND SUPPORT MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN DENVER'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Expenses $1,069,254 · Grants $90,500
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Clarence BurtonCLARENCE BURTON
BOARD MEMBER THRU 12/24; CEO
- Total calculated
- $245,424
- From this org
- $131,335
- From related orgs
- $66,161
- Other
- $47,928
- Hours/week
- 26.6 + 13.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $131,335 + $66,161 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $15,295 + $7,705 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,583 + $9,345 related
- Filer's total
- $162,213 + $83,211 related
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Lela JohnstonLELA JOHNSTON
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $199,998
- From this org
- $112,154
- From related orgs
- $43,322
- Other
- $44,522
- Hours/week
- 28.85 + 11.15 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $111,072 + $42,904 related
- Bonus
- $1,082 + $418 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,178 + $5,090 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,708 + $7,546 related
- Filer's total
- $144,040 + $55,958 related
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Cody OstensonCODY OSTENSON
DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
- Total calculated
- $140,816
- From this org
- $75,632
- From related orgs
- $43,239
- Other
- $21,945
- Hours/week
- 25.45 + 14.55 related
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Brittany JoyceBRITTANY JOYCE
EXECUTIVE ON LOAN
- Total calculated
- $139,258
- From this org
- $8,878
- From related orgs
- $101,500
- Other
- $28,880
- Hours/week
- 3.22 + 36.78 related
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Felipe VieyraFELIPE VIEYRA
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND ADVOCACY
- Total calculated
- $138,539
- From this org
- $62,767
- From related orgs
- $56,894
- Other
- $18,878
- Hours/week
- 20.98 + 19.02 related
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Patrick DonovanPATRICK DONOVAN
PRESIDENT AS OF 12/11/24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brenda J Allen PhDBRENDA J ALLEN PHD
CHAIR AS OF 12/11/24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sean VanberschotSEAN VANBERSCHOT
TREASURER AS OF 12/11/24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Danielle MorelloDANIELLE MORELLO
CHAIR THRU 12/24;SEC. AFTER 12/24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Tomi AmosTOMI AMOS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Danielle FelderDANIELLE FELDER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tricia NoyolaTRICIA NOYOLA
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 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- LELA JOHNSTON, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, RECEIVED A BONUS AS A RESULT OF THE ADDITIONAL WORK RELATED TO THE AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION.
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
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.
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DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
501(C)(3) · ENGAGEMENT AND POLICY FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION · CO · controlled entity
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202621969349300922
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