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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COLORADO DEMOCRACY ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$615,075
Total expenses
$524,974
Contributions and grants received
$614,550
Grants paid
$170,000
Program service revenue
$525
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$280,838
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,839
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$264,999
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$458,284
Management and general expenses
$38,482
Fundraising expenses
$28,208
Program service expenses (Part III)
$458,284

Program services were 87.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $271,550

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $343,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $525 · related or exempt $525

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $170,000 · program services $170,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $101,255 · program services $68,853 · management and general $18,226 · fundraising $14,176

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $33,672 · program services $22,897 · management and general $6,061 · fundraising $4,714

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,650 · program services $2,482 · management and general $657 · fundraising $511

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,205 · program services $3,539 · management and general $937 · fundraising $729

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,026 · program services $7,497 · management and general $1,985 · fundraising $1,544

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,169 · management and general $4,169

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,609 · management and general $3,609

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,600 · program services $14,600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $243 · program services $165 · management and general $44 · fundraising $34

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,033 · program services $1,382 · management and general $366 · fundraising $285

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,503 · program services $8,502 · management and general $2,251 · fundraising $1,750

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,980 · program services $16,980

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $279 · program services $279

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $929 · program services $632 · management and general $167 · fundraising $130

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $135,000 · program services $135,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $7,301 · program services $5,476 · fundraising $1,825

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEES

    total $2,520 · management and general $10 · fundraising $2,510

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $181,262 · end of year $268,641

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $5,000

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

    $5,949

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

    $4,834

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $1,115

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,583 · end of year $6,082

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,947 · end of year $15,839

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $174,898 · end of year $264,999

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Colorado Democracy Alliance is an organization committed to protecting democracy and expanding Colorados civic engagement ecosystem.

  • Provided a variety of events for public education and leadership development during 2024. Supported civic engagement learning opportunities and robust discussion among community leaders.

    Expenses $458,284

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Ramos

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $184,100
    From this org
    $101,255
    From related orgs
    $82,845
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    22 + 18 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    $101,255 + $82,845 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $101,255 + $82,845 related

  • Jen Walmer

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Erin Egan

    Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Karen Schauble

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Adam Eichberg

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • James Iacino

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Rachel Kaygi

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • John Walsh

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Alexandra Acker-Lyons

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Joanne Schwartz

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jayson Sime

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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 · 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

  • Color Action Fund

    $60,000

  • Centennial State Prosperity

    $45,000

  • Conservation Colorado

    $25,000

  • One Colorado

    $25,000

  • Cobalt

    $15,000

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543169349309509

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