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CITIZENS FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

EIN 47-1134848 FORT COLLINS, CO

Largest nonprofits in Colorado

Revenue 2024
$59,044
Expenses 2024
$60,658

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
S01
Classification
3000
Street
225 S MELDRUM ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

THE ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE FORT COLLINS, COLORADO AREA BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT A STRONG REGIONAL ECONOMY IS THE BACKBONE OF A STRONG COMMUNITY. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CREATING PLANS TO LOWER THE POVERTY RATE, REPLACE LOW PAYING JOBS WITH HIGHER PAYING EMPLOYMENT, DECREASE UNDEREMPLOYENT AND RAISE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. THE PLANS INCLUDE REDUCING TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ENCOURAGING LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO BE EFFICIENT, ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT, ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO ENTREPRENEURS AND JOB CREATORS, KEEPING TAXES, FEES AND UTILITY RATES AFFORDABLE, PROMOTING FORT COLLINS AREA TO SMALL BUSINESS, AND WORKING WITH, NOT AGAINST, PRIMARY EMPLOYERS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE FORT COLLINS, COLORADO AREA BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT A STRONG REGIONAL ECONOMY IS THE BACKBONE OF A STRONG COMMUNITY. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CREATING PLANS TO LOWER THE POVERTY RATE, REPLACE LOW PAYING JOBS WITH HIGHER PAYING EMPLOYMENT, DECREASE UNDEREMPLOYENT AND RAISE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. THE PLANS INCLUDE REDUCING TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ENCOURAGING LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO BE EFFICIENT, ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT, ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO ENTREPRENEURS AND JOB CREATORS, KEEPING TAXES, FEES AND UTILITY RATES AFFORDABLE, PROMOTING FORT COLLINS TO SMALL BUSINESS, AND WORKING WITH, NOT AGAINST, PRIMARY EMPLOYERS.

    Expenses $60,658

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Bob Carnahan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nick Hawes

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Hutchison

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $59,044
    Expenses
    $60,658
    Contributions
    $59,000
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $30,105
    Expenses
    $34,493
    Contributions
    $30,000
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $24,500
    Expenses
    $30,900
    Contributions
    $24,500
    Grants paid
    not reported

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $104,501
    Expenses
    $95,280
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,837
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $100,000
    Expenses
    $101,112
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,616
  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $131,654
    Expenses
    $170,342
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,728
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $177,500
    Expenses
    $142,650
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,416
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $251,026
    Expenses
    $258,990
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,566
  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $83,925
    Expenses
    $75,366
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,530

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2025

Tax period
1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025
Principal officer
Ann Hutchison
Mailing address
225 S MeldrumFort Collins CO 80521

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.