COLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE

EIN 20-2501002 DENVER, CO

Revenue 2025: $6,341,031
Expenses 2025: $6,824,865

Program services were 92.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: O50
Classification: 1000
Street: 1390 LAWRENCE ST STE 200

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF COLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE (CYC) IS TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO LEARNING BY PROVIDING INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT PIVOTAL STAGES OF STUDENTS' EDUCATION JOURNEYS.

PREVENTION: CYC FOCUSES ON K-3RD GRADE LITERACY, 4TH-8TH GRADE MATH, AND 9TH - 12THGRADE ATTENDANCE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL AGE YOUTH TO ADDRESS STUDENT SUCCESS.1) CORPS FOR A CHANGE: ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT AMERICORPS MEMBERS PROVIDE SUPPORT TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH 70-90% ATTENDANCE AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH SCHOOL STAFF TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOL AND REDUCE DROPOUT RATES FOR STUDENTS WITH LOWER THAN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE. MEMBERS CHECK ATTENDANCE DAILY, MAKE PHONE CALLS AND HOME VISITS, AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL. CYC SERVED 861 STUDENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.2) COLORADO MATH CORPS: TRAINED AMERICORPS MEMBER TUTORS PROVIDE SMALL GROUP, 30 MINUTE, MATH INTERVENTIONS TO FOURTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS PERFORMING BELOW GRADE LEVEL IN MATH TOGET THEM ON TRACK. CYC SERVED 1,525 STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM AND 86% SHOWED GROWTH IN THEIR MATH SKILLS.3) COLORADO READING CORPS: TRAINED AMERICORPS MEMBER TUTORS PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE AND IN PAIRS, 20 MINUTE, DAILY LITERACY INTERVENTIONS TO KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE STUDENTS PERFORMING BELOW GRADE LEVEL IN READING TO GET THEM ON TRACK. CYC SERVED 2,093 K-3RD GRADERS; 68% OF TUTORED ACHIEVED MORE THAN A YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH.

Expenses $4,439,200
REENGAGEMENT: REENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS ASSIT STUDENTS IN RETURNING TO SCHOOL, AND ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH STAFF AT CHARTER, ALTERNATIVE, AND TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS TO ENSURE YOUTH CONNECT WITH APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL VENUES TO SUPPORT THEIR SUCCESS.SPECIALISTS SUPPORT STUDENTS AFTER REENROLLMENT TO ENSURE STABILITY,ACCOUNTABILITY, AND SUCCESS. CYC ASSISTED 116OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTHREENROLL IN SCHOOL DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR; 81% ENDED THE YEAR WITH CONTINUED ENROLLMENT OR GRADUATED.

Expenses $1,902,515

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

ALLI LEVI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BECCA STEVENS

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BRAD YOSHIMITSU

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CARRIE MILLER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHERRONDA RICHIE-ROGERS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ERICA KADI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
HERB QUINTANA

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JAMES BLANCHARD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KATE DRAHN

CHAIR ELECT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LINDSAY GARTNER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LORENA MARQUEZ ZIMMER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MAKSIM KIM

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MAX HAMILTON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MICHELE HAGAN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MINDY MARLER

PAST CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MONICA SMOLAK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PHOEBE SCHNEIDER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RYAN ESKELSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
WINTERS HEAFEY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MARY ZANOTTI

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$128,342

From this org

$115,313

From related orgs

$0

Other

$13,029

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2025

Revenue

$6,341,031

Expenses

$6,824,865

Contributions

$6,303,802

Grants paid

$0
2024

Revenue

$8,777,070

Expenses

$8,825,427

Contributions

$8,670,784

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$9,744,875

Expenses

$9,965,253

Contributions

$9,677,319

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$8,737,166

Expenses

$8,475,785

Contributions

$8,675,896

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2025	$6,341,031	$6,824,865	$6,303,802	$0
2024	$8,777,070	$8,825,427	$8,670,784	$0
2023	$9,744,875	$9,965,253	$9,677,319	$0
2022	$8,737,166	$8,475,785	$8,675,896	$0

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

Revenue

$5,423,176

Expenses

$4,745,823

Assets (EOY)

$1,559,265
2020 · 990

Revenue

$3,661,665

Expenses

$3,534,642

Assets (EOY)

$830,866
2019 · 990

Revenue

$4,244,848

Expenses

$3,965,990

Assets (EOY)

$756,353
2018 · 990

Revenue

$3,854,857

Expenses

$4,186,356

Assets (EOY)

$599,457
2018 · 990

Revenue

$3,854,857

Expenses

$4,186,356

Assets (EOY)

$599,457
2017 · 990

Revenue

$3,788,224

Expenses

$3,759,501

Assets (EOY)

$952,627
2016 · 990

Revenue

$3,080,316

Expenses

$3,039,785

Assets (EOY)

$758,436
2013 · 990

Revenue

$3,008,955

Expenses

$3,253,762

Assets (EOY)

$802,016
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$2,934,533

Assets (EOY)

$1,253,380
2011 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$2,922,331

Assets (EOY)

$967,367

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$5,423,176	$4,745,823	$1,559,265
2020	990	$3,661,665	$3,534,642	$830,866
2019	990	$4,244,848	$3,965,990	$756,353
2018	990	$3,854,857	$4,186,356	$599,457
2018	990	$3,854,857	$4,186,356	$599,457
2017	990	$3,788,224	$3,759,501	$952,627
2016	990	$3,080,316	$3,039,785	$758,436
2013	990	$3,008,955	$3,253,762	$802,016
2012	990	not reported	$2,934,533	$1,253,380
2011	990	not reported	$2,922,331	$967,367

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC

$644,670

2024 PURPOSEFUL ECOSYSTEMS
DENVER FOUNDATION

$444,144

2023 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
PROSPERITY DENVER FUND

$287,467

2024 TO REIMBURSE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC

$150,000

2023 BELONGING, MEANING, WELLBEING, AND PURPOSE (BMWP) AWARD
UNITED WAY OF WELD COUNTY INC

$100,000

2023 OTHER
UNITED WAY OF WELD COUNTY INC

$100,000

2022 OTHER
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$56,178

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION

$55,796

2023 GENERAL PURPOSE
DENVER BRONCOS FOUNDATION

$50,000

2024 Access to Career Pathways Programming
ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$43,000

2024 General operating support

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.