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KIDS ABOVE EVERYTHING

EIN 81-3757873 DENVER, CO

Revenue 2025
$60,564
Expenses 2025
$145,256

Program services were 55.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
2840 FAIRFAX ST STE 260

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

Primary exempt purpose

Kids Above Everything is a media arts mentorship organization. We integrate mentorship and media arts education to cultivate relationships, authentic learning, and opportunities for self expression and community engagement. We strive to educate and empower youth to use their voice for positive change in their lives and in their community.

  • IN 2025, KIDS ABOVE EVERYTHING (KAE) CONTINUED TO PROVIDE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, MENTORSHIP, AND MEDIA ARTS PROGRAMMING TO YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 1026 ACROSS DENVER AND THE METRO AREA. KAE INTEGRATED MENTORSHIP, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, MEDIA ARTS EDUCATION, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE SAFE, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SPACES THAT PROMOTED LEADERSHIP, WELLNESS, AND POSITIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS BIG H.O.M.I.E.S. (HELPING OUR MEN INSPIRE EACH OTHERS SUCCESS), PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN PEER MENTORSHIP, IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, AND COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES. KAE FACILITATED YOUTH-LED MEDIA PROJECTS THAT ENCOURAGED SELF-EXPRESSION, ADVOCACY, AND DIGITAL STORYTELLING THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY, PODCASTING, AND CONTENT CREATION. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDED MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUPPORTS, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ITS MEDIA ARTS WORKFORCE INITIATIVE. PARTICIPANTS REPORTED INCREASED CONFIDENCE, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, AND CONNECTION TO POSITIVE ADULT ROLE MODELS. KAE YOUTH INTERNS AND PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED MULTIPLE COMMUNITY-BASED CREATIVE PROJECTS AND CONTINUED TO BUILD PATHWAYS TOWARD EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND LONG-TERM PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $80,777

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

  • DANE WASHINGTON

    President

    Total calculated
    $32,850
    Compensation
    $32,850
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    25

  • LUZ AQUINO-DAREZZI

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2

  • LUCILLE WASHINGTON

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON MCBRIDE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROMAIN WASHINGTON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • EZ GADSON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANA GADSON

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $60,564
    Expenses
    $145,256
    Contributions
    $60,564
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $870,443
    Expenses
    $931,846
    Contributions
    $870,443
    Grants paid
    $531,181
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $487,565
    Expenses
    $444,431
    Contributions
    $478,065
    Grants paid
    $104,653
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $386,252
    Expenses
    $387,246
    Contributions
    $386,252
    Grants paid
    $201,522

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
    $309,274
    Expenses
    $351,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $81,237

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $262,166
    Expenses
    $196,585
    Assets (EOY)
    $123,469

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $59,566
    Expenses
    $52,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,388

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,850
    Expenses
    $20,140
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,764

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 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
DANE WASHINGTON
Mailing address
P O BOX 371975DENVER CO 80237

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

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Grants received

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.