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JOY AS RESISTANCE

EIN 84-5152470 DENVER, CO

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Revenue 2024
$751,450
Expenses 2024
$887,837

Program services were 73.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F99
Classification
1200
Street
1445 QUINCE 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CREATE SPACE FOR QUEER YOUTH TO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND FIND JOY IN THE PRESENT BY PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH, HEALING, AND WELLNESS SUPPORT.

  • CLINICAL SERVICES: THE GOAL OF OUR CLINICAL SERVICES IS TO PROVIDE QUEER YOUTH WITH AN ANTI-OPPRESSIVE, COLLABORATIVE, AND AFFIRMING THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT THAT INCREASES RADICAL JOY IN LGBTQIA2+ COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND. WE OFFER ONE-ON-ONE THERAPY, GROUP COUNSELING SERVICES, AND FAMILY CONSULTATION FOR SUPPORTIVE ALLIES, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF QUEER YOUTH AGES 10-24 WE ACCEPT MANY TYPES OF INSURANCE AND CHARGE FOR SESSIONS ON A SLIDING SCALE BASIS DEPENDENT ON WHAT EACH CLIENT/FAMILY CAN AFFORD. WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER A RANGE OF SERVICES DELIVERY OPTIONS, ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL IN NEED OF OUR SERVICES. WE OFFER TELEHEALTH AND VIRTUAL OPTIONS AND CAN MEET CLIENTS IN THEIR HOMES, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES OR INPERSON IN OUR OFFICE SPACE.

    Expenses $361,809 · Revenue $28,072

  • JOYFUL SPACE: WE OFFER CONSULTATION AND HANDS-ON PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT TO EDUCATORS, SCHOOLS, AND YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE JOYFUL ADN INCLUSIVE SPACES FOR QUEER YOUTH. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE GSA (GENDER-SEXUALITY ALLIANCE) CLUB START-UP AND ONGOING SUPPORT, ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND INTERSECTIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ON INCLUSIVE POLICIES AND PRACTICES WITHIN THE TOPICS OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY.

    Expenses $173,669 · Revenue $7,600

  • BIG QUEER, LITTLE QUEER: QUEER YOUTH COME TOGETHER AND CONNECT WITH QUEER ADULTS TO CREATE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH INCREASES THEIR ACCESS TO SOCIAL CAPITAL. IN TURN, QUEER YOUTH CONTINUE TO EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND CONTRIBUTE TO JOYOUS COMMUNITIES. OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WAS REQUESTED AND INSPIRED BY THE YOUTH WE SERVE. WE USE A PERSONALIZED MATCHING PROCESS TO PAIR LGBTQIA2+ YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ADULTS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS AND IDENTITIES.

    Expenses $115,779 · Revenue $34,703

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Breann Dovez

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $72,743
    From this org
    $72,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

  • Eunice Kwon

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shaleen Morales

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Oliver Lewis

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jaelyn Coates

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Graham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Halah Mohammed

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leah Weisgal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Floyd

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
    $751,450
    Expenses
    $887,837
    Contributions
    $707,175
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $687,540
    Expenses
    $661,060
    Contributions
    $652,599
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $611,723
    Expenses
    $434,063
    Contributions
    $593,870
    Grants paid
    $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
    $283,523
    Expenses
    $192,528
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,613

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $52,568
    Expenses
    $39,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,468

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.

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 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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.