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ACTIVATE WORK INC

EIN 83-1930213 DENVER, CO

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Revenue 2024
$4,002,930
Expenses 2024
$3,518,829

Program services were 83.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
1777 S HARRISON ST STE 350

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

WE PROVIDE TRAINING, COACHING, COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AND ACCESS TO LEADING COLORADO EMPLOYERS ENABLING COLORADANS TO ACHEIVE ECONOMIC SECURITY, MOBILITY AND PROSPERITY.

  • ACTIVATEWORK INC.'S (ACTIVATEWORK) MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM LIVES BY TRAINING, LAUNCHING, AND COACHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGY STARS. THE ORGANIZATION'S RIGOROUS RECRUITMENT, INDUSTRY-DRIVEN TRAINING, CURATED MATCHES, AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS COACHING PREPARE NEW EMPLOYEES TO THRIVE IN THEIR CAREERS. BY ENABLING DRIVEN INDIVIDUALS, AGES 18 TO 65, TO BECOME HIGHLY SKILLED, VALUABLE TEAM MEMBERS, ACTIVATEWORK ACTUALIZES ITS CENTRAL VISION OF CREATING A VIBRANT TECH TALENT ECOSYSTEM THAT FUELS OPPORTUNITY, GROWTH, AND PROSPERITY FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS-BASED EXPERIENCES, ACTIVATEWORK LEARNERS BUILD ON THEIR STRENGTHS, MAXIMIZE THEIR ABILITIES, AND TRANSFORM THEIR FUTURES. ACTIVATEWORK HELPS BUILD THRIVING COMMUNITIES BY CONNECTING UNDER-SKILLED, UNDEREMPLOYED, AND UNEMPLOYED ADULTS TO IN-DEMAND CAREERS IN TECHNOLOGY. WITH A PROJECTED GROWTH OF 11.5% OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND A RAPIDLY EVOLVING SKILLS LANDSCAPE DUE TO THE RISE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) INTEGRATION, COLORADO'S TECH INDUSTRY URGENTLY NEEDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE TALENT PIPELINE TO KEEP PACE WITH EMPLOYER DEMAND. ACTIVATEWORK ALIGNS THIS WORKFORCE GAP WITH THE UNTAPPED TALENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO FACE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO SECURING LIVING-WAGE CAREERS. SINCE 2020, ACTIVATEWORK HAS ENROLLED 610 LEARNERS WHO REFLECT UNDERSERVED DEMOGRAPHICS: 93% ARE LOW- INCOME, EARNING BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME (AMI), AND OF THOSE 43% ARE CLASSIFIED AS SEVERELY LOW-INCOME (BELOW 30% OF AMI); 64% DO NOT HAVE A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE; 26% ARE IMMIGRANTS TO THE U.S.; 35% ARE WOMEN; AND 3% ARE VETERANS OR STILL ACTIVE IN THE MILITARY. THE ORGANIZATION IS EXPERIENCED IN RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND CONNECTING THESE LEARNERS TO HIGH-DEMAND CAREER PATHWAYS, ACHIEVING AN 85% PROGRAM COMPLETION RATE FOR ENROLLEES, A 75% JOB PLACEMENT RATE FOR GRADUATES, AND AVERAGE STARTING WAGES 120% GREATER THAN PRE-TRAINING VALUES. FURTHER, THANKS TO ITS ROBUST COACHING PROGRAM, ACTIVATEWORK'S GRADUATES EXPERIENCE EXCEPTIONAL JOB RETENTION, WITH 91% RETAINED AT 6 MONTHS AND 87% RETAINED AT 12 MONTHS.

    Expenses $2,935,782 · Revenue $117,046

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.

  • Helen Hayes

    CEO/FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $176,752
    From this org
    $159,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,272
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,480
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,973
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,299
    Filer's total
    $176,752
  • Scott Fast

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Kaskubar

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Francis Matthews

    FINANCE COM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcos Stephens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luis Villarreal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kara Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Meyers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathryn Harris

    PRES/COO

    Total calculated
    $164,453
    From this org
    $159,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,973
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,480
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,973
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $164,453

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,002,930
    Expenses
    $3,518,829
    Contributions
    $3,853,369
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,373,201
    Expenses
    $2,810,321
    Contributions
    $2,950,858
    Grants paid
    $27,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,503,646
    Expenses
    $2,570,110
    Contributions
    $1,137,339
    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
    $1,819,128
    Expenses
    $1,303,332
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,430,292
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,215,482
    Expenses
    $884,646
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,356,079

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

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