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BLUE GRIT

EIN 92-1730790 CHEYENNE, WY

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Revenue 2024
$2,468,746
Expenses 2024
$6,123,779

Program services were 86.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B30
Classification
1200
Street
1718 CAPITOL AVE

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

12 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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

Mission

RAISING AWARENESS AND SUPPORTING BLUE-COLLAR TRADES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WELDING). TO SUPPORT AWARENESS PROGRAMS AND PROVIDE GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS, THEREBY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO PURSUE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL SKILLS. THIS EFFORT WILL SUPPORT THE REVIVAL OF THE MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE AND JOB GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT THE WELDING INDUSTRY BY OPERATING A TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND BY OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY MAY OBTAIN THE NEEDED EDUCATION TO BEGIN A CAREER IN WELDING.

  • OPERATION OF A TECHNICAL SCHOOL TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO BEGIN A CAREER IN WELDING. THIS INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF STUDENT HOUSING WHILE THEY ATTEND SCHOOL. SUPPORT OF THE WELDING INDUSTRY BY OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY MAY OBTAIN THE NEEDED EDUCATION TO BEGIN A CAREER IN WELDING. DURING 2024, OVER 190 SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PROVIDED.

    Expenses $5,264,462 · Grants $156,995 · Revenue $2,046,203

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.

  • Tyler Sasse

    PRESIDENT, VP, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $104,392
    From this org
    $90,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,623
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dirk Anderson

    TREASURER, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $68,302
    From this org
    $58,794
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,508
    Hours/week
    30

  • Nathan Ponder

    SECRETARY, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $81,333
    From this org
    $75,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,865
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,468,746
    Expenses
    $6,123,779
    Contributions
    $422,543
    Grants paid
    $156,995
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,432,954
    Expenses
    $4,459,986
    Contributions
    $720,943
    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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
Tyler Sasse
Mailing address
1718 CAPITOL AVECHEYENNE WY 82001

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

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.