C I R C L E

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B90

Classification

2000

Street

3455 RINGSBY CT STE 130

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

• CIRCLE achieves its mission to facilitate connections between communities who are leading education on a daily basis. We do this through our ongoing activities in three key areas: youth leadership development programs, workplace development & consulting across sectors, and multigenerational learning in community. The demand for programming like this has only increased over the years, highlighting the greater need for positive leadership development. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: Youth Leadership Programs CIRCLE provides year-round youth leadership opportunities for students in the Denver Metropolitan area in 7th-12th grade, who are interested in developing their leadership and practices to support their wellbeing. Each program builds on each other letting students develop a multifaceted understanding of their leadership and how to spark positive change in their communities. * Program provides: Youth Leadership Summer Camp; Student Created & Led Fall Conference to other School Communities; Year-round Youth Leadership Advisory Council; Student Created & Led One-Day Events in Community. * Programs occur: At the CIRCLE office as well as around the Denver community; meeting in community at schools and other organizations. * Program run by: CIRCLE Executive Director and Director of Programs & Operations, Programs Coordinator, Summer Youth Specialist, and 30 volunteers from schools and community. * Program funded by: Funding comes from school sponsorships, fee for service (to participate in camps or attend the fall conference as middle school student), in-kind support, and individual donations, community sponsorships, and foundation grants. Workplace & Organizational Training and Consulting The CIRCLE Consulting team is a cadre of experts, who provide hands-on training and support around developing relevant practices of planning, organizing, evaluation, and assessments across sectors (education, nonprofit, public, arts/culture, business and local groups). Our services are for community groups committed to improving their institutions and systems through a collaborative, responsive approach. We will work with organizations to identify their needs and provide guidance on how to achieve those goals. * Program provides: Hands-on learning, coaching, and training to advance inclusive, responsive practices across all aspects of their business. * Programs occur: In person at the organization's office and/or virtually based on the organization's preference and needs. * Program run by: CIRCLE Executive Director and independent contractors who are content experts in their fields. * Program funded by: Funding comes from fee for service (to receive consulting services and training). Multigenerational Learning CIRCLE offers multi-generational learning known as the CIRCLE Cultural Café. This is an annual 'un-conference' for community leaders, educators, board members, parents, and students, who are committed to building healthier communities to come together for shared learning. * Program provides: An annual CIRCLE Cultural Café is an 'un-conference' type experience for adult learners to connect and expand their understanding of social change. * Programs occur: In person. Our 'un-conference' was held at a partner location and included three different speakers discussing topics related to CIRCLE's mission as well as a small market where we invited local community businesses to promote their work. * Program run by: CIRCLE Executive Director, Director of Programs & Operations and Programs Coordinator with the support of the organization's volunteers who are passionate about life-long learning and skilled in event coordination. * Program funded by: Funding comes fee for service (to participate in conference as attendee), business sponsorships, in-kind support, and community or individual donations. CONCLUSION: The regulations governing exemption eligibility for organizations described under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code are found at 26 CFR 1.501(c)(3)-1. The term "charitable" is defined in section 1.501(c)(3)-1(d)(2) to include advancement of education; eliminating prejudice and discrimination. The term educational is defined in Section 1.501(c)(3)-1(d)(3)(i) which states that educational relates to the instruction or training of the individual for the purpose of improving or developing their capabilities; or the instruction of the public on subjects useful to the individual and beneficial to the community. The described activities provided regularly by CIRCLE meets that definition of "charitable and "educational. The youth leadership development programs, organizational training and consulting, and multigenerational learning, equip individuals to take small (or large steps) in courageous conversations regarding race, ethnicity, gender, class and privilege and the challenges and opportunities these issues reveal in professional and personal settings. With more practice and exposure, with more opportunities to learn and be exposed to scholars, resources, media and peer-to-peer conversations, students, educators and other professionals will be able to create and support more inclusive cross-cultural classrooms, boardrooms, workplaces and communities.

  Expenses $224,476 · Revenue $68,665

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.

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

  $251,710

  Expenses

  $281,931

  Contributions

  $183,045

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $330,568

  Expenses

  $332,445

  Contributions

  $209,340

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $341,869

  Expenses

  $427,804

  Contributions

  $201,323

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $310,213

  Expenses

  $272,021

  Contributions

  $187,148

  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

  $364,912

  Expenses

  $185,457

  Assets (EOY)

  $220,781

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $127,813

  Expenses

  $99,785

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,326

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $202,376

  Expenses

  $216,389

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,299

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 2017

Tax period

1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017

Principal officer

Carla Mestas

Mailing address

128 S Ulster StreetDenver CO 80230

Website

Something was entered that is not a web address, so it is not shown.

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 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

• COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION

  $12,368

  2022 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• RINO ART DISTRICT

  $10,000

  2023 · SOCIAL IMPACT

• DELTA DENTAL OF COLORADO

  $10,000

  2023 · FUNDING TO SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION

• DELTA DENTAL OF COLORADO

  $10,000

  2025 · FUNDING TO SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION

• COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION

  $9,095

  2023 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION

  $8,704

  2024 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• DENVER FOUNDATION

  $0

  2022 · CULTURAL & ETHNIC AWARENESS

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