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WEST COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

EIN 84-1135942 DENVER, CO

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Revenue 2024
$1,491,656
Expenses 2024
$1,298,932

Program services were 63.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S31Z
Classification
1000
Street
4200 MORRISON RD UNIT 3

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

SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE A DESTINATION THAT PROMOTES AND SUPPORTS ENTERPRENEURS, AND PROVIDESSMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  • SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.BUCU WEST SUPPORTS OVER 300 LOCAL BUSINESSES ANNUALLY BY CREATING PATHWAYS TO OWNERSHIP FOR BIPOC, WOMEN, AND IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS. THROUGH REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION, BUCU WEST MITIGATES DISPLACEMENT RISKS AND PROVIDES AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACES, ALLOWING SMALL BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND BUILD EQUITY. THE ORGANIZATION'S KITCHEN FACILITIES ENABLE CULINARY ENTREPRENEURS TO START WITH MINIMAL INVESTMENT, WHILE BUSINESS CONSULTANTS OFFER GUIDANCE ON LICENSING AND COMPLIANCE. THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH STRENGTHENS DENVER'S ECONOMIC FABRIC, FOSTERING GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND STABILITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROMOTING LONG-TERM GROWTH AND RESILIENCE FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $827,820 · Grants $16,518 · Revenue $132,515

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.

  • Jeri Barajas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron Elinoff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicole Martinez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hiram Licea

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fermin Avila

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Laetz

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nestor Castillo

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steph Frances

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Steiner

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jose Esparza

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,956
    From this org
    $144,377
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,579
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,377
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,579
    Filer's total
    $152,956

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
    $1,491,656
    Expenses
    $1,298,932
    Contributions
    $2,072,795
    Grants paid
    $16,518
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,786,734
    Expenses
    $1,493,016
    Contributions
    $2,095,070
    Grants paid
    $41,600
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,733,619
    Expenses
    $1,593,131
    Contributions
    $1,745,793
    Grants paid
    $7,000

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $847,271
    Expenses
    $1,317,220
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,372,449
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $883,067
    Expenses
    $614,119
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,696,679
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $166,511
    Expenses
    $182,936
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,291
  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $176,524
    Expenses
    $174,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,047
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $165,786
    Expenses
    $136,078
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,826

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • VARIOUS BUCU GRANTS AWARDED

    $41,600

    2023 BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS

  • VARIOUS BUCU GRANTS AWARDED

    $16,518

    2024 BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS

  • REVISION

    $7,000

    2022 BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • BUBU WEST KITCHEN

    REAL ESTATE RENTAL · CO

  • 4040 MORRISON RD LLC

    REAL ESTATE RENTAL · CO

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.