- 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.
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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.
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Jeri BarajasJERI BARAJAS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Aaron ElinoffAARON ELINOFF
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nicole MartinezNICOLE MARTINEZ
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hiram LiceaHIRAM LICEA
MEMBER AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Fermin AvilaFERMIN AVILA
MEMBER AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Erin LaetzERIN LAETZ
MEMBER AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nestor CastilloNESTOR CASTILLO
MEMBER AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Steph FrancesSTEPH FRANCES
MEMBER AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jonathan SteinerJONATHAN STEINER
MEMBER AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jose EsparzaJOSE 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
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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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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
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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
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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
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2014 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $176,524
- Expenses
- $174,217
- Assets (EOY)
- $30,047
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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
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VARIOUS BUCU GRANTS AWARDED
$41,600
2023 BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
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VARIOUS BUCU GRANTS AWARDED
$16,518
2024 BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
-
$7,000
2022 BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
Grants received
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ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC
$100,000
2022 AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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$83,810
2022
-
$63,000
2024 URBAN & COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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$52,119
2024 ENERGY ASSISTANCE
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$50,000
2022 Mental Health
-
$50,000
2023 URBAN & COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
-
$48,000
2022 Mental Health
-
$42,000
2022 El Tianguis De Westwood
-
$35,539
2023 EDUCATION
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2025 PRESERVATION
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
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BUBU WEST KITCHEN
REAL ESTATE RENTAL · CO
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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.