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ONE COLORADO EDUCATION FUND

EIN 27-1333378 DENVER, CO

Revenue 2023
$1,511,861
Expenses 2023
$1,750,938

Program services were 75.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R26
Classification
2000
Street
303 E 17TH AVE STE 400

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 · 2023

Mission

ONE COLORADO EDUCATION FUND (OCEF) IS COMMITTED TO SECURING AND PROTECTING EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) COLORADANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

  • ONE COLORADO (OCEF) WAS ALERTED TO A CHANGE IN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO'S INTERNAL GENDER AFFIRMING CARE POLICIES, PREVENTING YOUNG ADULTS FROM RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE. IN RESPONSE, OCEF ENGAGED IN ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AND COALITION BUILDING WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PROVIDERS, AND STAKEHOLDERS, RESULTING IN A LETTER REQUESTING A CHANGE IN POLICY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY. A PUBLIC LETTER, SIGNED BY NEARLY 1000 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAKEHOLDERS, WAS SENT EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL EXPRESSED ITS COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE SERVICES THROUGH THE TRUE CLINIC AND PARTICIPATING IN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH OCEF'S PROVIDER COALITION. IN 5 WEEKS, OCEF VISITED 14 CITIES: COLORADO SPRINGS, FORT COLLINS, SALIDA, GUNNISON, MONTROSE, GRAND JUNCTION, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, EDWARDS, PUEBLO, BOULDER, LONGMONT, GREELEY, AURORA, AND DENVER DURING A STATEWIDE TOUR. OCEF ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE AND PROVIDED LGBTQ+ COLORADANS AND THEIR FAMILIES EDUCATION REGARDING THE RISK TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN THE STATE OF COLORADO AND TO LEARN FROM COMMUNITY REGARDING CONCERNS ABOUT THE INCREASED ANTI-LGBTQ+ ATTACKS, ESPECIALLY ON THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. FOLLOWING THE SCOTUS DECISION IN 303 CREATIVE LLC VS ELENIS WHICH RULED THAT ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IS PROTECTED SPEECH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT, OCEF HOSTED A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH AG WEISER AT THE CARR JUDICIAL BUILDING; WHICH INCLUDED FAITH LEADERS, BUSINESS LEADER, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AN OVER 50 LOCAL AND NATIONAL PRESS MEMBERS. OCEF HEALTH EQUITY TEAM WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE POLICY & FINANCING TO ALIGN MEDICAID POLICY WITH CURRENT WPATH BEST PRACTICES IN GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE TO REDUCE BARRIERS IN ACCESSING CARE. THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT'S HEALTH EQUITY COMMISSION APPROVED THE OCEF'S HEALTH EQUITY TEAM RECOMMENDED SOGI DATA SET TO IMPLEMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS ACROSS THE STATE OF COLORADO. OCEF COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDER TO PRODUCE A VOTER GUIDE AND GOTV CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATING COMMUNITY IN ADVOCATING FOR PRO-JUSTICE/PRO-EQUALITY SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES. OCEF YOUTH AND SCHOOLS PROGRAM HOSTED THEIR IN-PERSON QUEER YOUTH SUMMIT. OCEF ATTENDED OVER 25 PRIDES THROUGHOUT COLORADO. OCEF STAFF AND BOARD FINALIZED THE STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN 2022 AND BEGAN IMPLEMENTING THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2023. OCEF FINISHED A REBRANDING PROCESS AND LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE.

    Expenses $1,315,161 · Revenue $8,489

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • NADINE BRIDGES

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $152,472
    From this org
    $141,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,944
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,528
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,202
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,742
    Filer's total
    $152,472

  • LYDIA MCCOY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEVIN COCHRAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • RYN SKULTETY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AKILA COPELAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELODY BALL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • ALYSSA KOPF

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • IRIS HALPERN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • AUSTIN MONTOYA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL MISCISIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,511,861
    Expenses
    $1,750,938
    Contributions
    $1,559,426
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,274,865
    Expenses
    $1,528,138
    Contributions
    $2,313,466
    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
    $988,053
    Expenses
    $883,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $755,506

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $902,464
    Expenses
    $857,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $635,270

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $993,126
    Expenses
    $810,047
    Assets (EOY)
    $518,705

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $818,244
    Expenses
    $806,111
    Assets (EOY)
    $319,221

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $755,983
    Expenses
    $813,955
    Assets (EOY)
    $336,706

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $942,358
    Expenses
    $785,503
    Assets (EOY)
    $387,837

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

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

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.