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COLORADO URBAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

EIN 26-1393882 DENVER, CO

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Revenue 2024
$665,949
Expenses 2024
$720,185

Program services were 23.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B82
Classification
1000
Street
1550 LARIMER STREET 518

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

The mission of the Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado is to invest in the development of minority leaders, empower them to serve in the interest of community, and leverage all resources to address the racial, economic, education, social, and health inequities experienced by member of the Black and African American community.

  • The Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado 501(c)(3) non-profit is one of Colorado's most recognized and accomplished leadership organizations within the Denver metro area. Our programming provides participants with leadership training and education as it relates to becoming a more effective business, political and/or community leader. Our primary goal is leadership training, civic engagement, advancement services, cultural and identity exploration to the next generation of African American Leaders. Our secondary objective is to create and inspire meaningful service in the public's interest. Through our ten-month program flagship program ULF Connect Leadership Fellowship, we expose our participants to various leaders, opportunities to engage civically and in the community, to small businesses and the principles of entrepreneurship, advancement in the workplace, and insight into politics. Our training not only equips individuals with the tool necessary to become more effective leaders but also inspire them to lead. To date we've had over 450 alumni with 28 graduates in 2024.

    Expenses $96,969

  • The Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado partners with community organizations and businesses to bring holiday cheer to families who may be experiencing financial hardships due to the pandemic or other personal matters. We provided toys and monetary donations to over 100 families in 2024.

    Expenses $68,978

  • During these tumultuous times we have expanded our service priorities to have an intentional focus on mental fitness, homelessness, basic community needs, access to information, financial literacy, and support for families and small business owners from the community severely impacted by the pandemics. The Bridging the Gap Program centers on the following services: - Social, Emotional, and Mental Health support - Providing resources for those experiencing varying levels of homelessness - Professional development, health & wellness, emotional wellness and social engagement. - Career and Tech education program scholarship support - Small stipends/grants to help with household expenses and groceries. - Limited Operational grants for small businesses and entrepreneurs to support operating expenses.

    Expenses $4,048

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.

  • Dr Ryan Ross

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $242,000
    From this org
    $242,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $67,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $242,000

  • David Allen

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Danielle Felder

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeffrey Kass

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ken Parks

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Wellington Webb

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michelle Trail

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $665,949
    Expenses
    $720,185
    Contributions
    $665,949
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $713,928
    Expenses
    $647,758
    Contributions
    $533,247
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $713,269
    Expenses
    $531,290
    Contributions
    $472,182
    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
    $828,201
    Expenses
    $435,637
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,100,352

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $506,903
    Expenses
    $300,568
    Assets (EOY)
    $894,595

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $305,948
    Expenses
    $197,247
    Assets (EOY)
    $418,066

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    $0

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $214,515
    Expenses
    $143,072
    Assets (EOY)
    $204,496

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 2013

Tax period
1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013
Principal officer
Ed Wingfield
Mailing address
1001 16th St ste B180 118Denver CO 80265

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

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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.