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ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION

EIN 84-1531066 GREENWOOD VLG, CO

Revenue 2023
$59,484,336
Expenses 2023
$58,143,149

Program services were 88.4% 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
5251 DTC PKWY STE 300

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).

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.

  • JOE SMITH

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT MCLEAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA WALSH

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NATASHA HARRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC KOEPLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT TURNER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE WARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BERT WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIZ WRIGHT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICK SCHMITZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORAH FLORA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NORTON RAINEY

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $632,836
    From this org
    $596,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,444
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $388,586
    Bonus
    $207,806
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,395
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,049
    Filer's total
    $632,836

  • JASON DIFRAIA 82022

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $518,632
    From this org
    $484,213
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,419
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,713
    Bonus
    $182,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,192
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,227
    Filer's total
    $518,632

  • MIKE PRITCHARD

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $204,589
    From this org
    $184,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,901
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,688
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,551
    Filer's total
    $204,589

  • MELISSA LANDRY

    PRESIDENT, LOUISIANA

    Total calculated
    $237,490
    From this org
    $226,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,265
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,852
    Bonus
    $40,373
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,043
    Nontaxable benefits
    $222
    Filer's total
    $237,490

  • ERIK BILLINGER

    WESTERN REGIONAL PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $294,774
    From this org
    $260,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,967
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,252
    Bonus
    $83,755
    Other
    $7,800
    Deferred
    $9,918
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,049
    Filer's total
    $294,774

  • BRITTANI O'BRIEN

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT, CO

    Total calculated
    $197,070
    From this org
    $180,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,023
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,549
    Bonus
    $47,498
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,097
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,926
    Filer's total
    $197,070

  • MIKE COLEMAN

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $242,138
    From this org
    $221,704
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,434
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,621
    Bonus
    $57,083
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,063
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,371
    Filer's total
    $242,138

  • ROGER PATTINSON

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $248,268
    From this org
    $234,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,093
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,919
    Bonus
    $46,256
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,652
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,441
    Filer's total
    $248,268

  • KAREN FARRAND

    FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $196,223
    From this org
    $190,786
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,437
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $100,786
    Bonus
    $90,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $887
    Filer's total
    $196,223

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 — 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
    $59,484,336
    Expenses
    $58,143,149
    Contributions
    $55,315,868
    Grants paid
    $42,319,439
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $54,763,355
    Expenses
    $41,127,193
    Contributions
    $54,188,067
    Grants paid
    $30,634,746

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.

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 10 September 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.