Fresh Start Center INC

Tax-deductible

Colorado Spgs, CO501(c)(3)Since 2007Human ServicesEIN 26-1573654Revenue $1.7M in FY2025

On file with the IRSfreshstartcenter.com7375 Adventure Way, 80923-5000 · Colorado Spgs, COTax-exempt since Mar 2008Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of high plains helping hands, INC is helping our neighbors in need. We offer provisions of food and basic living necessities. We offer encouragement and hope through prayer and the gospel of jesus christ. We actively seek other resource opportunities to assist our clientele. We provide an environment of unconditional acceptance and peace.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 295 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $90K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$60K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 93% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $35K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
0.2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.7M
+56% vs prior year
Spent
$1.4M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$643K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2025▲ +56%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$755K
FY2022$753K
FY2023$988K
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.7M
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +27%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$894K
FY2021$747K
FY2022$764K
FY2023$909K
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.4M
Net assets
$643K
FY2025▲ +113%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$210K
FY2021$218K
FY2022$206K
FY2023$285K
FY2024$302K
FY2025$643K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2008.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $1.3M Management & general 4% · $58K Fundraising 1% · $18K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $60K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$60,500Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Grant Winger’s $60K as Executive Di is at the 7th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Grant Winger$60,500$58,000$55,000$55,000$55,000$55,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides food, necessities, prayer, and hope to neighbors in need.

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1 program · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Receiving cash, food and non-food items to distribute to those in need.

$1.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $5K · 2021–2021
Unitemized GrantFY2021$5,447

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Money outPt IX
$1.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$58K
Fundraisingcol D$18K
Owns and owesPt X
$643K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$575K
Total assetsLn 16$644K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$1.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$575K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$575K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$69K
Total assetsLn 16$644K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$643K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6295
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$235K$575K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$68K$69K
Total assetsLn 16$303K$644K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$1K
Net assetsLn 32$302K$643K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$864K$864K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$88K$42K$31K$15K
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$4K$3K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$31K$26K$5K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$395$395
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$366K$366K
All other expensesLn 24e$26$26
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M$1.3M$58K$18K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.7M$1.4M$341K$643K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.1M$1.1M$16K$302K 990 PDF
FY2023 $988K$909K$79K$285K 990 PDF
FY2022 $753K$764K−$11K$206K 990 PDF
FY2021 $755K$747K$8K$218K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.0M$894K$107K$210K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $1,722,958 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,099,284$1,714,718
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $827$4,918
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,500$3,322
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,106,611$1,722,958
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $636,458$864,307
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $91,526$97,139
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $362,215$420,445
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,090,199$1,381,891
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $16,412$341,067
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,722,958 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,714,718
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,226,670
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,714,718
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4,918$4,918
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $3,322$3,322
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $8,240$1,722,958
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,381,891 across 12 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $864,307$864,307
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $42,128 · Management $30,745 · Fundraising $15,125$87,998
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,376 · Management $3,194 · Fundraising $1,571$9,141
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $2,835$2,835
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $1,325$1,325
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $7,595$7,595
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,987 · Management $4,587$30,574
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $395$395
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,630$2,630
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $8,878$8,878
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $366,187$366,187
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $26$26
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,306,010 · Management $57,860 · Fundraising $18,021$1,381,891
Part X · Balance sheet $643,759 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $235,026$574,863
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $68,311$68,896
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $303,337$643,759
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $202$82
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,481$956
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,683$1,038
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $301,654$642,721
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $301,654$642,721
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $303,337$643,759
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $642,721 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,722,958
XI-2 Total expenses$1,381,891
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$341,067
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$301,654
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$642,721

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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