Empowering youth through training, investment, and inspiration for their future success.
Leadership
Jesse Ramirez · Co Founder and Chief Executive Officer · $65K
Money in and out
$720K revenue, $583K expenses
Bottom line
32% program efficiency
Empowering youth through training, investment, and inspiration for their future success.
For fiscal year 2024 it reported $720K in revenue, $583K in expenses, and $384K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$720K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$583K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$384K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $137K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
32%
68%
Program services $0.32 Management & general $0.68
Program efficiency
32%
of spending reaches programs▼ -25% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
8.1mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▼ -27% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+19%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -47% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$720K
FY2024▲ +96%
$720K$360K$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$583K
FY2024▲ +149%
$583K$291K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$393K
FY2024▲ +82%
$393K$197K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$9K
FY2024▲ +44%
$9K$4K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$720K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$583K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$384K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$137K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$393K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B32%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 33
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 43
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $62K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
Change Agent Institute
Colorado State University: 100-140 High School Seniors (i.e. Change Agents), 3 Day training, students are empowered to explore college and career options; Change Agents have opportunity to meet college and professional mentors; Change Agents learn about college process
$30Kprogram expense
02
Lighting Hearts on Fire
University of Colorado at Denver; 130 High School Students (i.e. Change Agents); Change Agents explore their college lists; Empowered to break cycles faced by 1st Generation College Students; Change Agents explore their leadership styles.
$18Kprogram expense
03
Empowering 7 Generations of Activists
University of Colorado at Boulder; 100 High School Students (i.e. Change Agents); Have opportunity to explore their family histories; Identify career pathways based on their educational levels; Explore ways to help fund their college aspirations.
Jesse Ramirez’s $65K as Co Founder and Chief Executive Officer
is at the 56th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1984 $100K–1M youth development 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
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.
Individual Jesse Ramirez · Reported title Co Founder and Chief Executive Officer · Highest reported compensation $65K · Total expenses $583K
11%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $385K · Total expenses $583K
66%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
32%
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Overhead ratio
68%
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Revenue growth
96%
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Accounting fee ratio
0%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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