Restoration Outreach Programs provides services to homeless, disadvantaged and at-risk individuals and youth, including a food bank, GED training, ESL teaching, after-school tutoring and group youth mentoring programs. ROP provides direct services to address hunger, homelessness, lack of education, underemployment, language barriers, addictions, and hopelessness.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 64 volunteers and 8 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $80K a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$39K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $74K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.2M
69% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 69% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$673K
+11% vs prior year
Spent
$494K
To programs
69%
Net assets
$1.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$673K
FY2025▲ +11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$805K
FY2021$532K
FY2022$608K
FY2023$532K
FY2024$606K
FY2025$673K
Expenses
$494K
FY2025▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$604K
FY2021$549K
FY2022$574K
FY2023$549K
FY2024$509K
FY2025$494K
Net assets
$1.0M
FY2025▲ +25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$688K
FY2021$678K
FY2022$725K
FY2023$708K
FY2024$806K
FY2025$1.0M

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

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2002.

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Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $343K Management & general 24% · $117K Fundraising 7% · $34K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $39K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$38,617Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mary Tellis’s $39K as Executive Director is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1404 $100K–1M crime & legal 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kenton Scroggs———$14,408$57,200$77,000
Mary Tellis$38,617$39,568$76,880$76,707$75,800$23,800

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides food, education, and mentoring to homeless, disadvantaged, and at-risk youth.

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3 programs · $324K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Youth Ministries is made up outreach to Children (Selah) and Teens (Kairos). SELAH is ROP's children's program that exists with the goal of providing quality, Jesus- centered programing for inner city and refugee children on and around East Colfax.

$154Kprogram expense
02

The ROP Food Bank seeks to provide food for people at risk of hunger living along Colfax in Northwest Aurora and Northeast Denver. Every Tuesday, the Food Bank provides groceries and other resources to many families and individuals in need, as well as provides food to individuals and families in crisis on an as-needed basis throughout…

$93Kprogram expense
03

The Work Readiness/GED Ministry strives to enhance employability of those within the community we serve. We provide tutoring to prepare students for the high school equivalency test (GED or HiSet), assist participants in creating effective resumes, train in effective interview techniques, and help participants develop soft skills that…

$77Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$673K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$633K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$20K
Money outPt IX
$494K
Ln 25
Programscol B$343K
Managementcol C$117K
Fundraisingcol D$34K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$434K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$633K
Government grantsLn 1e$53K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$20K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$160K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$20K
Total revenueLn 12$673K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$43K
SavingsLn 2$391K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$434K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.8M
Other assetsLn 15$19K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 664
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$329K$434K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12K$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$453K$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$826K$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$20K$2.2M
Net assetsLn 32$806K$1.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$200$200
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$96K$57K$29K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$120K$103K$12K$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$3K$2K$515
Other employee benefitsLn 9$21K$13K$6K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$9K$4K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K$32K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$37K$26K$5K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$1K$5K$405
Information technologyLn 14$5K$3K$992$939
OccupancyLn 16$34K$27K$7K
TravelLn 17$7K$5K$834$417
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$298$149$149
InsuranceLn 23$13K$10K$3K$341
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$90K$85K$5K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$494K$343K$117K$34K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $673K$494K$179K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $606K$509K$98K$806K 990 PDF
FY2023 $532K$549K−$17K$708K 990 PDF
FY2022 $608K$574K$34K$725K 990 PDF
FY2021 $532K$549K−$17K$678K 990 PDF
FY2020 $805K$604K$201K$688K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $672,908 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $522,169$633,315
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $393$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,427$19,889
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $76,353$19,704
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $606,342$672,908
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $336$200
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $277,040$255,760
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $1,975$1,667
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $229,324$236,631
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $508,675$494,258
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $97,667$178,650
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $672,908 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$160,172
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$52,602
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$420,541
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$20,184
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$633,315
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $19,889 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$19,889
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $21,144 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$21,144
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$2,797−$2,797
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,357 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,357
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $42,390 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$2,797$672,908
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $494,258 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $200$200
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $57,301 · Management $28,650 · Fundraising $9,550$95,501
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $103,465 · Management $12,358 · Fundraising $4,119$119,942
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,090 · Management $1,545 · Fundraising $515$5,150
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $12,514 · Management $6,257 · Fundraising $2,086$20,857
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,586 · Management $4,293 · Fundraising $1,431$14,310
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $31,618$31,618
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $1,667$1,667
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $25,929 · Management $5,480 · Fundraising $5,480$36,889
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $6,005 · Fundraising $6,005$12,010
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,460 · Management $4,607 · Fundraising $405$6,472
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,870 · Management $992 · Fundraising $939$4,801
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $27,223 · Management $6,806$34,029
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,488 · Management $834 · Fundraising $417$6,739
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $149 · Management $149$298
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,027 · Management $3,019 · Fundraising $341$13,387
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $84,640 · Management $4,592 · Fundraising $1,156$90,388
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $342,942 · Management $117,205 · Fundraising $34,111$494,258
Part X · Balance sheet $3,221,782 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $88,886$42,958
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $239,733$390,565
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,734$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $453,224$2,769,352
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $11,811$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $18,907$18,907
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $826,295$3,221,782
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $19,197$21,130
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,281$56,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $20,478$2,217,130
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $805,817$1,004,652
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $826,295$3,221,782
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,004,652 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$672,908
XI-2 Total expenses$494,258
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$178,650
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$805,817
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$20,185
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,004,652

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