Visit Aurora INC: FY2024 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 80-0536531)

Steven B Dalton’s $264K as CEO is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Steven B Dalton	$264,269	$264,141	$247,428	$234,165	$215,681	$216,969
Randi Morritt	$164,467	$154,389	$112,817	$104,539	—	—
Paula Lynn Retired 123124	—	$127,241	—	—	—	—
Justin Clark	—	—	—	$110,839	$103,263	—
Harold Ebels	$107,933	—	—	—	—	—
Amanda Butler	—	$107,559	—	—	—	—
Amber Hejduk	$106,922	—	—	—	—	—
Heather Savoca	—	$103,720	—	—	—	—

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

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Promotes Aurora, Colorado as a tourist destination.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024

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Promotion of the city of aurora

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking

Grants paid · 29 grants · $384K · 2020–2025

Aurora Chamber of CommerceCO · FY2025$13,200

Live Ai Jacks INCFY2025$12,500

Community College of Aurora FoundationCO · FY2025$11,150

Colfax Canvas LLCFY2025$10,000

Aurora Economic Development Council INCCO · FY2025$10,000

Aurora PrideFY2025$10,000

Meeting Professionals International FoundationTX · FY2025$7,500

Out Front Foundation LLCCO · FY2024$10,000

Colfax Canvas LLCFY2024$10,000

Aurora Public Schools FoundationCO · FY2024$9,585

Community College of Aurora FoundationCO · FY2024$5,287

Colorado Freedom Memorial FoundationCO · FY2023$50,000

Out Front Foundation LLCCO · FY2023$20,000

HsmaiVA · FY2023$15,000

Aurora Chamber of CommerceCO · FY2023$12,556

Colfax Canvas LLCFY2023$10,000

Community College of Aurora FoundationCO · FY2023$8,005

Aurora Chamber of CommerceCO · FY2022$13,500

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$5.0M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$3K

Money outPt IX

$5.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$4.7M

Managementcol C$1.0M

Owns and owesPt X

$2.0M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M

Total assetsLn 16$2.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$632K

PeoplePt VI, VII

19

listed · VII A

PaidVII A5

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b13

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M

Government grantsLn 1e$2.5M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$183K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$337K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$3K

Other incomeLn 4–11$41

Total revenueLn 12$5.0M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$567K

SavingsLn 2$1.4M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$265K

Other assetsLn 15$7K

Total assetsLn 16$2.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$632K

Net assetsLn 32$2.0M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 520

VolunteersI 613

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$2.3M	$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$301K	$265K
Total assetsLn 16	$3.3M	$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$551K	$632K
Net assetsLn 32	$2.8M	$2.0M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$64K	$64K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$278K	$198K	$80K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$1.6M	$1.2M	$471K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$51K	$36K	$15K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$125K	$89K	$36K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$155K	$110K	$45K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$249K	$142K	$108K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$1.2M	$1.2M	$7K
Office expensesLn 13	$5K	$125	$5K
Information technologyLn 14	$110K	$77K	$33K
OccupancyLn 16	$206K	$152K	$54K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$1.2M	$1.2M	$66K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$56K	$41K	$15K
InsuranceLn 23	$12K	$206	$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$323K	$258K	$65K
All other expensesLn 24e	$6K	$4K	$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$5.7M	$4.7M	$1.0M	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$5.3M	$5.4M	−$150K	$1.9M	990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing	$5.0M	$5.7M	−$734K	$2.0M	990 PDF
FY2023	$4.6M	$5.0M	−$427K	$2.8M	990 PDF
FY2022	$3.0M	$4.2M	−$1.2M	$3.2M	990 PDF
FY2021	$4.3M	$3.0M	$1.3M	$4.3M	990 PDF
FY2020	$3.5M	$2.3M	$1.2M	$3.0M	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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $4,991,484 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,137,897$2,852,637

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,463,214$2,136,175

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,882$2,631

I-11 Other revenue$41

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,603,993$4,991,484

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $141,801$64,010

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,890,525$2,238,199

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,998,769$3,422,896

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,031,095$5,725,105

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$427,102−$733,621

Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13

VI-1b Independent voting members13

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,991,484 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$337,115

VIII-1e Government grants$2,515,522

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$183,458

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,852,637

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,136,175$2,136,175

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,631$2,631

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $41$41

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,136,216 · Excluded from tax $2,631$4,991,484

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,725,105 across 16 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $64,010$64,010

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $197,883 · Management $80,468$278,351

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,157,499 · Management $470,692$1,628,191

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $36,494 · Management $14,840$51,334

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $89,097 · Management $36,231$125,328

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $110,188 · Management $44,807$154,995

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $141,641 · Management $107,611$249,252

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,213,129 · Management $6,904$1,220,033

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $125 · Management $4,591$4,716

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $76,882 · Management $33,012$109,894

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $151,752 · Management $54,105$205,857

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,170,408 · Management $66,116$1,236,524

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $41,413 · Management $14,765$56,178

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $206 · Management $11,758$11,964

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $257,711 · Management $65,095$322,806

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,181 · Management $1,491$5,672

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,712,619 · Management $1,012,486 · Fundraising $0$5,725,105

Part X · Balance sheet $2,664,820 assets, 17 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $324,815$566,517

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,020,692$1,406,798

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $189,148$179,558

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $17,540$24,199

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $118,316$79,669

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $300,882$264,900

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $218,996$136,282

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,897$6,897

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,317,286$2,664,820

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $202,790$370,942

X-18 Grants payableStart of year $50,000$43,150

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $72,623$75,751

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $225,581$142,306

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $550,994$632,149

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,766,292$2,032,671

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,766,292$2,032,671

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,317,286$2,664,820

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,032,671 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$4,991,484

XI-2 Total expenses$5,725,105

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$733,621

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,766,292

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,032,671

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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