Supports Colorado Springs entrepreneurs by providing educational resources, mentorship, low-interest loans, and shared workspace to help their small businesses grow and thrive.
Supports Colorado Springs entrepreneurs by providing educational resources, mentorship, low-interest loans, and shared workspace to help their small businesses grow and thrive.
For fiscal year 2021 it reported $1.1M in revenue, $872K in expenses, and $845K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2021
Total revenue
$1.1M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$872K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$845K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $258K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
100%
Program services $1.00
Program efficiency
100%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
20.5mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+23%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2021 · Form 990
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2021▲ +75%
$3.0M$1.5M$0
FY2020FY2025
Expenses
$872K
FY2021▲ +121%
$2.0M$990K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total assets
$3.0M
FY2021▲ +11%
$5.3M$2.6M$0
FY2020FY2025
Total liabilities
$2.2M
FY2021▲ +1%
$2.2M$1.1M$0
FY2020FY2025
Total revenue
$1.1M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$872K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$845K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$258K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$3.0M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B100%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 37
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 46
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
1 program service account for $872K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2021.
01
To connect entrepreneurs with educational resources, training, mentorship, access to capital, and a shared operating space in the Colorado Springs region.
Max Cupp’s $100K as Executive Director
is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1711 $100K–1M 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 · 4 named individuals · 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 Vance Brown · Reported title President · Highest reported compensation $0 · Total expenses $872K
0%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $272K · Total expenses $872K
31%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
100%
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—
Overhead ratio
0%
—
—
Fundraising cost ratio
0%
—
—
Revenue growth
75%
—
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
—
—
Legal fee ratio
1%
—
—
Accounting fee ratio
1%
—
—
Fundraising fee ratio
0%
—
—
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
Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2021IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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