Colorado Humanities FY2020 filing

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Denver, CO501(c)(3)Since 1976Arts & CultureEIN 84-0715097Revenue $1.5M in FY2020

On file with the IRScoloradohumanities.org1580 N Logan St Ste 660 Pmb 85026, 80203-1994 · Denver, COTax-exempt since Aug 1976Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$96K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $7K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
73%
of spending
Fine: 73% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$96K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $200K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$42K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.5M
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
73%
Net assets
$472K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.5M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$472K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$472K
FY2021$544K
FY2022$417K
FY2023$677K
FY2024$720K
FY2025$556K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending October 2020) · 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 Aug 1976.

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

Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $1.1M Management & general 20% · $288K Fundraising 7% · $109K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $96K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director/ Secret
$95,726Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maggie Coval’s $132K as Executive Director is at the 57th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Maggie Coval$132,236$132,190$126,270———
Margaret Coval———$110,650$102,245$95,726
Sarah Olivier$67,020—————

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

Develops and sponsors programs that explore and promote the humanities.

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3 programs · $952K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Cares act grants- distribution of stimulus funds to help sustain the operations organizations and the work of individuals engaged in the public humanities. 902,071 unduplicated persons have benefitted from this program.

$524Kprogram expense
02

Reading and Writing

Promotes a love of reading and books to people of all ages, including training educators to provide parent classes for family literacy, connecting outstanding authors with readers, and providing opportunities for veterans' self-expression through writing. 14,624 unduplicated persons have benefitted from this program.

$215Kprogram expense
03

Living History

Brings history alive through exhibit tours and first-person presentations of the lives of people who helped shape our society, presented in festivals, speaker tours, and a school curriculum. 4,987 unduplicated persons have benefitted from this program.

$213Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$200K
Grants paid · 80 grants · $1.1M · 2019–2021
Latino Cultural Arts CenterCO · FY2021$32,000
Museum of FriendsCO · FY2021$20,000
Huajatolla Heritage FoundationFY2021$20,000
Hayden Heritage CenterCO · FY2021$20,000
Golden History MuseumsCO · FY2021$20,000
The Cortez Center INCCO · FY2021$20,000
Center for the ArtsFY2021$20,000
Summit54CO · FY2021$18,000
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$29K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$24K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$288K
Fundraisingcol D$109K
Owns and owesPt X
$472K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$28K
Total assetsLn 16$515K
LiabilitiesLn 26$42K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$24K
Investment incomeLn 3$29K
Total revenueLn 12$1.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$28K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$28K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$349K
Other assetsLn 15$50K
Total assetsLn 16$515K
LiabilitiesLn 26$42K
Net assetsLn 32$472K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 646
Fiscal year endsHeaderOctober
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$33K$28K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$325K$349K
Total assetsLn 16$440K$515K
LiabilitiesLn 26$33K$42K
Net assetsLn 32$407K$472K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$476K$476K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5K$5K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$103K$63K$25K$14K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$380K$234K$93K$53K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$69K$43K$17K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$38K$23K$9K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$25K$17K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$138K$93K$45K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$7K$619
OccupancyLn 16$123K$73K$32K$18K
TravelLn 17$34K$13K$21K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$4K$934$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$60K$19K$34K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$3K$350
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.1M$288K$109K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.1M$1.3M−$241K$556K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.5M−$65K$720K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.7M$1.5M$247K$677K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.0M$2.0M−$45K$417K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.0M$1.1M−$7K$544K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.5M$1.5M$66K$472K 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
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,535,541 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $992,747$1,482,634
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $29,843$24,132
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $22,625$28,775
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,045,215$1,535,541
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$481,484
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $592,871$589,975
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $445,452$398,364
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,038,323$1,469,823
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,892$65,718
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
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 $1,535,541 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,244,237
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$238,397
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,482,634
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $24,132$24,132
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $28,775$28,775
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $24,132 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $28,775$1,535,541
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,469,823 across 14 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $476,484$476,484
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $5,000$5,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $63,357 · Management $25,222 · Fundraising $14,421$103,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $233,521 · Management $92,964 · Fundraising $53,154$379,639
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $42,537 · Management $16,934 · Fundraising $9,682$69,153
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $23,487 · Management $9,350 · Fundraising $5,346$38,183
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $16,980 · Management $8,320$25,300
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $92,691 · Management $45,422$138,113
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,789 · Management $619$7,408
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $72,840 · Management $32,182 · Fundraising $18,401$123,423
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,935 · Management $21,375$34,310
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,486 · Management $934 · Fundraising $1,338$6,758
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $18,638 · Management $33,851 · Fundraising $7,140$59,629
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,073 · Management $350$3,423
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,072,818 · Management $287,523 · Fundraising $109,482$1,469,823
Part X · Balance sheet $514,826 assets, 13 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $32,984$27,730
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $6,374$5,095
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $21,510$75,533
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,896$7,896
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $325,346$348,878
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $46,042$49,694
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $440,152$514,826
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $33,465$32,471
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $33,465$42,421
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $266,575$168,777
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $140,112$303,628
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $406,687$472,405
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $440,152$514,826
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $472,405 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,535,541
XI-2 Total expenses$1,469,823
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$65,718
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$406,687
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$472,405

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