Fresh Start INC FY2022 filing

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Denver, CO501(c)(3)Since 1994Crime & LegalEIN 84-1266993Revenue $123K in FY2022

On file with the IRSfreshstartdenver.org1230 Decatur St, 80204-3362 · Denver, COTax-exempt since Sep 1994Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To assist families, children and youth with support during life transitions and empower participants to lead healthy and productive lives leading to self-sufficiency and success.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$79K 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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FY2022 · 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $45K a year · 20% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$79K
to officers and key staff · 60% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 60% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $49K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$40K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 2 voting members
Looks good: 2 of 2 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$123K
-80% vs prior year
Spent
$131K
To programs
87%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$123K
FY2022▼ -80%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$78K
FY2021$618K
FY2022$123K
FY2023$192K
FY2024$227K
FY2025$109K
Expenses
$131K
FY2022▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$131K
FY2021$141K
FY2022$131K
FY2023$347K
FY2024$162K
FY2025$164K
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2022▼ -25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.6M

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending June 2022) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1994.

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

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $113K Management & general 12% · $16K Fundraising 1% · $1K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $79K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$78,855Pt VII · Sec A
Board Presid
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Tr
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jeanne Granville’s $79K as Executive Di is at the 58th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jeanne Granville$79,370$74,600$36,291$78,855$78,420$77,632

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

Supports families and youth through life changes, empowering them for healthy, productive, self-sufficient lives.

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3 programs · $113K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Sun Valley Initiative

Develops and supports strong neighborhood leadership, advocating for health, social and economic improvements and opportunities for sun valley's most vulnerable residents. It also provides youth development activities, including career exploration, job readiness, entrepreneurism and healthy living for sun valley youth.

$97Kprogram expense
02

Sun Valley Community Coalition

The organization serves as a fiscal sponsor for the sun valley community coalition, which is a registered neighborhood organization with the city and county of denver. It brings together all sectors of the community: residents, businesses, and organizations owning or leasing property in the sun valley neighborhood, to share information…

$10Kprogram expense
03

Westside Stadium Community Coalition

The organization serves as the fiscal sponsor for the westside stadium community coalition (WSCC), which was formed in fiscal year 2020 by resident leaders and equity-oriented non- profit, government and business stakeholders from the sun valley neighborhood in denver to develop and negotiate, as well as facilitate the resulting…

$6Kprogram expense

Funders

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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$49K

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$123K
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$98K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24K
Money outPt IX
$131K
Ln 25
Programscol B$113K
Managementcol C$16K
Fundraisingcol D$1K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$88K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a2
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24K
Investment incomeLn 3$98K
Total revenueLn 12$123K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$88K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$88K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 62
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$850K$88K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K$40K
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$80K$70K$9K$1K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$9K$8K$957$124
Other employee benefitsLn 9$943$825$104$14
Payroll taxesLn 10$11K$9K$1K$151
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$250$250
Office expensesLn 13$10K$10K$160
OccupancyLn 16$89$82$7
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$218$200$18
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K$233
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$12K$12K$64
Total functional expensesLn 25$131K$113K$16K$1K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $109K$164K−$55K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $227K$162K$65K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $192K$347K−$155K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $123K$131K−$8K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $618K$141K$477K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $78K$131K−$53K$1.2M 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 FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $122,563 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $22,203$24,500
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $595,899$98,063
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $618,102$122,563
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $98,290$100,516
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $42,885$30,095
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $141,175$130,611
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $476,927−$8,048
Part VI · Governance 2 of 2 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body2
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $122,563 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$24,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$24,500
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $98,063$98,063
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $98,063$122,563
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $130,611 across 11 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $70,222 · Management $8,820 · Fundraising $1,138$80,180
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,619 · Management $957 · Fundraising $124$8,700
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $825 · Management $104 · Fundraising $14$943
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,366 · Management $1,176 · Fundraising $151$10,693
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,575$4,575
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $250$250
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,666 · Management $160$9,826
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $82 · Management $7$89
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $200 · Management $18$218
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,564 · Management $233$2,797
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $12,276 · Management $64$12,340
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $113,070 · Management $16,114 · Fundraising $1,427$130,611
Part X · Balance sheet $1,467,138 assets, 10 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $850,200$87,961
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,966$9,656
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,052,660$1,369,521
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,919,565$1,467,138
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $18,519$40,323
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $18,519$40,323
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,839,276$1,363,214
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $61,770$63,601
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,901,046$1,426,815
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,919,565$1,467,138
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,426,815 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$122,563
XI-2 Total expenses$130,611
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$8,048
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,901,046
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$454,370
XI-7 Investment expenses−$11,813
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,426,815

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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