Colorado Bioscience Association: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 84-1363258)

Elyse Blazevich’s $204K as President and CEO is at the 68th 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Elyse Blazevich	$203,561	$193,321	$135,787	$17,870	—
Jennifer Jones	—	—	—	$103,421	$155,000
Amy Goodman	$135,296	—	—	—	—
Emily Martini	$109,649	$104,601	—	—	—
Emily Roberts	—	—	—	—	$102,650

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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Connects and supports Colorado's life sciences companies to foster innovation and growth.

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2 programs · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Cbsa creates a supportive ecosystem for our members (individuals to major corporations and institutions), who drive global health innovations that improve and save lives through: capital + growth: we support access to capital at all stages of commercialization.

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02

Policy + Advocacy

We cultivate a supportive, innovation-friendly business climate for life sciences. Workforce cultivation: we grow an educated, experienced workforce and connect jobseekers to companies. Champion: we lead the ecosystem in colorado and share our success STORIES.CO hub for health impact: we support retention, expansion, and attraction of…

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 · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

Biotechnology Innovation OrganizationFY2024$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$2.4M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$447K

Money outPt IX

$2.2M

Ln 25

Owns and owesPt X

$429K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$943K

Total assetsLn 16$1.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$898K

PeoplePt VI, VII

32

listed · VII A

PaidVII A3

Voting boardVI 1a29

IndependentVI 1b29

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M

Government grantsLn 1e$87K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$447K

Total revenueLn 12$2.4M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$943K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$943K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K

Other assetsLn 15$110K

Total assetsLn 16$1.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$898K

Net assetsLn 32$429K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 628

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

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	$812K	$943K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$7K	$3K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.4M	$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$1.1M	$898K
Net assetsLn 32	$280K	$429K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$214K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$389K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$37K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$47K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$34K
Lobbying feesLn 11d	$66K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$108K
Office expensesLn 13	$14K
Information technologyLn 14	$54K
OccupancyLn 16	$75K
TravelLn 17	$15K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$255K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$4K
InsuranceLn 23	$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$861K
All other expensesLn 24e	$15K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.2M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$2.4M	$2.2M	$150K	$429K	990 PDF
FY2023	$1.6M	$1.6M	−$70K	$280K	990 PDF
FY2022	$1.3M	$1.3M	$58K	$350K	990 PDF
FY2021	$981K	$886K	$95K	$292K	990 PDF
FY2020	$909K	$900K	$9K	$197K	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 J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $2,356,982 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,206,149$1,910,315

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $344,354$446,667

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,550,503$2,356,982

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $656,143$698,132

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $964,762$1,508,945

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,620,905$2,207,077

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$70,402$149,905

Part VI · Governance 29 of 29 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body29

VI-1b Independent voting members29

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

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-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,356,982 across 6 lines filed

VIII-1b Membership dues$368,676

VIII-1e Government grants$87,000

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,454,639

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,910,315

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $371,917 · Unrelated business $74,750$446,667

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $371,917 · Unrelated business $74,750 · Excluded from tax $0$2,356,982

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,207,077 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$213,503

IX-7 Other salaries and wages$388,938

IX-8 Pension plan contributions$11,323

IX-9 Other employee benefits$37,059

IX-10 Payroll taxes$47,309

IX-11c Accounting fees$33,680

IX-11d Lobbying fees$65,892

IX-11g Other fees for services$107,957

IX-13 Office expenses$13,713

IX-14 Information technology$53,759

IX-16 Occupancy$75,045

IX-17 Travel$14,510

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$254,740

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$3,581

IX-23 Insurance$10,472

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$860,570

IX-24e All other expenses$15,026

IX-25 Total functional expenses$2,207,077

Part X · Balance sheet $1,327,939 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $812,091$943,486

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $336,892$255,760

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $29,687$15,819

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,947$3,365

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $166,065$109,509

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,351,682$1,327,939

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $202,968$189,372

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $697,443$596,351

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $171,735$112,775

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,072,146$898,498

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $279,536$429,441

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $279,536$429,441

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,351,682$1,327,939

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $429,441 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$2,356,982

XI-2 Total expenses$2,207,077

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$149,905

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$279,536

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$429,441

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

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