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Lyra FY2023 filing

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Denver, CO501(c)(3)Since 2019Education EIN 84-2619458Revenue $3.1M in FY2023

On file with the IRSlyracolorado.org1390 Lawrence St Ste 400, 80204-2081 · Denver, COTax-exempt since Apr 2020Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Lyra incubates and accelerates high-impact education initiatives that tackle some of the biggest challenges facing education, deeply rooted in diverse and inclusive community voices.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$384K 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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FY2023 · 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $50K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$384K
to officers and key staff · 26% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 26% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $240K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$122K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.1M
+142% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$3.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.1M
FY2023▲ +142%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$3.1M
FY2024$608K
FY2025$747K
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2023▲ +43%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$982K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.6M
Net assets
$3.0M
FY2023▲ +121%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$562K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$1.1M

From the FY2023 Form 990 · 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 Apr 2020.

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

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $1.3M Management & general 12% · $176K Fundraising 3% · $37K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $384K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Meghan Sivakoff
Chief Operating Officer
$164,398Pt VII · Sec A
Elizabeth Harbaugh
Director of Climatarium
$113,695Pt VII · Sec A
$106,258Pt VII · Sec A
Evy Valencia
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mary Seawell’s $239K as CEO is at the 99th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mary Seawell$239,146$220,964$106,258———
Meghan Sivakoff$194,263$173,728$164,398$41,843——
Elizabeth Harbaugh$145,972$118,363$113,695$82,918$20,156—
Felipe Vieyra————$103,542$68,921
Alana Romans—————$53,022

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Connects schools, educators, and students to transform education systems and the world.

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1 program · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Working side-by-side with education communities, lyra takes on critical issues facing students and educators. Through our initiatives, we apply a consistent set of strategies to a diverse set of community PRIORITIES:(1) innovation zones: empowering school communities to design and sustain zones of autonomous district schools to they can…

$1.3Mprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
Jobs for the Future INCFY2024$160K
The Denver FoundationFY2024$80K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$240K
Grants paid · 75 grants · $2.5M · 2020–2025
Colorado Mountain College Foundation INCCO · FY2025$40,000
Colorado SucceedsCO · FY2025$40,000
Yampa Valley Partnership for Students Stewardship&sustainabilityCO · FY2025$40,000
Southwest Colorado Education CollaborativeCO · FY2025$40,000
Colorado State UniversityFY2025$25,000
Green Schools National Network INCIA · FY2025$15,000
Western Slopes Schools Career CollaborativeCO · FY2025$10,000
Individual RecipientFY2025$10,000
Jeffco Education Support Professionals AssociationCO · FY2025$9,500
The Stead SchoolCO · FY2025$9,250
Steamboat Springs School DistrictFY2025$9,000
Denver School of Science and Technology INCCO · FY2025$7,500
Full Circle of Lake County INCCO · FY2025$7,000
Poudre School District R-1FY2025$5,500
Luminary Learning NetworkCO · FY2024$300,000
Empower Schools INCMA · FY2024$45,000
Denver Public SchoolsFY2024$10,000
Poudre School District R-1FY2024$7,500
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$225K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$176K
Fundraisingcol D$37K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$122K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$225K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$3.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$906K
SavingsLn 2$859K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$122K
Net assetsLn 32$3.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$53K$122K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M$3.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$25K$25K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$384K$304K$61K$20K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$206K$163K$32K$11K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$42K$30K$9K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$30K$22K$6K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$42K$35K$5K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$362K$361K$919
Accounting feesLn 11c$39K$39K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$254K$243K$11K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$741$447$294
Office expensesLn 13$6K$4K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K
TravelLn 17$59K$58K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$41$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$14K$11K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.3M$176K$37K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $747K$1.6M−$864K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $608K$1.7M−$1.1M$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $3.1M$1.5M$1.6M$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.3M$1.0M$260K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.5M$982K$539K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.1M$1.3M−$197K$562K 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 $3,118,604 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,281,500$2,862,870
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$224,845
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,279$29,561
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,040$1,328
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,286,819$3,118,604
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $441,500$25,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $222,828$703,780
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $362,981$740,120
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,027,309$1,468,900
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $259,510$1,649,704
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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 $3,118,604 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $29,561 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,862,870
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,862,870
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $224,845$224,845
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,328$1,328
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $224,845 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $30,889$3,118,604
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,468,900 across 15 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $25,000$25,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $303,843 · Management $60,556 · Fundraising $19,952$384,351
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $162,531 · Management $32,393 · Fundraising $10,673$205,597
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $30,178 · Management $8,860 · Fundraising $2,548$41,586
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,656 · Management $6,358 · Fundraising $1,829$29,843
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $35,196 · Management $4,916 · Fundraising $2,291$42,403
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $360,713 · Management $919$361,632
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $38,886$38,886
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $242,783 · Management $11,342$254,125
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $447 · Management $294$741
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,126 · Management $2,185$6,311
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,975$1,975
IX-17 TravelPrograms $58,228 · Management $1,023$59,251
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $41 · Management $2,990$3,031
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $11,062 · Management $3,106$14,168
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,255,804 · Management $175,803 · Fundraising $37,293$1,468,900
Part X · Balance sheet $3,132,301 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $98,381$905,682
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,277,597$859,159
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $24,000$1,264,870
X-4 Accounts receivable$90,234
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,451$12,356
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,413,429$3,132,301
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $52,682$61,850
X-19 Deferred revenue$60,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $52,682$121,850
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,056$147,832
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,351,691$2,862,619
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,360,747$3,010,451
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,413,429$3,132,301
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,010,451 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,118,604
XI-2 Total expenses$1,468,900
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,649,704
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,360,747
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,010,451

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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