Abundance Foundation INC

Tax-deductible

Denver, CO501(c)(3)Since 2021HousingEIN 85-1448497Revenue $1.7M in FY2025

On file with the IRS2221 Stacy Dr, 80221-4637 · Denver, COTax-exempt since Jan 2021Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Provide substance abuse treatment and sober-living alternate lifestyle programs for clients as well as sober-living housing for low-income individuals.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 14 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $46K a year · 5% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 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
$266K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 66% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 2 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.7M
+21% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
73%
Net assets
$186K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2025▲ +21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$427K
FY2023$541K
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.7M
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2025▲ +55%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$418K
FY2023$537K
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.8M
Net assets
$186K
FY2025▼ -28%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$10K
FY2023$4K
FY2024$259K
FY2025$186K

From the FY2025 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 Jan 2021.

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% · $1.3M Management & general 24% · $425K Fundraising 3% · $60K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $266K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$100,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member at Large-Recovery Coach
$86,538Pt VII · Sec A
Operations Manager
$65,385Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer-Bookkeeper
$14,120Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian Bauer’s $100K as Executive Director is at the 34th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2036 $1–10M housing 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Brian Bauer$100,000$86,538$72,692$55,356
Elizabeth Zetterquist$86,538$76,539$62,885$50,893
Amber Berry$65,385$52,404$11,538—
Alys Susskind——$54,615$10,541
Ashley Potter———$32,861
Ron Stone———$32,782
Terrell Keith——$32,692$4,501
Luke Deweese——$30,769$24,408

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 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Offers substance abuse treatment and sober living housing for low-income individuals.

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3 programs · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Substance Abuse Recovery

Supplemental Therapy Other Recovery Expenses Recovery Staffing

$965Kprogram expense
02

Recovery Incentives & Sober-Living Activities

Friday Night Activities Other Group Activities Other Incentives Activities Expenses Incentives Staffing

$175Kprogram expense
03

Sober-Living Low-Income Housing and Assistance

Sober Housing Rent & Scholarships Client Assistance Other Housing Expenses Assistance Staffing

$160Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 11 grants · $374K · 2023–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$84,222
Unitemized GrantFY2025$36,818
Unitemized GrantFY2025$5,976
Unitemized GrantFY2024$78,596
Unitemized GrantFY2024$35,443
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,868
Unitemized GrantFY2023$45,011
Unitemized GrantFY2023$45,011
Unitemized GrantFY2023$19,128
Unitemized GrantFY2023$19,128
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,506

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$462K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$425K
Fundraisingcol D$60K
Owns and owesPt X
$186K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$157K
Total assetsLn 16$191K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$462K
Government grantsLn 1e$400K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$51K
SavingsLn 2$106K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$157K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$14K
Total assetsLn 16$191K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
Net assetsLn 32$186K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$470K$157K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$494K$191K
LiabilitiesLn 26$229K$5K
Net assetsLn 32$265K$186K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$127K$127K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$252K$157K$95K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$711K$674K$17K$20K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$35K$0$35K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$86K$0$86K$0
Management feesLn 11a$80K$80K$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$24K$0$24K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$0$14K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$24K$24K
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$24K$24K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$23K$0$23K$0
Office expensesLn 13$6K$0$6K$0
Information technologyLn 14$36K$24K$12K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$40K$0$40K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$53K$0$53K$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$859$0$859$0
InsuranceLn 23$9K$0$9K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$239K$214K$9K$16K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$0$2K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.8M$1.3M$425K$60K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.7M$1.8M−$85K$186K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.2M$255K$259K 990 PDF
FY2023 $541K$537K$4K$4K 990 PDF
FY2022 $427K$418K$10K$10K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,700,342 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $437,186$461,759
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $972,109$1,232,491
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $479$6,092
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,409,774$1,700,342
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $120,839$127,017
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $653,346$1,083,041
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $23,253$23,900
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $357,319$551,786
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,154,757$1,785,744
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $255,017−$85,402
Part VI · Governance 2 of 3 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,700,342 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$399,583
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$62,176
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$461,759
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,232,491 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,232,491
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,092$6,092
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,232,491 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,092$1,700,342
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,785,744 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $127,017$127,017
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $156,730 · Management $95,192 · Fundraising $0$251,922
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $673,641 · Management $16,695 · Fundraising $20,357$710,693
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $34,860 · Fundraising $0$34,860
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $85,566 · Fundraising $0$85,566
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $80,035 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$80,035
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $24,383 · Fundraising $0$24,383
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $14,120 · Fundraising $0$14,120
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $23,900$23,900
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $24,475 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$24,475
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $22,822 · Fundraising $0$22,822
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $5,556 · Fundraising $0$5,556
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $24,183 · Management $11,619 · Fundraising $0$35,802
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $39,840 · Fundraising $0$39,840
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $52,958 · Fundraising $0$52,958
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $859 · Fundraising $0$859
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $9,447 · Fundraising $0$9,447
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $214,219 · Management $8,786 · Fundraising $16,134$239,139
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $2,350 · Fundraising $0$2,350
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,300,300 · Management $425,053 · Fundraising $60,391$1,785,744
Part X · Balance sheet $190,530 assets, 22 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $20,000; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $420,152$51,130
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $50,000$105,666
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,835$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,006$13,734
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $493,993$190,530
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $217,083$4,167
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $11,683$674
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $228,766$4,841
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $265,227$185,689
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $493,993$190,530
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $185,689 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,700,342
XI-2 Total expenses$1,785,744
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$85,402
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$265,227
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$5,864
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$185,689

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