The mission of the Amache Alliance is to help preserve and interpret the WWII Granada Relocation Center, known as the Amache National Historic Site, a WWII Japanese American incarceration site in Colorado. Preservation includes, but is not limited to, Amache's stories, artifacts and historic structures. The Amache Alliance works to educate all Americans about the forced evacuation, relocation, and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Official philanthropic partner and Friends group for the National Park Service's Amache National Historic Site.

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97¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
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Latest return
FY2025
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Spent on programs
97%
of spending
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Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
10 mo
of spending, in cash
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Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $118K
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Liabilities
$106K
63% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 63% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 7 voting members
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Revenue
$314K
Spent
$170K
To programs
97%
Net assets
$63K
By yearFY2024–FY2025
Revenue
$314K
FY2024
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FY2024$314K
FY2025$173K
Net assets
$63K
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2024$63K
FY2025$228K

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Where the money goes

97 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 97% · $165K Management & general 3% · $5K

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

9 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
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Secretary
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$0Pt VII · Sec A
Compliance Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
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Compliance Officer
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Colorado Special Advisor
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Preserves and interprets a WWII Japanese American incarceration site, educating about their forced relocation.

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3 programs · $150K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Amache National Historic Site Maintenance Project. Improved access within the historic site through much needed grading and repair to roadways that were damaged from heavy rains, which occurred in the spring and summer of 2023.

$85Kprogram expense
02

Amache

Sand Creek Massacre Youth Ambassador Program. As of December 1st, 2024, we have completed the first two of three engagements with a Youth Ambassador Cohort of 12 people ages 14-23, increased from the originally proposed 10.

$47Kprogram expense
03

Fundraising film project grants for post-production and support the project team's efforts to take film, Procession, on an opening film tour show in 2025. Procession is an intense, intimate, and poetic short film about generational trauma, horrors of history past, and memory.

$18Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$118K
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $19K · 2024–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$19,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$314K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$192K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$119K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$170K
Ln 25
Programscol B$165K
Managementcol C$5K
Owns and owesPt X
$63K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$145K
Total assetsLn 16$170K
LiabilitiesLn 26$106K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$119K
Government grantsLn 1e$50K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$33K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$4K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$192K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$314K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$31K
SavingsLn 2$115K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$145K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$24K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$170K
LiabilitiesLn 26$106K
Net assetsLn 32$63K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 625
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$28K$145K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$24K
Total assetsLn 16$28K$170K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K$106K
Net assetsLn 32$27K$63K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$8K$8K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$33K$33K
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$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$598$0$598$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$206$0$206$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$800$800$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$97$50$47$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$36K$34K$2K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$300$980$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$75$0$75$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$1K$600$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$86K$85K$846$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$170K$165K$5K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $173K$228K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $314K$170K$144K$63K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $314,305 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $13,908$119,339
I-9 Program service revenue$192,485
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $362$2,481
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $14,270$314,305
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,757$41,132
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,167$128,866
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,924$169,998
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $11,346$144,307
Part VI · Governance 0 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $314,305 across 15 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$4,330
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$50,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$65,009
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$32,504
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$119,339
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $192,485 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$192,485
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $2,481 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,481
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-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $194,966 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$314,305
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $169,998 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $8,132$8,132
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $33,000$33,000
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 $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $598 · Fundraising $0$598
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $206 · Fundraising $0$206
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $800 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$800
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,553 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,553
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $50 · Management $47 · Fundraising $0$97
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $34,145 · Management $1,620 · Fundraising $0$35,765
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $300 · Management $980 · Fundraising $0$1,280
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $75 · Fundraising $0$75
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,000 · Management $600 · Fundraising $0$1,600
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $85,046 · Management $846 · Fundraising $0$85,892
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $165,026 · Management $4,972 · Fundraising $0$169,998
Part X · Balance sheet $169,506 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,284$30,540
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $23,260$114,701
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 $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$24,265
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 $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $27,544$169,506
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$5,865
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $1,000$100,388
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,000$106,253
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $26,544$38,988
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$24,265
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $26,544$63,253
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $27,544$169,506
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $63,253 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$314,305
XI-2 Total expenses$169,998
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$144,307
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$26,544
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$2,538
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$105,060
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$63,253

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