Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2022.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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; $39K paid to officers and key staff.
Jane Barnes’s $87K as Exec Dir is at the 23rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Barnes | $86,796 | $86,554 | $38,769 |
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.
See Benefits in Action executive salaries →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 II2 listed
Programs and updates
Helps seniors and underserved communities access and use food and health benefits for better well-being.
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Health Benefit Navigation
Providing education, navigation, and application assistance to individuals for medicare, medicaid, connect for health colorado, snap, and more. Food delivery program - delivering, boxes of food to individuals that are homebound in jefferson, denver, adams, and arapahoe counties.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $458K | |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $30K | |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $0 | $975K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $429K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $0 | $546K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $39K | $34K | $4K | $2K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $405K | $353K | $36K | $16K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $37K | $32K | $3K | $1K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $36K | $32K | $3K | $1K |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $66K | $33K | $33K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $7K | $3K | $5K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $37K | $23K | $14K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $47K | $41K | $4K | $2K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $6K | $4K | $2K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $76K | $67K | $8K | $209 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $757K | $621K | $113K | $23K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 13, 2025 | $4.4M | $4.4M | $10K | $933K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 | $3.2M | $2.5M | $655K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 | $1.3M | $757K | $543K | $546K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,299,880 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 3 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,299,880 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $757,253 across 10 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $975,108 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $546,304 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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