2025-03-03T18:07:39-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 273722434 COLORADO FUTURETEK INC COLO 7206899228 PO Box 7159 Denver CO 80220 Ron Fontenot Co-Founder 7209825854 2025-03-03 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X https://www.cftek.org X X 117208 X 115005 1618 0 585 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117208 0 0 0 81332 0 1607 58054 140993 -23785 47379 0 23594 47379 23594 0 0 0 0 47379 23594 0 0 47379 23594 Our purpose is two-fold: 1) To provide enrichment training and resources to help African American and other underrepresented minority youth obtain marketable skills in the IT and computer industry and support them in developing interpersonal and entrepreneurial skills. 2) To elevate senior citizens by providing basic computer and smartphone training and assistance to increase their knowledge and comfort with technology. SummerTEK is our 6 week tuition free online training opportunity for high school students to explore rewarding careers and to acquire valuable technology skills in a supportive and user friendly environment. It was held June 10 through July 19, 2024. This year, 36 SummerTEK students earned Cisco Networking Academy certificates for the Networking and Cybersecurity courses, or certification from Certiport for the Entrepreneurship and Communication Skills courses. Program service expenses include payments to independent contractor instructors. Here is a description of the four exciting courses we held in SummerTEK 2024. CCNA v7 Introduction to Networks. Students learned how the internet works and how to design computer networks for home and small businesses. The course introduced architectures, models, protocols, and networking simulations. Introduction to Cybersecurity. Students developed an understanding of cybercrime, security principles, technologies, and procedures used to defend networks. Communication Skills for Business Course. The core concepts included professional communication skills, effective verbal, nonverbal and listening skills, creating business deliverables, effectively delivering a message, receiving communications, and analyzing communication scenarios. The Entrepreneurship course covered business concepts, financial management, how to recognize a business opportunity, and how to turn an idea into a successful small business. 0 76308 Summer SilverTeks Online is a 4-week Monday through Friday class that was held June 3 - June 28, 2024 for senior citizens covering Microsoft Office basics. This year, the seniors were provided with a 15-month Microsoft 365 subscription an M365 workbook to help them transition from older versions of Microsoft Office. In this program, our adult instructors, and high school and college students who have excelled in our training programs worked one-on-one with the senior citizens in Zoom breakout rooms. We also provided individual tutoring sessions for senior citizens upon request. This program is a win-win, providing valuable skills for senior citizens and a paid stipend opportunity for our high school and college students. There were 27 participants. Program service expenses include tutor stipends and payments to independent contractor instructors. 0 13334 STEAM! Online classes were held for 3 weeks, July 8 through July 26, 2024. This program consists of classes for 5th and 6th graders and classes for 7th and 8th graders. The students engaged in online activities including: 1. 3D animation project 2. PowerPoint cartoon project 3. Minecraft Programming 4. Financial Literacy 5. High School and college readiness (for 7th and 8th graders). Our STEAM! classes are taught by Colorado Futuretek and SparqU adult instructors assisted by our Colorado Futuretek high school and college student tutors.STEAM! F.U.T.U.R.E - Middle School students learn financial literacy basics through online activities and games. Topics included goal setting, budgeting, and saving. These online classes were held December 30, 31 and Jan 2. Students (and parents) learned how to open a child's savings account at Young Americans Bank, and Colorado Futuretek provided each child with a $10 deposit to open their account. There were 38 participants in the two STEAM programs. Program service expenses include payments to independent contractor instructors. 0 12433 Silver Saturdays Online is a project-based class to help senior citizens 50 and over learn the basics or improve their skills using laptops with MS Office applications, or smartphones. The classes were held online using Zoom on the 2nd Saturday of each month Jan - May and Sep-Dec 2024. There were 35 participants. Program service expenses include payments to independent contractor instructors. 0 9950 CFTEK Student Internship program - In Summer 2024, Colorado Futuretek paid the stipend for one college student who interned at SparqU. This intern helped to develop a community Youth Training program and she was highly rated for her performance. 0 1918 113943 Arlene C Booker President 12 0 0 0 Jackie Davis Vice President 6 0 0 0 Ron Fontenot Sr Acting Treasurer and Co-Founder 10 0 0 0 Meosha Brooks Director 0.5 0 0 0 Patricia Fontenot Director 2 0 0 0 David Hinds Director 0.5 0 0 0 Walter Huff II Director 0.5 0 0 0 Lynn Jackson Director 2 0 0 0 Tafari Shambe Director 0.5 0 0 0 Tevin Thompson Director 0.1 0 0 0 Jhia Turner Director 0.5 0 0 0 Sydney Young Director 0.5 0 0 0 Patricia Fontenot Independent Contractor Program Administrator 10 5775 0 0 Ronald S Fontenot Sr Independent Contractor Instructor, Project Developer 12 8025 0 0 Lynn Jackson Independent Contractor Instructor 10 5600 0 0 Jhia Turner Independent Contractor Instructor 5.00 5000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Fontenot Sr PO Box 7159 Denver CO 80207 7206899228 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 39122 76421 77277 88291 115005 396116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39122 76421 77277 88291 115005 396116 178237 217879 13 13 18 1772 585 2401 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 398517 0.54672 0.50574 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Refunds and Rebates Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^General and Administrative Expense;11240|Fundraising and Publicity Expense;15810|Silver Saturdays Program Expense minus independent contractors;4647|SilverTeks Program Expense minuse independent contractors;4750|SummerTEK Program Expense minus independent contractors;17745|STEAM Program Expense minus indepedent contractors;1944|Student Internship Program Expense;1918^Total;58054^