Nonprofit · EIN 46-1236964
SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt (reinstated) · DENVER, CO 80211
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $601,415 | $534,618 | $66,797 | $160,946 | $2,301 | $158,645 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $443,828 | $654,632 | -$210,804 | $108,981 | $17,133 | $91,848 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $552,291 | $685,946 | -$133,655 | $320,443 | $17,791 | $302,652 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $601,415
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $220,000
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $56
- Accounting fees
- $3,120
- Program services (functional)
- $519,719
- Management and general (functional)
- $14,899
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $108,981
- Total assets, end of year
- $160,946
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,301
- Net assets, end of year
- $158,645
- Gross receipts
- $601,415
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 21
- Year formed
- 2012
- State of legal domicile
- CO
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAMI SIMON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SIBYL CHAVIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ADAM ENGEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PAUL BEHRMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BRYAN HOYT | CFO Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 6 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAMI SIMON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SIBYL CHAVIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ADAM ENGEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PAUL BEHRMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| NILS MCCARTY | TREASURER AND SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| BRYAN HOYT | CFO Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 5 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAMI SIMON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SIBYL CHAVIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ADAM ENGEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PAUL BEHRMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| NILS MCCARTY | TREASURER AND SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2128 W 32ND AVE, DENVER, CO 80211-3408
- In care of
- % TAMI SIMON
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- BRYAN HOYT, 2128 W 32ND AVENUE C/O INDUSTRIOUS, DENVER, CO 80211
- Signed the 990
- BRYAN HOYT, CFO
- Phone
- (303) 665-3151
- 990-N for 2017 filed under this EIN
- Most likely by a chapter, club or affiliate (it says receipts are normally $50,000 or less). Officer: Nils McCarty, 413 S Arthur Avenue, Louisville CO 80027. Mailing address: 413 S Arthur Avenue, Louisville CO 80027.
- Return prepared by
- KCO INC
Mission
THE SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION SHARES TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES TO EMPOWER PEOPLE ON THEIR LIFE JOURNEYS. WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE INNER WISDOM, TOOLS, AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
Program accomplishments
- MINDFUL CHAMPIONS: STUDENTS FROM THE FIFTH COHORT, WHERE 102 FULL SCHOLARSHIPS WERE GRANTED, STARTED IN FEBRUARY 2025. MINDFUL CHAMPIONS ARE DEDICATED TO BRINGING MINDFULNESS TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED.Expenses $100,000 · grants $100,000
- PRODUCT DONATIONS: IN 2025, 9,140 BOOKS FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN WERE DONATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FREE REGISTRATIONS FOR ONLINE COURSES TO SUPPORT THOSE EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. A TOTAL OF 1,071 FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO ONLINE COURSES WERE GRANTED TO HELP INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY.Expenses $240,907
- THE HEALING TRAUMA PROGRAM CHANGEMAKERS - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WELLBEING PROJECT, THE SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION ENROLLED 150 GLOBAL "CHANGEMAKERS"LEADERS IN THE FRONT LINES TACKLING THE WORLD'S MOST URGENT CRISESINTO THE HEALING TRAUMA PROGRAM.FOR MANY OF THESE CHANGEMAKERS, PRIMARILY BASED IN THE GLOBAL SOUTHACCESS TO TRAUMA-INFORMED RESOURCES IS OFTEN SCARCE. THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION FROM LIGHTEN, THESE 150 INDIVIDUALS ARE NOW PREPARED TO RETURN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AS "RIPPLES" OF HEALING, TRANSFORMING THE VERY SYSTEMS THEY LEAD. A NEW COHORT OF 150 CHANGEMAKERS STARTED IN FEBRUARY AS PART OF THE HEALING TRAUMA PROGRAM'S 2026 ENROLLEES.Expenses $149,406 · grants $120,000
- THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS PRISON OUTREACH PROJECT THROUGH THE PRINT-ON-DEMAND BOOK, LEAVING PRISON BEFORE YOU GET OUT. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GRIP FOUNDER JACQUES VERDUIN, THIS MANUAL IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE TOOL OF ITS KIND. IT EQUIPS JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS AND CORRECTIONAL STAFF WITH THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS OF MINDFULNESS AND EMOTIONAL SELF-REGULATION. THE FOUNDATION PRINTS AND DISTRIBUTES LEAVING PRISON BEFORE YOU GET OUT EXCLUSIVELY TO GRIP AT NO COST TO THE ORGANIZATION. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2024, 1,560 PRINTED COPIES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED, IN ADDITION TO ITS E-BOOK AND AUDIO VERSIONS.IN ADDITION, THROUGH OUR SECOND YEAR OF PARTNERSHIP WITH EDUCATION OVER OBSTACLES (EDOVO), AN ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, THE SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION REACHED MORE THAN ONE MILLION JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE. THE FOUNDATION DONATED SELECT DIGITAL TITLES ON MINDFULNESS, GRIEF, TRAUMA, SELF-COMPASSION, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, AND MORE.Expenses $29,406
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 46-1236964
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2016
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Public and societal benefit (W99)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $160,946
- Income (IRS master file)
- $601,415
Revocation and reinstatement
- Exemption revoked
- May 15, 2015
- Posted by the IRS
- August 10, 2015
- Reinstated
- Effective May 15, 2015
From the IRS automatic revocation list: organizations that did not file a required return or e-Postcard for three consecutive years.
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $601,415 | $534,618 | $160,946 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $443,828 | $654,632 | $108,981 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $552,291 | $685,946 | $320,443 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $892,732 | $965,881 | $439,607 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2017 Officer: Nils McCarty Filed under this EIN, most likely by a chapter or affiliate | December 31, 2017 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-1236964).
Questions about SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION is 46-1236964.
- Is SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS revoked its exemption on May 15, 2015 and reinstated it effective May 15, 2015.
- Are donations to SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names BRYAN HOYT.
- Who are the officers and directors of SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 5 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does SOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $601,415, expenses of $534,618 and total assets of $160,946 at year end.
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