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Nonprofit · EIN 84-1532028

COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION

Tax-exempt · DENVER, CO 80203

Financials

$10.1M$10.3M2023$10.5M$11.1M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$10,481,268$11,094,993-$613,725$3,342,422$1,899,782$1,442,640
December 31, 2023990$10,122,202$10,346,039-$223,837$3,317,419$1,261,054$2,056,365
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$7,002,097
of which government grants
$6,917,341
Membership dues
$50,500
Program service revenue
$3,433,234
Investment income
$45,937
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$10,277,031
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$130,782
Other salaries and wages
$282,849
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$465,383
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$25,153
Occupancy
$50,961
Travel
$30,598
Depreciation
$6,537
Program services (functional)
$10,908,959
Management and general (functional)
$161,977
Fundraising (functional)
$24,057

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$3,317,419
Total assets, end of year
$3,342,422
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,899,782
Net assets, end of year
$1,442,640
Net assets without donor restrictions
$1,442,640
Gross receipts
$10,481,268
Employees
5
Volunteers
0
Year formed
1999
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, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
SCOTT SEGERSTROMEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
1.35$112,500$18,282
KARINA AMAYA-RAGLANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.77$0$0
MIKE KINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.77$0$0
JUAN FERNANDEZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.77$0$0
ANNA HENDRICKSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.77$0$0
JEFF ROBERTSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.77$0$0
MAELLY OPREZADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.77$0$0
MARGARET TAYLORBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
0.67$0$0
HUDSON BEASLEYTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1.92$0$0
JACY ROCKSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
0.87$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 10 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
SCOTT SEGERSTROMEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$106,500$17,720
KARINA AMAYA-RAGLANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MIKE KINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JUAN FERNANDEZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANNA HENDRICKSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEFF ROBERTSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MAELLY OPREZADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARGARET TAYLORBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
HUDSON BEASLEYTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
JACY ROCKSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1580 N LINCOLN ST STE 880, DENVER, CO 80203-1015
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
MARGARET TAYLOR, 1640 GRANT STREET SUITE 210, DENVER, CO 80203
Signed the 990
HUDSON BEASLEY, TREASURER
Phone
(303) 863-0600
Return prepared by
WATSON COON RYAN LLC

Mission

THE COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION SERVES ON BEHALF OF CONSERVATION CORPS THAT TRANSFORM LIVES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH SERVICE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION STATEWIDE.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • CORPS SUPPORT & PROJECT MANAGEMENT:1)SUPPORTED STATEWIDE YOUTH PARTICIPATION OF 1994 YOUTH AT 8 INDEPENDENTLY OPERATING CONSERVATION SERVICE CORPS;2)PROVIDED LAND MANAGERS WITH 385 WEEKS OF WORK THROUGHOUT THE STATE;3)COORDINATED $5,118,242 IN STATEWIDE FEE-FOR-SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH PUBLIC LANDS MANAGERS INCLUDING CYCA'S ADMIN FEES;EXPENSES: $4,742,923 AGAINST CONTRACT PASS-THROUGH INCOME OF $4,520,696; OF THIS ACTIVITY, $1,173,659 IN PASS-THRU INCOME WAS BILLED TO THE COSWAP (COLORADO STRATEGIC WILDFIRE ACTION PROGRAM); ANOTHER $212,640 IN PASS-THRU INCOME WAS BILLED TO COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE STATE TRAILS-OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE PROGRAM. 4)RENEWED AMERICORPS FIXED AWARD GRANT, "YOUTH CORPS FOR COLORADO", FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2023 (PY2023) STARTING 1.1.2024; EXPENSES $2,953,537 AGAINST GRANT PASS-THROUGH INCOME OF $2,922,066. INCOME AND EXPENSE BOTH INCLUDE A QUARTERLY COMMISSION OF APPROX. 2.1% TO SERVE COLORADO, OF $81,015. IN 2024 CYCA BILLED PY2022 ADMIN FEE OF $70,384 AND PY2023 ADMIN FEE OF $120,252. THE BALANCE OF PY2023 ADMIN FEE WAS BILLED IN JANUARY 2025. INCOME TOTAL INCLUDES $69,466 BILLED IN JANUARY FOR DECEMBER 2023 CORPSMEMBER HOURS. IN 2024, AMERICORPS PROVIDED AMERICORPS EDUCATION AWARDS FOR 414 YOUNG PEOPLE: FT (1700 HRS) TO 6 MEMBERS AT $6895 EA = $41,370.00 TQT (1200 HRS) TO 30 MEMBERS AT $4826.50 = $144,795.00 HT (900 HRS) TO 30 MEMBERS AT $3447.50 = $103,425.00 RPT (675 HRS) TO 57 MEMBERS AT $2626.27 = $149,697.39 QT (450 HRS) TO 141 MEMBERS AT $1824.07 = $257,193.87 MT (300 HRS) TO 150 MEMBERS AT $1459.26 = $218,889.00FOR A TOTAL OF $915,370.26. NOTE THAT CYCA ADMIN FEE FOR YCCO GRANT BILLED IN 2024 INCLUDED $70,384 FOR PY2022 AND $120,252 FOR PY2023.B) IN 2024, UNDER THIS SAME PROGRAM, CYCA PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AMERICORPS PROGRAM COSTS-PER-MEMBER THROUGH 6 PARTICIPATING CONSERVATION SERVICE CORPS;CONSERVATION LEGACY (AKA SCC) - 92 MEMBERS TOTALING $409,637.46LARIMER COUNTY CONSERVATION CORPS - 45 MEMBERS TOTALING $260,054.46MILE HIGH YOUTH CORPS (2 LOCATIONS: DENVER AND SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE) - 123 MEMBERS TOTALING $854,507.05ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS - 176 MEMBERS TOTALING $1,132,230.99WELD COUNTY YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS - 22 MEMBERS TOTALING $112,543.43WESTERN COLORADO CONSERVATION CORPS - 6 MEMBERS TOTALING $33,922.16FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 464 MEMBERS TOTALING $2,802,895.555) IN ADDITION, IN 2024 CYCA ENROLLED MEMBERS UNDER A SECOND AMERICORPS FIXED AWARD GRANT, "COLORADO CLIMATE CORPS (AKA COLORADO COMMUNITY CORPS)."UNDER THIS PROGRAM IN PY2023, CYCA PASSED THROUGH $1,922,103 IN EXPENSES VS. PASS-THRU INCOME OF $1,888,543; INCOME AND EXPENSE BOTH INCLUDE SERVE COLORADO COMMISSION OF APPROX. 2.1%, OF $50,288. IN 2024 CYCA BILLED PY2022 ADMIN FEE OF $52,234 AND PY2023 ADMIN FEE OF $120,106. THE BALANCE OF PY2023 ADMIN FEE WAS BILLED IN 2025. IN 2024, AMERICORPS PROVIDED AMERICORPS EDUCATION AWARDS FOR 275 YOUNG PEOPLE:TQT (1200 HRS) TO 15 MEMBERS AT $4826.50 = $72,397.50HT (900 HRS) TO 40 MEMBERS AT $3447.50 = $137,900.00RPT (675 HRS) TO 43 MEMBERS AT $2626.27 = $112,929.61QT (450 HRS) TO 54 MEMBERS AT $1824.07 = $98,499.78MT (300 HRS) TO 123 MEMBERS AT $1459.26 = $179,488.98FOR A TOTAL OF $601,215.87 B) IN 2024, UNDER THIS SAME PROGRAM, CYCA PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AMERICORPS PROGRAM COSTS-PER-MEMBER THROUGH 5 PARTICIPATING CONSERVATION SERVICE CORPS:CONSERVATION LEGACY (SCC-FC AND SCC-LV) - 73 MEMBERS TOTALING $427,379.81LARIMER COUNTY CONSERVATION CORPS - 15 MEMBERS TOTALING $66,597.18MILE HIGH YOUTH CORPS (2 LOCATIONS: DENVER & SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE) - 99 MEMBERS TOTALING $548,616.34ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS - 57 MEMBERS TOTALING $387,683.02WESTERN COLORADO CONSERVATION CORPS - 69 MEMBERS TOTALING $410,290.34FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 313 MEMBERS TOTALING $1,840,566.696. IN COOPERATION WITH BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, WE ENROLLED OR CONTINUED 63 INTERNS, 3 OF WHOM SERVED TERM EXTENSIONS, FOR A TOTAL PASS-THRU COST OF $973,456.27.
    Expenses $9,966,954 · grants $9,528,907 · revenue $3,040,369
  • TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:EXPENSES OF $173,452 IN STAFF TIME PLUS TRAVEL COSTS OF $20,762 RELATED TO SUPPORTING CORPS TRAININGS AND BEST PRACTICES, WITH INCOME FROM CORPS DUES AND PROGRAM SERVICE FEES OF $57,055;AND EXPENSES OF $59,666 INCLUDING CAEE AND CYCA STAFF TIME, RELATED TO TRAININGS FOR THE CAREERS IN NATURAL RESOURCES INITIATIVE, WITH INCOME FROM GRANTS OF $60,000 FROM US FOREST SERVICE & BLM.1)CONVENED CORPS DIRECTORS, PROGRAM MANAGERS, AND ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR CYCA'S ANNUAL CORPS RETREAT; BROUGHT TOGETHER CORPS DIRECTORS & PROGRAM MANAGERS WITH PROJECT PARTNERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS FOR CYCA FACILITATED MEETINGS, SUPPORTED BY GRANT FUNDING, TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES, LESSONS LEARNED, AND POTENTIAL COLLABORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS GOING FORWARD.2)PARTNERED WITH COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (CAEE) TO PROMOTE CAREERS IN NATURAL RESOURCES INITIATIVE, SUPPORTED BY GRANT FUNDING, TO IMPROVE COORDINATION BETWEEN NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCIES, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING MORE PATHWAYS TO NATURAL RESOURCES CAREERS. TASKS INCLUDED PUBLISHING A WEBSITE, GREENPATHWAYS.ORG, GEARED TOWARD CAREER AWARENESS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; AND BEGINNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CAREER EXPLORATION WEBSITE FOR YOUNG ADULT JOB SEEKERS.
    Expenses $942,005 · grants $748,124 · revenue $392,865

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Check at the IRS
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
84-1532028
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2000
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Environment (C12)
Assets (IRS master file)
$3,811,489
Income (IRS master file)
$10,857,315

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$10,481,268$11,094,993$3,342,422XML
990December 2023$10,122,202$10,346,039$3,317,419XML
990December 2022$6,634,913$6,741,706$4,055,619IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

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 84-1532028).

Questions about COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION

What is the EIN of COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION is 84-1532028.
Is COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2000.
Are donations to COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION 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 COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION 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 COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MARGARET TAYLOR.
Who are the officers and directors of COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $112,500 (SCOTT SEGERSTROM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $10,481,268, expenses of $11,094,993 and total assets of $3,342,422 at year end.

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