Colorado · Nonprofit
50 in 52 Journey
50 in 52 Journey (Colorado) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,900 to it, the largest being The Morgridge Family Foundation ($33,700). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $62k
- Net assets
- $3k
What 50 in 52 Journey does
Mission
The purpose of the 50 IN 52 Journey is to expand access to literary education and publishing opportunities for underserved and underrepresented authors who would not otherwise have the resources access or support to be published. The organization promotes literacy advances education amplifies diverse voices and contributes to the cultural and literary enrichment of the public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Book publications from first time authors particularly women and people in marginalized communitites in print and digital form at no cost to the author. In 2025 eight books were initially published in hardcover six previously released titles were published in paperback and three in digital formats ePub & Kindle
$5,508 spent95% of program spendingA year-long writers training program was started in 2025 with 5 authors. This program begins with a 28-day boot-camp manuscript training course followed by monthly training and support for a year. Donated services for writing program trainer: $8,000
$290 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $5,798.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1k to $55k (+3729%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
8% of 50 in 52 Journey’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Michael Jenet
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $11k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 50 in 52 Journey’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
50 in 52 Journey leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 80% · 2021 55% · 2022 50% · 2023 76% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
50 in 52 Journey draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
50 in 52 Journey runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like 50 in 52 Journey
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 50 in 52 Journey: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 50 in 52 Journey?
- 50 in 52 Journey (Colorado) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,900 to it, the largest being The Morgridge Family Foundation ($33,700). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 50 in 52 Journey have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $61,900 in grants to 50 in 52 Journey, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 50 in 52 Journey?
- The Morgridge Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $33,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 50 in 52 Journey find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing