Colorado · Nonprofit
AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE
AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $487,500 to it, the largest being DANIELS FUND ($475,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $160k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $488k
- Net assets
- $129k
What American Legion Colorado Boys State does
Mission
American Legion Colorado Boys State is a week long program where participants receive instructions on citizenship and experience firsthand how their state and federal governments work.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The American Legion Colorado Boys State is a week long program where participants receive instructions on citizenship and experience firsthand how their state and federal governments work. Delegates participate in this week long event.
$50,075 spent44% of program spendingGrant donation to an affilated organization, the american legion auxiliary for the colorado girls state program. Girls state is a week long program where participants receive instructions on citizenship and experience firsthand how their state and federal governments work.
$62,500 spent56% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $112,575.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $90k to $250k (+177%).
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.
79% of AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Deb Davis
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $13k → $125k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE’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
AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE
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 AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE: 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 AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE?
- AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $487,500 to it, the largest being DANIELS FUND ($475,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $487,500 in grants to AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE?
- DANIELS FUND is the largest funder on record, with $475,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN LEGION COLORADO BOYS STATE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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