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ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $873,473 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($283,580). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.5M
Funders on record
28
Grants received
$873k
Net assets
$5.0M
17/28 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What Assistance League of Denver does

Mission

Assistance League of Denver volunteers transform lives by collaborating with schools, families, and seniors to enhance educational experiences and improve health and well-being.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Assistance League Schools Program was adopted in 2019-20, consolidating- programs for children in Title One schools in Denver and Aurora. Assistance League Schools served 8 schools for a total of 3,163 students in fiscal year 2024. This program meets the Chapters goals of having a substantial impact on those we serve by collaborating with school personnel to provide Operation School Bell, fine arts programs, family enrichment, literacy programs, teacher appreciation and other needs of the schools and families.

    $665,705 spentof which $556,736 as grants
    65% of program spending
  2. Hospital Equipment Lending Program (HELP) served the community by loaning out 6,058 pieces of durable medical equipment (wheelchairs, walkers, bath benches, etc.) free of charge to 4,024 people in need. Individuals are referred to our program by physical therapists, hospital staff, visiting nurses and other community resources

    $191,454 spentof which $139,200 as grants
    19% of program spending
  3. Scholarships were awarded to 32 students in need of financial aid at Community College of Denver and Pickens Technical College. Each college financial aid office screens all applicants and refers those who meet specific requirements. The funding may be used for tuition, student fees and books. Assault Survivor Kits (ASK) offered new clothing and toiletry bags to 705 victims of rape/sexual assault brought to Colorado hospitals with SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Programs. By supplying bundles of clothing and toiletries for victims, a sense of caring and dignity is restored. The Chapter currently serves Denver Health, St. Anthony Hospital System, Centura Frisco and University of Colorado (Aurora, Highlands Ranch).

    $62,681 spent
    6% of program spending
  4. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Operation School Bell is now included in Assistance League Schools and is being phased out as a stand-alone program. During fiscal 2024, Operation School Bell provided 708 non-ALD School students and 2,455 ALD School students with new school clothes and distributed 3,200 health kits and 6,326 books. All participating schools are Title 1 Denver Public School and Aurora Public School students. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Arts for Kids funded art programs at the Assistance League Schools and two Operation School Bell schools, introducing students to programs such as classical music, opera, theater, dance, and storytelling. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Scholarships were awarded to 32 students in need of financial aid at Community College of Denver and Pickens Technical College. Each college financial aid office screens all applicants and refers those who meet specific requirements. The funding may be used for tuition, student fees and books. Assault Survivor Kits (ASK) offered new clothing and toiletry bags to 705 victims of rape/sexual assault brought to Colorado hospitals with SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Programs. By supplying bundles of clothing and…

    $111,028 spent
    11% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,030,868.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.3M) Expenses 100 ($602k) Net assets 100 ($3.5M)2018 Revenue 84 ($1.9M) Expenses 106 ($639k) Net assets 137 ($4.8M)2019 Revenue 33 ($758k) Expenses 108 ($648k) Net assets 140 ($5.0M)2020 Revenue 31 ($719k) Expenses 117 ($707k) Net assets 141 ($5.0M)2021 Revenue 39 ($889k) Expenses 133 ($798k) Net assets 147 ($5.2M)2022 Revenue 42 ($967k) Expenses 182 ($1.1M) Net assets 142 ($5.0M)2023 Revenue 47 ($1.1M) Expenses 198 ($1.2M) Net assets 138 ($4.9M)2024 Revenue 61 ($1.4M) Expenses 218 ($1.3M) Net assets 142 ($5.0M)2025 Revenue 66 ($1.5M) Expenses 256 ($1.5M) Net assets 143 ($5.0M)
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Revenue (66)Expenses (256)Net assets (143)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $4.5M to $5.1M (+13%).

$4.5M
$5.1M
$5.5M
$5.5M
$5.7M
$5.6M
$5.3M
$5.4M
$5.4M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

90% of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.7M
’17
$1.3M
’18
$110k
’19
$13k
’20
$91k
’21
−$131k
’22
−$108k
’23
$81k
’24
−$26k
’25
4.6
months of
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.

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Listed151414141111141313
Joined·+7+3+10+5+7+10+9+1
No longer listed·8310877101
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $47k → $139k.

6 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER’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

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

45% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER.

32%
largest funder
56%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 41% · 2019 59% · 2020 39% · 2021 25% · 2022 31% · 2023 27% — 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.

How long its funders stay

44% of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

85% of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $339k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−2% · below the median
Months of reserve4.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 1%Fundraising 18%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

90%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER?
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $873,473 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($283,580). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER have?
IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $873,473 in grants to ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER?
COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $283,580 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 28 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