Colorado · Nonprofit
BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST
BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,050 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($17,550). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $187k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $76k
What Bipoc Economic Success Trust does
Mission
B.E.S.T.'s primary purpose is to strengthen the economic power of Colorado's Black community by connecting people, resources, and opportunities. It supports Black-led nonprofits, Black-owned businesses, professionals, and youth through collaboration, partnerships, and access to tools that drive growth and innovation. By serving as a central hub that unites efforts across sectors, B.E.S.T. helps build sustainable pathways to prosperity, resilience, and long-term community impact.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
BEST conducted the 2025 Success Summit to provide educational programming for Black entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, professionals, and community members. Approximately 500 individuals participated in workshops and panel discussions covering business development, access to capital, marketing, procurement readiness, leadership development, financial literacy, and wealth building. Sessions were facilitated by representatives from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Participants received information and tools intended to support business growth, employment advancement, and financial stability.
$158,532 spentof which $37,754 as grants97% of program spendingB.E.S.T. hosted an Expo in conjunction with the Success Summit to provide access to business and community resources. Approximately 1000 attendees engaged with vendors, financial institutions, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Services included information on funding opportunities, business support services, health resources, and community programs. The Expo provided a centralized setting for participants to obtain resources, establish contacts, and identify opportunities that support economic mobility and community development.
Empowering Youth Economics Track BEST implemented the Empowering Youth Economics Track as part of the 2025 Success Summit The program provided youth with instruction and exposure to financial literacy entrepreneurship and career pathways A new cohort of 20 youth participants was enrolled into the ongoing Empowering Youth Economics program Youth engaged with educational content and interacted with business and community leaders The program supported early financial education and workforce readiness for participating youth
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $163,532.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $18k to $53k (+187%).
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.
83% of BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% 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
Carla Ladd
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST’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
BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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
58% 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 BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST.
“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
58% of BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $13k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Colorado funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k 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
BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST: 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 BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST?
- BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,050 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($17,550). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,050 in grants to BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST?
- THE DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIPOC ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRUST 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 2023–2025), 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