Colorado · Nonprofit
COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION
COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION (Colorado) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,191,626 to it, the largest being YEAR ONE INC ($874,198). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Colorado Youth Corps Association does
Mission
The Colorado Youth Corps Association serves on behalf of conservation corps that transform lives and communities through service, personal development and education statewide.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
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…
$9,966,954 spentof which $9,528,907 as grants$3,040,369 earned by the program91% of program spendingTechnical 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…
$942,005 spentof which $748,124 as grants$392,865 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,908,959.
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 2020 to 2021, from $645k to $2.6M (+306%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 94% · 2018 39% · 2019 41% · 2020 41% · 2021 26% · 2022 40% · 2023 47% · 2024 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Scott Segerstrom
Executive director
Board chair
Margaret Taylor
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $76k → $388k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION’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
COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 64% · 2020 48% · 2021 46% · 2022 84% · 2023 94% — 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
33% of COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.
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
86% of COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION has grown faster than half of the 330 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 330 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.8M on record.
- Department of the Interior$11.6M
- Department of Agriculture$198k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION
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.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION?
- COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION (Colorado) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,191,626 to it, the largest being YEAR ONE INC ($874,198). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,191,626 in grants to COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION?
- YEAR ONE INC is the largest funder on record, with $874,198 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION 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 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing