Colorado · Nonprofit
DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION
DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,737 to it, the largest being East High Angel Foundation ($19,737). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $296k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $169k
What Denver East Forensic Team Foundation does
Mission
Provides strategic oversight, leadership accountability, fiscal management, and collaborative coaching for the teacher-directors who instruct and manage seven different performing arts programs at east high school in denver. Afe also serves these arts programs at east through its 501(c)3 status by providing a repository and distribution process for extracurricular funds for each program. Individual programs continue to assist high school students and parents with training, coaching and fundraising processes and efforts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Etc: the theatre department had 300 students between 11 classes. There were six different productions: sweeney todd, rohl dahl duets, parks and rec, stage combat and dialects, original works and mary poppins. There were many highlights for the year. Producing two musicals (a first), 22 senior project performances (an east high record), and participating in the eduham program. In addition, the website was completely revanmped.
$83,133 spentof which $7,665 as grants$106,209 earned by the program35% of program spendingEc: the east choir program includes 140 students and involves 6 different ensembles-beginning soprano/alto choir, mixed choir, seraphim, honors choir, angelaires and a cappella. Our performances included cabaret, winter concert, nursing home performances, arranging projects nights, middle school recruitment tour, angelaires at dazzle, pop show, greeley jazz festival and the spring concert. The performances sold approximately 2500 tickets and multiple students are going on to major or minor in music in college. We also continued our voice lesson program which served 15 students during class time.
$46,160 spentof which $7,227 as grants$47,245 earned by the program19% of program spendingEdc: the east dance department had 150 students in 8 classes. They produced three shows: coffeehouse, human movement project and the spring dance show a choreographers suite. This year, we switched up the spring show, and it was stricly dance-based, back to our roots as a company, which the students seemed to love. All dancers returned from last year and we had 40 new students. Sophomores, juniors and seniors get to choreograph which is unique to edc. This is why we can attract dancers from area studios who do not generally dance for their schools.
$11,718 spent$17,180 earned by the program5% of program spendingCw: serendipity, the all-school publication of the creative writing dept, published its annual literary and arts publication and held a successful release party at the tattered cover this year. The program helped all the students in the course receive college credit through the community college of denver for their work in the spring semester of the course.
$2,170 spent$4,705 earned by the program1% of program spendingWe had a student take 3rd place in a city-wide poetry contest and two other students received an honorable mention. Angels on air produced its very successful 12th season, producing 23 episodes. Two on-site episodes were filmed at meow wolf denver and the museum of nature and science. The 35 students in angels on air particpated in the annual film festival at sie film center.
$0 spent0% of program spendingIm: instrumental music involves 54 students and 5 different bands/groups (music appreciation, beginning band, intermediate band, beginning orchestra and mariachi). They had 4 school performances, two per semester, and in addition several students played at a local jazz club, dazzle. The orchestra supported the production of mary poppins for the east theatre company which required several practice sessions
$6,083 spent$10,638 earned by the program3% of program spendingOutside of school hours as well as 4 performances. Other highlights for the year include participating in citywide, playing for east arts walk, playing at graduation and we had a regular volunteer for the program.
$0 spent0% of program spendingDeft: the deft program started off the school year with another new teacher. He came from a local program and was very familiar with easts past successes and was determined to get our program back on top. He started the school year with 135 students between 5 different classes. Highlights for the year include competing in 32 tournaments including the national tournament of champions. The biggest highlight
$86,771 spent$94,243 earned by the program36% of program spendingIs that east won the chsaa 5a state tournament. We had 5 state champions, and 17 students attended nationals. Students were accepted into a myriad of colleges including oxford and harvard.
$0 spent0% of program spendingAfe: arts for east provides strategic oversight, leadership accountability, fiscal management, and collaborative coaching for the teacher- directors who instruct and manage seven different performing arts programs at east high school. This year afe hosted a fundraiser, kicking it off with a party for the community at carla madison recreation center.
$2,787 spent$15,483 earned by the program1% of program spendingNot only did we raise a significant amount of money, but we also raised awareness for all of the arts that afe supports. Our president julie andrews created a 10-minute professional video highlighting each department with interviews from teachers and students and each department in action, a truly amazing gift that will be utilitized for years to come.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 11 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $238,822.
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 2021 to 2022, from $87k to $157k (+80%).
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.
32% of DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Deborah Voss
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $250.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 funders by total. 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
DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 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
99% of DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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
DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION?
- DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,737 to it, the largest being East High Angel Foundation ($19,737). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $43,737 in grants to DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION?
- East High Angel Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $19,737 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DENVER EAST FORENSIC TEAM FOUNDATION 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 5 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