Colorado · Nonprofit
English in Action
English in Action (Colorado) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,070,374 to it, the largest being ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,279,170). 49 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 FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 78
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What English in Action does
Mission
English in Action is dedicated to helping immigrants learn English and develop the skills they need to pursue their dreams. English in Action bridges cultural divides and offer opportunities to celebrate and learn about their diverse community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Founded in 1994, English In Action helps adult immigrants learn English and develop the skills they need to become more effective and engaged employees, parents, and community members. The friendships that often occur between students and tutors bridge cultural divides and address the fact that many immigrant and non-immigrant community members have limited opportunities to build friendships. Our participants have opportunities to engage in local activities, learn about civic engagement, and practice public speaking and storytelling so that their experiences and perspective can be shared with the broader public.English In Action matches adults who want to learn English one-on-one and in small groups with volunteer tutors and offers digital literacy instruction. Our service area includes students and tutors who live and/or work from Aspen to Carbondale. Our primary office is in El Jebel with a satellite office in the Pitkin County Library in Aspen. Last year, we served over 393 adult students, with the help of 292 volunteer tutors.
$982,610 spent$786 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $982,610.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.7M to $5.3M (+97%).
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: 2020 10% · 2022 9% · 2023 3% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of English in Action’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Lara Beaulieu
Executive Director
Board chair
Robert Hubbell
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $134k → $1.0M.
19 of 78 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 English in Action’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 78 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
English in Action has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
59% 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 English in Action.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 36% · 2019 59% · 2020 38% · 2021 31% · 2022 21% · 2023 32% — 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
63% of English in Action's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
58% of English in Action'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 $1.7M that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
English in Action runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like English in Action
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 English in Action: 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 English in Action?
- English in Action (Colorado) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,070,374 to it, the largest being ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,279,170). 49 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 English in Action have?
- IRS filings report 78 organizations giving $4,070,374 in grants to English in Action, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of English in Action?
- ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,279,170 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like English in Action 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 78 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