Colorado · Nonprofit
JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES
JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES (Colorado) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,358,198 to it, the largest being COLORADO SPRINGS HEALTH FOUNDATION ($815,337). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $704k
What Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families does
Mission
Joint initiatives serves as a catalyst for effecting change by working collectively with community partners to foster innovation and engage leaders to promote positive outcomes for children, youth and families. (continued on sch o)(continued) Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families (ji) serves as the backbone agency bringing together systems serving the pikes peak region's most vulnerable young people ages 0-21 and their families to address gaps and issues difficult for one organization to solve alone. Ji unifies three legislative initiatives: the el paso county early childhood council alliance for kids (afk) , the 4th judicial district's juvenile services planning committee (jspc), and the county's interagency oversight group (iog). In 2021, the jspc and iog merged efforts through the reach committee. Accordingly, ji programs collaborate with more than 40 community leaders including agencies, schools, government, youth and families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Foundations department: ji provided universal pre-k services to 4,088 children in el paso county, with 6,809 seats across 230 programs, ensuring that 89% of applicants were successfully matched to care and connected to early learning opportunities that set them up for success. Ji strengthened the early childhood workforce by supporting 782 professionals through 1,383 hours of career navigation, walking alongside educators as they explored pathways, accessed education, and took steps to grow or enter the field. (continued on schedule o)(continued) ji implemented embedded early childhood mental health services, providing 1,372 hours of consultation, supporting up to 210 children, and helping 69% of children at risk of expulsion remain in care by working directly with staff and families to stabilize classrooms.ji supported early childhood programs through 637 hours of coaching across 55 programs, helping providers strengthen practice, move forward in colorado shines, and expand access to quality care in a challenging and shifting landscape. Ji continued to lead the family friendly initiative, bringing together over 100 community partners to take on child care challenges across our…
$2,245,818 spentof which $586,315 as grants$12,608 earned by the program44% of program spendingPathways department: the launch of the ascend center marks a significant step forward in the pikes peak region's response to youth in crisis. By integrating trauma-informed care, evidence-based assessments, and strong multi-agency partnerships, ji has established a foundation for accessible, coordinated support. While key components-such as youth shelter, summer programming, and a comprehensive community-wide evaluationare still being implemented, the progress made in 2025 positions the rise up! Program for meaningful growth and expanded impact. (continued on schedule o)(continued) in partnership with galileo middle school, ji has also deepened its focus on opportunity for youth by providing social-emotional development, career exploration, and life skills (continued on sch o) programming. This year, connection circles were introduced during advisory periods, ensuring all students could engage in relationship-building practices that foster understanding and peer support. Additionally, collaboration with school staff revitalized the community garden, creating a space for hands-on learning, food access, and environmental stewardship.
$2,876,571 spentof which $1,415,981 as grants56% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,122,389.
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 2021 to 2022, from $812k to $1.5M (+86%).
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 88% · 2018 87% · 2019 90% · 2021 97% · 2022 86% · 2023 79% · 2024 88% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (71% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Sherry Lynn Boyles
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $715k.
5 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES’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
JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 54% · 2022 49% · 2023 52% — 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
40% of JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 24% 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
97% of JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $165k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 390 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $365k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$365k
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 JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES?
- JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES (Colorado) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,358,198 to it, the largest being COLORADO SPRINGS HEALTH FOUNDATION ($815,337). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $2,358,198 in grants to JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES?
- COLORADO SPRINGS HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $815,337 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 21 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