Colorado · Nonprofit
JOY AS RESISTANCE
JOY AS RESISTANCE (Colorado) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,438,971 to it, the largest being CARING FOR DENVER FOUNDATION ($900,165). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $751k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $168k
What Joy as Resistance does
Mission
Create space for queer youth to hope for the future and find joy in the present by providing mental health, healing, and wellness support.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Clinical services: the goal of our clinical services is to provide queer youth with an anti-oppressive, collaborative, and affirming therapeutic environment that increases radical joy in lgbtqia2+ communities and beyond. We offer one-on-one therapy, group counseling services, and family consultation for supportive allies, friends, and family members of queer youth ages 10-24 we accept many types of insurance and charge for sessions on a sliding scale basis dependent on what each client/family can afford. We are proud to offer a range of services delivery options, ensuring accessibility for all in need of our services. We offer telehealth and virtual options and can meet clients in their homes, schools, communities or inperson in our office space.
$361,809 spent$28,072 earned by the program56% of program spendingJoyful space: we offer consultation and hands-on partnership support to educators, schools, and youth-serving organizations to create joyful adn inclusive spaces for queer youth. These services include gsa (gender-sexuality alliance) club start-up and ongoing support, assessment and recommendations for improvement, and intersectional professional development training on inclusive policies and practices within the topics of gender and sexuality.
$173,669 spent$7,600 earned by the program27% of program spendingBig queer, little queer: queer youth come together and connect with queer adults to create professional and personal relationships, which increases their access to social capital. In turn, queer youth continue to expand their capacity for social and emotional well-being and contribute to joyous communities. Our mentorship program was requested and inspired by the youth we serve. We use a personalized matching process to pair lgbtqia2+ young people with adults with similar interests and identities.
$115,779 spent$34,703 earned by the program18% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $651,257.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $104k to $281k (+172%).
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: 2023 91% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of JOY AS RESISTANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Breann Dovez
Executive director
Board chair
Eunice Kwon
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $266k → $480k.
4 of 17 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 JOY AS RESISTANCE’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
JOY AS RESISTANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% 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 JOY AS RESISTANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 35% · 2022 35% · 2023 23% — 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.
Where its funders are
74% of JOY AS RESISTANCE's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $178k 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
JOY AS RESISTANCE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like JOY AS RESISTANCE
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JOY AS RESISTANCE: 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 JOY AS RESISTANCE?
- JOY AS RESISTANCE (Colorado) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,438,971 to it, the largest being CARING FOR DENVER FOUNDATION ($900,165). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOY AS RESISTANCE have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,438,971 in grants to JOY AS RESISTANCE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOY AS RESISTANCE?
- CARING FOR DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $900,165 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOY AS RESISTANCE 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 17 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