Colorado · Nonprofit
REVOLUTION5
REVOLUTION5 (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,525 to it, the largest being TRIVEST - GRACE LEGACY FOUNDATION ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $669k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $274k
- Net assets
- $125k
What Revolution5 does
Mission
The mission of rev5 is to disciple, train, and develop collegeand 20-somethings to love god, love people, and lead with purpose and persuasion in every sphere of society. Through backcountry adventures, education experiences, and intimate relationships, we call out the leader in you.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Institue - during the 2024-2025 academic year, Revolution5 leadership institute enrolled 8 students. Students participated in an average of nine hours of weekly instruction covering a broad curriculum that included worldview, public communication, entrepreneurship, and governance. Students lived on-campus in a dormitory style setting with full room and board. Throughout the year, they engaged in 12 developmental trips to destinations such as the grand tetons, utah, and locations across colorado. These experiences were designed to cultivate core leadership qualities, such as resilience, self-awareness, and servant leadership. A significant milestone of the year was the international missions trip to nepal from march 15-april 1, 2025, where students partnered with local communities to provide humanitarian aid. The year concluded with a commissioning ceremony held in colorado springs on may 17, 2025.
$530,610 spentof which $47,251 as grants$157,480 earned by the program93% of program spendingOutreach - rev5s outreach initiatives in 2024-2025 included four weekend retreats for junior high, high school, and college students, with a total of 56 participants. These retreats focused on developing leadership skills, strengthening peer relationships, enhancing soft skills, and helping students discover and refine their sense of purpose. Additionally, rev5 hosted an 8-day summer tribes program for nine junior high students, emphasizing character formation, relational growth, and foundational leadership development for emrging young leaders.
$6,703 spentof which $950 as grants$6,950 earned by the program1% of program spendingAlumni - the purpose of the rev5 alumni association is to maintain meaningful connections with graduates and to provide networking opportunities for continued growth. The 2024-2025 year also marked the launch of the school of worship as an alternate track to the existing school of entrepreneurship. This program works to meet the need for worship leaders that are not only competent musicians but understand what it means to lead through worship. Eight alumni participated actively in the institutes programming by mentoring first-year students, leading retreats, and facilitating one-on-one emotional intelligence development. Additionally, nine alumni joined current students on the mission trip to nepal, offering support and guidance while further developing their own leadership through cross-cultural engagement.
$31,344 spentof which $24,265 as grants$59,341 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $568,657.
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 $65k to $141k (+117%).
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.
63% of REVOLUTION5’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% 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
Joe Couch
Executive director
Board chair
Daniel Baldesarri
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $11k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 REVOLUTION5’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
REVOLUTION5 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 REVOLUTION5.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 54% · 2020 100% · 2022 86% · 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
REVOLUTION5 draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $122k 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
REVOLUTION5 has grown faster than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like REVOLUTION5
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
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for REVOLUTION5: 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 REVOLUTION5?
- REVOLUTION5 (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,525 to it, the largest being TRIVEST - GRACE LEGACY FOUNDATION ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REVOLUTION5 have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $273,525 in grants to REVOLUTION5, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REVOLUTION5?
- TRIVEST - GRACE LEGACY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REVOLUTION5 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 2017–2024), 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