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THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC

THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC (Colorado) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,509,545 to it, the largest being ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($603,436). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.3M
Funders on record
102
Grants received
$4.5M
Net assets
$3.4M
63/102 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 34%
01What it does

What The Buddy Program Inc does

Mission

(see schedule o)mission: the buddy program empowers youth through mentoring experiences in order to achieve their full potential. The buddy program offers four mentoring programs to youth in the roaring fork valley of colorado. Additionally, the buddy program provides critical additional services to youth and their families such as therapeutic counseling, scholarships and enhanced case management. The buddy program works with parents, volunteers, teachers and counselors, and other area not-for-profit organizations, to ensure that the needs of youth participants are being met, including social and emotional support as well as connections to other services in the community. Through one or a combination of these programs and services, it is the goal of the buddy program that each youth participant is able to thrive and reach his or her full potential.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Community/school-based program youth ages 6 to 18 are paired with caring, responsible, adult mentors meeting 3-4 times per month.

    $719,494 spentof which $15,560 as grants
    44% of program spending
  2. Peer-to-peer program elementary and middle school youth are paired with high school volunteer mentors to meet weekly through the school year.

    $148,393 spent
    9% of program spending
  3. Lead: leadership through exploration, action and development (experiential)programeducating youth in grades 8-12 in a group setting on topics of leadership, lifeskills, and outdoor and environmental issues, while developing deep peer connections.

    $750,327 spent
    46% of program spending
  4. Higher-education scholarships

    $3,800 spentof which $3,800 as grants
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,622,014.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 132 ($2.0M) Expenses 114 ($1.5M) Net assets 132 ($2.3M)2022 Revenue 198 ($3.0M) Expenses 138 ($1.9M) Net assets 181 ($3.2M)2023 Revenue 150 ($2.3M) Expenses 160 ($2.2M) Net assets 197 ($3.5M)2024 Revenue 152 ($2.3M) Expenses 180 ($2.4M) Net assets 191 ($3.4M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (152)Expenses (180)Net assets (191)

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 $2.4M to $3.4M (+41%).

$1.9M
$2.4M
$3.4M
$3.7M
$3.5M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 27% · 2021 17% · 2022 4% · 2023 7% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$174k
’20
$472k
’21
$1.2M
’22
$132k
’23
−$124k
’24
2.7
months of
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

Lindsay Lofaro

Executive director

Board chair

Lennie Weinglass

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed2223231819
Joined·+2+2+4+2
No longer listed·1291
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 45 funders, grant income rose $278k → $788k.

19 of 102 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 102 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

THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left

46% 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 THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC.

13%
largest funder
26%
top three
~21
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 22% · 2019 13% · 2020 10% · 2021 14% · 2022 15% · 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.

How long its funders stay

52% of THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

56% of THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

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MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AR
TN
NC
AL
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

67% of spending goes to programs.

Program 67%Management 10%Fundraising 23%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

92%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CO

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC?
THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC (Colorado) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,509,545 to it, the largest being ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($603,436). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC have?
IRS filings report 102 organizations giving $4,509,545 in grants to THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC, 63 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC?
ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $603,436 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC 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 102 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