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THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN

THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being EXCELERATE FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$348k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$33k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What The Color a Positive Thought Organ does

Mission

Youth building and community outreach

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Sponsored recreational activities,financial literacy educ,gun violence prevention seminars and provided tutoring and homework help for more than 190 young adults and kids.sponsored a cooking program, youth embroidery design classes, thursday evening talk through your hurt over dessert therapy for youth dealing with violence and trauma.

    $335,011 spentof which $317,055 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $335,011.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($4k) Expenses 100 ($4k) Net assets 100 ($249)2021 Revenue 3895 ($156k) Expenses 2319 ($84k) Net assets 28802 ($72k)2022 Revenue 7955 ($318k) Expenses 9063 ($330k) Net assets 24241 ($60k)2023 Revenue 6931 ($277k) Expenses 8401 ($305k) Net assets 12910 ($32k)2024 Revenue 8695 ($348k) Expenses 9547 ($347k) Net assets 13184 ($33k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (8695)Expenses (9547)Net assets (13184)Peer revenue range

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 $249 to $72k (+28702%).

$249
$72k
$60k
$32k
$33k
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: 2022 61% · 2023 95% · 2024 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$364
’20
$71k
’21
−$11k
’22
−$28k
’23
$680
’24
1.1
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.

202220232024
Listed333
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN’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.

Where its funders are

THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state in all.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve1.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)205% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN: 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 THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN?
THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being EXCELERATE FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN.
Who is the largest funder of THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN?
EXCELERATE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE COLOR A POSITIVE THOUGHT ORGAN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 1 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