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THE HAPPY CREW INC

THE HAPPY CREW INC (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $113,454 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($81,704). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$435k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$113k
Net assets
$81k
1/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 52%
01What it does

What The Happy Crew Inc does

Mission

Happy crew destigmatizes mental health issues by creating a supportive, inclusive community where everyone knows they matter and belong. Through our efforts, we aim to teach everyone how to navigate life in a mentally healthy way, ensuring that each person feels valued and understood.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Happy crew campaigns and has regular group meetings to destigmatize teen mental health issues and end teen suicide. Over 175 youth benefited from their participation with happy crew. Meetings occur weekly with other students, board members, and specialists in the field.

    $127,829 spent
    30% of program spending
  2. Coffee shop operations to create an environment where kids can get together and feel a sense of community. The operation revenues help support the operation of weekly meetings where the members meet weekly and discuss methods to manage their life issues and mental health concerns.

    $295,958 spent$89,085 earned by the program
    70% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $423,787.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($18k) Expenses 100 ($17k) Net assets 100 ($13k)2018 Revenue 129 ($23k) Expenses 117 ($19k) Net assets 130 ($17k)2019 Revenue 171 ($31k) Expenses 224 ($37k) Net assets 80 ($10k)2020 Revenue 267 ($48k) Expenses 355 ($59k) Net assets 248 ($32k)2021 Revenue 646 ($116k) Expenses 504 ($84k) Net assets 497 ($64k)2022 Revenue 438 ($79k) Expenses 422 ($70k) Net assets 563 ($73k)2023 Revenue 485 ($87k) Expenses 557 ($93k) Net assets 402 ($52k)2024 Revenue 553 ($100k) Expenses 446 ($74k) Net assets 599 ($77k)2025 Revenue 2419 ($435k) Expenses 2596 ($432k) Net assets 624 ($81k)
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Revenue (2419)Expenses (2596)Net assets (624)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 $32k to $71k (+118%).

$17k
$17k
$28k
$32k
$71k
$79k
$58k
$83k
$87k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2025 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

80% of THE HAPPY CREW INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$1k
’17
$4k
’18
−$6k
’19
−$11k
’20
$32k
’21
$9k
’22
−$5k
’23
$25k
’24
$3k
’25
2.4
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

Amy Binder Mays

Executive director

Board chair

Jordan Saylor

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25k → $31k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 HAPPY CREW INC’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

THE HAPPY CREW INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

94% 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 HAPPY CREW INC.

72%
largest funder
98%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 71% · 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

94% of THE HAPPY CREW INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Colorado funders.

CO
DE
FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $107k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Against its field

THE HAPPY CREW INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve2.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)49% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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In Colorado

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
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

CO

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE HAPPY CREW INC?
THE HAPPY CREW INC (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $113,454 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($81,704). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE HAPPY CREW INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $113,454 in grants to THE HAPPY CREW INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE HAPPY CREW INC?
COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $81,704 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE HAPPY CREW INC find more funders?
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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 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