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Trunorth Foundation

Trunorth Foundation (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,993,433 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($817,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$42k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$2.0M
Net assets
$22k
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 64%
01What it does

What Trunorth Foundation does

Mission

TruNorth Foundation cultivates the conditions for individuals and communities to reclaim identity, strengthen belonging, develop leadership, and build collective power to create healthier, more connected, and thriving communities. Through community-centered learning, cultural healing practices, leadership development, and ecosystem building, we support people in becoming the architects of the change they seek in their own lives and communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Hosted four (4) community leadership events and educational experiences that strengthened belonging, leadership, and community connection. Activities included the Year of THR!VAL kickoff convening with more than 200 attendees, the digital THR!VAL Series, the Manhood Reforged Community Convening attended by more than 120 participants, and a philanthropic gathering announcing the Foundation's endowment initiative. During 2025, the Foundation also transferred legacy endowment funds into its endowed fund at Rose Community Foundation.

    $109,971 spent
    41% of program spending
  2. Continued production of the Lion's Story Living Documentary, documenting community stories, leadership journeys, and lived experiences through planning, interviews, filming, and related production activities during 2025.

    $82,874 spent
    31% of program spending
  3. Delivered TruNorth's human development program through a cohort based model combining in person and virtual learning, access to the Community Healers Network, and immersive retreat experiences. During the 2025 program cycle, Manhood Reforged engaged a circle of Black men in self mastery, emotional well being, leadership development, accountability, and community connection. Participants also contributed as panelists at the Manhood Reforged Community Convening and enrolled in a Black Men's Self Mastery Healing Retreat scheduled for February 2026.

    $72,411 spent
    27% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $265,256.

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 ($154k) Expenses 100 ($87k) Net assets 100 ($67k)2021 Revenue 434 ($668k) Expenses 626 ($546k) Net assets 283 ($189k)2022 Revenue 890 ($1.4M) Expenses 1467 ($1.3M) Net assets 420 ($281k)2023 Revenue 715 ($1.1M) Expenses 898 ($784k) Net assets 895 ($598k)2024 Revenue 75 ($116k) Expenses 400 ($349k) Net assets 545 ($364k)2025 Revenue 27 ($42k) Expenses 440 ($384k) Net assets 33 ($22k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (27)Expenses (440)Net assets (33)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 2024 to 2025, from $364k to $22k (−94%).

$67k
$189k
$301k
$599k
$364k
$22k
202020212022202320242025
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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

86% of Trunorth Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,450 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$67k
’20
$122k
’21
$92k
’22
$317k
’23
−$234k
’24
−$342k
’25
0.7
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

Hasira Ashemu

President & CEO

Board chair

Jice Johnson

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed66465
Joined·+0+0+2+1
No longer listed·0202
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $99k → $353k.

3 of 8 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 Trunorth Foundation’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

Trunorth Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

58% 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 Trunorth Foundation.

41%
largest funder
87%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 91% · 2021 61% · 2022 71% · 2023 71% — 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

50% of Trunorth Foundation's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

88% of Trunorth Foundation's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

NJ
CO
LA

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

’20
’21
’22
’23
Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $901k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

Trunorth Foundation's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−818% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−23% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 695 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

69% of spending goes to programs.

Program 69%Management 24%Fundraising 7%

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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Trunorth Foundation?
Trunorth Foundation (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,993,433 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($817,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Trunorth Foundation have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,993,433 in grants to Trunorth Foundation, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Trunorth Foundation?
THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $817,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Trunorth Foundation 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 8 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