Assistance League of Denver
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 840510311
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7206383650
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,517,030
- Expenses
- $1,542,745
- Assets
- $5,392,495
- Liabilities
- $351,450
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JULIE BAILEY (President)
People named in this filing
- JULIE BAILEY (President)
- MICHELLE KRAWCHIK (EXECUTIVE VP)
- CAROL MORENO (VP MEMBERSHIP)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Assistance League of Denver volunteers transform lives by collaborating with schools, families, and seniors to enhance educational experiences and improve health and well-being.
What it reported doing in 2024
The we-share program redistributes unsold clothing and household goods, as well as help equipment donations, to charities for the direct benefit of those in need. We donate crutches to crutches for africa, clothing to the senior resource center and the aurora welcome center, as well as to low-income seniors who are medicaid recipients at cherrelyn healthcare center. We have partnered with the women's bean project, to provide work apparel shoping experiences for participatns of their program and bedding and linens to the humane society, to name a few. In fiscal 2025, $140,408 of equipment and clothing were passed on to other nonprofit organizations for the benefit of their clients or directly to those in need. Items are valued at thrift shop value or for medical equipment, 50 percent of the original cost. The we share program is estimated to have impacted 4,945 individuals in the greater denver area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.5; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.