Colorado Youth Corps Association

What it reported doing in 2024

Corps support & project management:1)supported statewide youth participation of 1994 youth at 8 independently operating conservation service corps;2)provided land managers with 385 weeks of work throughout the state;3)coordinated $5,118,242 in statewide fee-for-service contracts with public lands managers including cyca's admin fees; expenses: $4,742,923 against contract pass-through income of $4,520,696; of this activity, $1,173,659 in pass-thru income was billed to the coswap (Colorado strategic wildfire action program); another $212,640 in pass-thru income was billed to Colorado parks & wildlife state trails-off-highway vehicle program. 4)renewed americorps fixed award grant, "youth corps for Colorado", for program year 2023 (py2023) starting 1.1.2024; expenses $2,953,537 against grant pass-through income of $2,922,066. Income and expense both include a quarterly commission of approx. 2.1% to serve Colorado, of $81,015. In 2024 cyca billed py2022 admin fee of $70,384 and py2023 admin fee of $120,252. The balance of py2023 admin fee was billed in january 2025. Income total includes $69,466 billed in january for december 2023 corpsmember hours. In 2024, americorps provided americorps education awards for 414 young people: ft (1700 hrs) to 6 members at $6895 ea = $41,370.00 tqt (1200 hrs) to 30 members at $4826.50 = $144,795.00 ht (900 hrs) to 30 members at $3447.50 = $103,425.00 rpt (675 hrs) to 57 members at $2626.27 = $149,697.39 qt (450 hrs) to 141 members at $1824.07 = $257,193.87 mt (300 hrs) to 150 members at $1459.26 = $218,889.00for a total of $915,370.26. Note that cyca admin fee for ycco grant billed in 2024 included $70,384 for py2022 and $120,252 for py2023.b) in 2024, under this same program, cyca provided financial support for americorps program costs-per-member through 6 participating conservation service corps; conservation legacy (aka scc) - 92 members totaling $409,637.46larimer county conservation corps - 45 members totaling $260,054.46mile high youth corps (2 locations: denver and southern front range) - 123 members totaling $854,507.05rocky mountain youth corps - 176 members totaling $1,132,230.99weld county youth conservation corps - 22 members totaling $112,543.43western Colorado conservation corps - 6 members totaling $33,922.16for a grand total of 464 members totaling $2,802,895.555) in addition, in 2024 cyca enrolled members under a second americorps fixed award grant, "Colorado climate corps (aka Colorado community corps)."under this program in py2023, cyca passed through $1,922,103 in expenses vs. Pass-thru income of $1,888,543; income and expense both include serve Colorado commission of approx. 2.1%, of $50,288. In 2024 cyca billed py2022 admin fee of $52,234 and py2023 admin fee of $120,106. The balance of py2023 admin fee was billed in 2025. In 2024, americorps provided americorps education awards for 275 young people: tqt (1200 hrs) to 15 members at $4826.50 = $72,397.50ht (900 hrs) to 40 members at $3447.50 = $137,900.00rpt (675 hrs) to 43 members at $2626.27 = $112,929.61qt (450 hrs) to 54 members at $1824.07 = $98,499.78mt (300 hrs) to 123 members at $1459.26 = $179,488.98for a total of $601,215.87 b) in 2024, under this same program, cyca provided financial support for americorps program costs-per-member through 5 participating conservation service corps: conservation legacy (scc-fc and scc-lv) - 73 members totaling $427,379.81larimer county conservation corps - 15 members totaling $66,597.18mile high youth corps (2 locations: denver & southern front range) - 99 members totaling $548,616.34rocky mountain youth corps - 57 members totaling $387,683.02western Colorado conservation corps - 69 members totaling $410,290.34for a grand total of 313 members totaling $1,840,566.696. In cooperation with bureau of land management, we enrolled or continued 63 interns, 3 of whom served term extensions, for a total pass-thru cost of $973,456.27.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 98.3%; rating input score 98
• Fundraising efficiency: $291.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 38th 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: -5.9%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings