Junior League of Denver Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
840453960
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
3036920270
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Women's Service Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$823,006
Expenses
$740,551
Assets
$3,445,167
Liabilities
$113,710

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARSON MACZUZAK (PRESIDENT)
  • EMILY THIBAULT (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • BARBARA BIBLE (FINANCE & OPERATIONS VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KATIE DAVIS (COMMUNITY VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WINNIE DUBOIS (TRAINING VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRENDA GARCIA (PUBLIC POLICY VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CARSON MACZUZAK (PRESIDENT)
  • EMILY THIBAULT (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • MEGAN SEVERS (TREASURER)

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

The junior league of denver is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

What it reported doing in 2024

Programs and community outreach: for the past several years, the jld has been working to improve literacy rates in the denver metro area for children through the third grade. The jld participates in several key community programs in this area by providing financial resources as well as volunteer participation. Notable among these programs are the league's signature programs, kids connect and read2kids. These programs focus on providing book rich environments for all children, while reinforcing the message that getting children ready to read is of the utmost importance. The jld also provides similar resources for other initiatives through our partnership programs with community organizations such as the gathering place. (continued on sch. O)another of jld's initiatives is l.u.v.s., leaders united in volunteer service. On this annual day of service, members volunteer for a number of local nonprofits to complete projects united by a common focus. Also, our members endorse the expansion of our impact area to include women and families experiencing systemic poverty. Through our community programs, we plan to expand our touchpoints within the denver community to support this initiative. The league's unpaid volunteers donate a significant number of hours to assist the organization in achieving the goals of its various service programs. In the 2024-2025 fiscal year, our members donated more than 55,834 hours.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.8%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 50.7%; rating input score 51
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.65; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.8% of revenue deployed · 50.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $375K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.