Urban Activation Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822818347
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3037098089
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $1,500
- Assets
- $9,934
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID EHRLICH (CHAIR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- BENJAMIN P KEANE (DIRECTOR)
- DAVID EHRLICH (CHAIR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Adding vibrancy to the urban downtown. A modern downtown entertainment district can increase light and activity, draw residents, tourists, and families downtown, support local art and culture, and provide downtown with a vibrant media-based infrastructure, all at no cost to the citizens.
What it reported doing in 2024
Brighten urban environments through local civic and corporate sponsorship of artistic activations, generating incremental revenue by attracting additional visitors to downtown restaurants, bars, and attractions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.62; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -57.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 40.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.