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Denver youth development organizations

There are 455 youth development organizations in the greater Denver metro area, including the cities of Denver, Aurora, Broomfield, Centennial, Commerce City, and Lakewood. Combined, these Denver metro youth development organizations employ 3,658 people, earn more than $231 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $487 million.
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Types of youth development organizations in Denver

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Youth development programs
 
277
 
$97,652,731
Boys clubs and girls clubs
 
40
 
$65,762,244
Scouting organizations
 
39
 
$46,302,592
Religious youth organizations
 
28
 
$48,283,980
4-H and youth agricultural programs
 
21
 
$4,403,385
Organizations supporting multiple youth development organizations
 
18
 
$559,822
Adult / child mentoring and big brother and sister programs
 
17
 
$13,814,564
Organizations supporting a single youth development organization
 
12
 
$1,878,862
Youth development alliances and advocates
 
8
 
$2,688,600
Youth development professional societies
 
7
 
$765,886
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Job trends for Denver youth development organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
29
1-10
 
32
11-25
 
15
26-100
 
12
101 to 1,000
 
6
1,000+
 
1
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Sizes of youth development organizations in Denver

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
88
$250k to $1M
 
31
$1M to $5M
 
24
$5M to $25M
 
12
$25M to $100M
 
0
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of youth development organizations in Denver

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Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver (BGCMD)

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, Inc. (bgcmd) is one of the largest, most comprehensive youth-serving organizations in the Denver Metro area, operating 25 club locations and a summer camp.
Revenue
$25.0m
Assets
$86.3m
Employees
404
EIN
84-0510404
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Youth for Christ Foundation

The Youth for Christ Foundation sustains and grows YFC entities worldwide through professional fund administration, quality training support, and efficient fundraising.
Revenue
$7.9m
Assets
$40.1m
Employees
1
EIN
74-2527177
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Girl Scouts of Colorado

Girl Scouts of Colorado is a scouting organization in Denver, CO whose mission is: Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.
Revenue
$17.5m
Assets
$47.1m
Employees
322
EIN
84-0410630
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Adventure Unlimited

Adventure Unlimited equips all ages through Christian Science-based adventure, service, and leadership programs that foster spiritual growth, healing, confidence, and moral courage.
Revenue
$10.0m
Assets
$30.3m
Employees
171
EIN
43-0798771
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Youth for Christ USA (YFCUSA)

YFC strives to both demonstrate and communicate this message of hope, grace and love in a variety of different cultural settings, and always pursuing teens in personal relationships.
Revenue
$14.2m
Assets
$23.0m
Employees
123
EIN
36-2193619
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Colorado UpLift (CU)

For over 30 years, Colorado UpLift has been building long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth. Breaking generational cycles of poverty and failure in Denver's inner city.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$5.1m
Employees
47
EIN
84-0889330
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Corporation / Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Denver

Corporation / Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Denver promotes wellness, community, and youth development through inclusive programs based on Christian principles.
Revenue
$23.8m
Assets
$32.6m
Employees
1,243
EIN
84-0402696
IRS type
501(c)(3)

ViVe

ViVe promotes health equity and wellness for low-income Colorado youth through structured physical activity and nutritional education programs.
Revenue
$12.2m
Assets
$4.5m
Employees
10
EIN
81-4059452
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Illuminate Colorado

Colorado drug endangered children, inc., promotes the health, safety, and well being of drug endangered children through statewide training, technical assistance and advocacy efforts.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$1.9m
Employees
58
EIN
57-1185029
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jewish Community Centers of Denver

Jewish Community Centers of Denver strengthens inclusive community through Jewish values, offering fitness, cultural and educational programs, early childhood care, and camps for families.
Revenue
$11.1m
Assets
$15.5m
Employees
350
EIN
84-0404245
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Colorado Children's Campaign

Advocates for child well-being through data-driven public policy & evidence-based advocacy tactics. Provides reliable research data and analysis.
Revenue
$2.7m
Assets
$3.8m
Employees
18
EIN
74-2374672
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sun Valley Youth Center

Youth center provides safe environment, teaching spiritual transformation, education, and life skills to help youth reach potential.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$1.8m
Employees
25
EIN
84-1471356
IRS type
501(c)(3)

PeaceJam Foundation

PeaceJam provides year-long, ongoing educational programs for youth ages 5-25. The participating Nobel Peace Laureates are directly involved in developing the curriculum and the program itself.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$1.1m
Employees
3
EIN
84-1349666
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boy Scouts of America - 61 Denver Area Council TR Fund

Trust fund for Boy Scouts of America Greater Colorado Council 61 established in 1984 to receive and invest endowment contributions.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$32.4m
Employees
0
EIN
84-6059377
IRS type
501(c)(3)

MOPS International

Empowers and inspires mothers of preschoolers by providing resources, training, and encouragement through a membership program and annual leadership convention.
Revenue
$4.9m
Assets
$4.3m
Employees
51
EIN
84-0925251
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to help children reach their full potential through professionally supported one-to-one volunteer mentoring relationships with measurable impact.
Revenue
$3.7m
Assets
$8.4m
Employees
60
EIN
23-7161796
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver

Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver is a scouting organization in Denver, CO whose mission is: Mission: To inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold.
Revenue
$3.8m
Assets
$9.6m
Employees
51
EIN
74-2277668
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Groundwire

Champion Ministries reaches at-risk youth with age-relevant Christian programs, promoting a personal relationship with Jesus through media outreach.
Revenue
$4.1m
Assets
$489.8k
Employees
23
EIN
84-1341326
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Denver Youth Program Metro Denver Partners

Denver Youth Program provides counseling, mentoring, and gang intervention/prevention services for at-risk youth in Denver.
Revenue
$3.1m
Assets
$4.9m
Employees
27
EIN
74-2486208
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Muslim Youth for Positive Impact

Muslim youth empowered with Islamic identity to make a positive impact on community, environment and relationships through responsible citizenship.
Revenue
$3.0m
Assets
$2.5m
Employees
14
EIN
83-0998674
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "O00: Youth Development: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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