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US nonprofit · EIN 473566342 · Aurora, COiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 473566342) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.State registers Colorado Secretary of State (17 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Rise Colorado

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.7m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$2.4m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$9.5m
$78k liabilities
Net assets
$9.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
6.7 years on average
Staff
13
261 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Jorge Castaneda
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Rise Colorado's network

4 peoplei4 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Jorge Castaneda ChairBoard Chair2018
8 yrs
Elisa OverallCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Idrissa Simmonds-NastiliDirector2023
3 yrs
Michelle CulverDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Jocelyn StephensChief Strategy Officersince 2022
Traci LachetaChief Operating Officersince 2022
Veronica PalmerChief Executive Officersince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Veronica PalmerLead Executive Officer40$194k$16k
Jocelyn StephensLead Strategy Officer40$165k
Traci LachetaLead Operating Officer40$149k$11k
Jorge CastanedaBoard Chair2$0
Elisa OverallSecretary2$0
Michelle CulverDirector1$0
Idrissa Simmonds-NastiliDirector1$0

Colorado roster

8 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263005404). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.
NameTitle as filed
Elisa Marie OverallSecretary
Michelle CulverDirector
Veronica PalmerCo-Founder & Leo
Traci LachetaLead Operating Officer
Jocelyn StephensLead Strategy Officer
Jorge CastanedaBoard Chair
Veronica Palmer
Idrissa Simmonds-NastiliDirector

About

Legal name
Rise Colorado
EIN
473566342
Address
1595 Elmira St, Aurora, CO, 80010-2115
State
Colorado
Mission
Work to educate, engage, and empower low income families and families of color to end educational inequity in our public school system. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B90 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
7 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2013
Principal officer
Veronica Palmer (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 August 2015
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJorge Castaneda
≥8years on the filingsMichelle Culver
≥6years on the filingsElisa Overall
≥3years on the filingsIdrissa Simmonds-Nastili

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$9.5m
Total liabilities
$78k
Net assets or fund balances
$9.5m
Contributions and grants received
$1.3m
Program service revenue
$5k
Employees
13
Volunteers
261

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
RISE Colorado likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Colorado
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Good Standing
Formed
18 April 2013
Registered agent
G & G Consulting Group LLC (city and state not held)

This register does not publish officers or directors.