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US nonprofit · EIN 923922045 · Cortez, COiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 923922045) - 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.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2023.2026 return IRS e-file (TEOS) 2026 release: 990 for the year to 30 June 2025.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

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Officers and directors

10 listediThe register holds no board history for this organisation, so this is the roster from its newest return: Form 990 Part VII, year to 30 June 2025 (IRS e-file, 2026 release). Titles are as filed; the IRS publishes no person identifier.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisation
Scott SmithCEO40$105k
Cynthia AspenCFO40$38k
George GlassPresident2.5
Jennifer PulleyVice President1.5
Kathleen LauSecretary1
Dave WiesmanTreasurer1
Katie GaileyDirector1
Mirando TalbotDirector1
Ginny ClarkDirector1
Alexandra RodriquezDirector1

Colorado roster

8 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263006601). 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
Michael MingaTreasurer
Jennifer PulleyDirector
Cynthia Aspen
George GlassChair
Katie GaileyDirector
Cynthia SadlerSecretary
Kathleen LauDirector
Ginny ClarkDirector

About

Legal name
Our Own Lives
EIN
923922045
Address
325 S Pine St, Cortez, CO, 81321-3441
State
Colorado
Mission
The mission of our own lives is to provide quality support on our terms, for US to be free to be ourselves. We center the disabled community to be heard, and we buildeach other up to change our world. We are all experts in our own lives. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
P82 Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
0 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2023
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
Scott Smith (Form 990-N, tax year 2023)

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
$3.2m
Net assets or fund balances
$3m
Employees
49

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.
Our Own Lives 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
17 May 2023
Registered agent
Cynthia Eileen Fosterm Aspen (city and state not held)

This register does not publish officers or directors.