Nonprofit · EIN 56-2550132
WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC
Tax-exempt · WHEAT RIDGE, CO 80033
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,091,443 | $936,403 | $155,040 | $2,657,776 | $43,705 | $2,614,071 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $677,733 | $896,837 | -$219,104 | $1,965,695 | $216,392 | $1,749,303 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $388,221 | $520,302 | -$132,081 | $2,173,577 | $96,339 | $2,077,238 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $950,850
- of which government grants
- $527,700
- Program service revenue
- $117,018
- Investment income
- $26,415
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $6,500
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$2,840
- Other revenue
- -$2,840
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $14,908
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $105,675
- Other salaries and wages
- $279,983
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $430,056
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $900
- Accounting fees
- $25,970
- Occupancy
- $24,830
- Depreciation
- $60,542
- Program services (functional)
- $676,237
- Management and general (functional)
- $234,787
- Fundraising (functional)
- $25,379
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,965,695
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,657,776
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $43,705
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,614,071
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $471,619
- Publicly traded securities
- $325,837
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,269,309
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,344,762
- Gross receipts
- $1,434,151
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 250
- Year formed
- 2005
- State of legal domicile
- CO
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAIGE PIPER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $102,497 | $3,179 |
| TYLER KERR | MAKERSPACE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $102,435 | $2,168 |
| CHERYL BLUM GARCIA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSS CARPENTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN GRAEVE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE HEYER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| DARIN HAMMERSCHMIDT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVE KRAUSE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| JEREMY LAUFER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| TADD OVERSTREET | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC MARTINEZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA SCOFIELD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID KUETER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TERRY WOMBLE | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| JILL GASSEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICOLE KOSTELECKY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAIGE PIPER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $102,178 | $4,726 |
| DARIN HAMMERSCHMIDT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| CHERYL BLUM GARCIA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSS CARPENTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE HEYER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN GRAEVE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE TAYLOR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| TERRY WOMBLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC MARTINEZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| TADD OVERSTREET | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA SCOFIELD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| JEREMY LAUFER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.75 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID KUETER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| JILL GASSEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| NICOLE KOSTELECKY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAIGE PIPER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $101,265 | $2,265 |
| DARIN HAMMERSCHMIDT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| CHERYL BLUM GARCIA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSS CARPENTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| JOE DEMOTT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN GRAEVE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| NICOLE KOSTELECKY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE TAYLOR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| TERRY WOMBLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| SAM BUETLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| TADD OVERSTREET | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JEREMY LAUFER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JILL GASSEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID KUETER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 9110 W 44TH AVE, WHEAT RIDGE, CO 80033-3005
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- NICOLE KOSTELECKY, PO BOX 346, WHEAT RIDGE, CO 80034
- Signed the 990
- NICOLE KOSTELECKY, BOARD PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (720) 259-1030
- Website
- WWW.WEARELOCALWORKS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- WATSON COON RYAN LLC
Mission
WHEAT RIDGE 2020, INC. DBA LOCALWORKS ADVANCES WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, AS A VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. LOCALWORKS FOCUSES ON PROVIDING PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES THAT ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ARTS AND CULTURE.
Program accomplishments
- SPECIAL EVENTS, BUSINESS PROMOTION, BUSINESS STABILITYDESCRIPTION: LOCALWORKS PROVIDED THREE LARGE COMMUNITY EVENTS, THE 38TH AVENUE BUSINESS BLOCK PARTY, RIDGEFEST AND THE MID-CENTURY AND MODERN HOME TOUR. LOCALWORKS ALSO PROVIDED BUILDING UP BUSINESS LOANS, SUPPORTING LOCAL WHEAT RIDGE BUSINESSES WITH BOTH BRICK AND MORTAR IMPROVEMENTS AND INTERNAL PROCESSING IMPROVEMENTS. LOCALWORKS ALSO HOSTED A GOLF TOURNAMENT IN SEPTEMBER, OVER $18,480 WAS RAISED TO SUPPORT THE LOCALWORKS MISSION.Expenses $302,300 · revenue $33,316
- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERISM AND CLEANER COMMUNITIESDESCRIPTION: LOCALWORKS PROVIDES BLOCK PARTY GRANTS, A BLOCK PARTY LIBRARY HOUSED WITH EQUIPMENT FOR WHEAT RIDGE RESIDENTS TO CHECK OUT FOR FREE, TLC CLEAN UP DAYS, NEIGHBORHOOD DUMPSTER GRANTS AND 10 LIVE LOCAL EVENTS PROMOTE COMMUNITY, ENGAGEMENT, VOLUNTEERISM, WHILE PROMOTING CLEANER AND SAFER COMMUNITIES. THERE WERE 15 NEIGHBORHOOD DUMPSTER GRANTS THAT NEIGHBORS GATHERED AND FILLED DUMPSTERS WITH DEBRIS AND JUNK, COMING TOGETHER AND BEAUTIFYING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE WERE FOUR TLC DUMPSTER DAYS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 15 BLOCK PARTY GRANTS UP TO $150 EACH TO PROMOTE NEIGHBORS TO GATHER TOGETHER TO BETTER RETAIN RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE. LOCALWORKS ALSO HOSTED 10 LIVE LOCAL EVENTS, GETTING RESIDENTS INSIDE OF LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SHOP AND LIVE LOCAL.Expenses $52,338 · grants $5,908
- MAKERSPACEDESCRIPTION: LOCALWORKS OPERATED FOR A FULL 365 DAYS CLEAR CREEK MAKERSPACE, A 7500 SQUARE FOOT SPACE DONATED BY THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE. THE SPACE INCLUDES A FABRICATION SHOP, WOODSHOP AND METAL SHOP. THE MAKERSPACE RUNS ON A PAID MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE, BUT OFFERS MANY FREE CLASSES TO THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS AND HOSTS COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE MAKERSPACE RECEIVED A $200,000 GRANT IN CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING, $100,000 TO GO TO PROGRAMMING SUPPORT, INCLUDING STAFF SUPPORT, AS WELL AS $100,000 GOING TO EQUIPMENT UPGRADES. THE MAKERSPACE ALSO BEGAN AN 800 AMP POWER UPGRADE IN Q4 OF 2025 TO HOUSE NEW, STRONGER EQUIPMENT AND PREPARE FOR AN EXPANSION. A SMALL PORTION OF EXPENSES WERE INCURRED IN THE 2025 YEAR FOR THIS 800 AMP POWER UPGRADE THAT WAS COMPLETED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY 2026.Expenses $321,599 · grants $9,000 · revenue $83,702
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 56-2550132
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2008
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,657,776
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,434,151
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,091,443 | $936,403 | $2,657,776 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $677,733 | $896,837 | $1,965,695 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $388,221 | $520,302 | $2,173,577 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $511,850 | $457,341 | $1,726,064 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 56-2550132).
Questions about WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC
- What is the EIN of WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC is 56-2550132.
- Is WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2008.
- Are donations to WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names NICOLE KOSTELECKY.
- Who are the officers and directors of WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $102,497 (PAIGE PIPER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does WHEAT RIDGE 2020 INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,091,443, expenses of $936,403 and total assets of $2,657,776 at year end.
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