2024-10-22T20:30:40-04:00 2024-06-30 203746583 TAYLOR ROTH AND COMPANY 800 GRANT ST STE 205 DENVER CO 802032944 990 2023-07-01 463555425 SILVER SPRUCE ACADEMY INC SILV 9705005657 PO BOX 966 BAYFIELD CO 81122 NATALIE HORN-HOWARD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 9707593415 2024-10-22 true true DIANE GRANGER P01388919 3038308109 2024-10-22 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z NATALIE HORN-HOWARD PO BOX 966 BAYFIELD CO 81122 301517 false X SILVERSPRUCEACADEMY.ORG X 2013 CO SILVER SPRUCE ACADEMY PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES UTILIZED IN CURRICULUM EDUCATION TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE FOUR CORNERS AREA, IN COLLABORATION WTIH OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 5 5 9 157 0 9294 1370 260185 299866 89 147 134 269568 301517 0 0 138640 146250 0 9634 148122 102802 286762 249052 -17194 52465 277624 202233 133385 4589 144239 197644 X SILVER SPRUCE ACADEMY PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES UTILIZED IN CURRICULUM EDUCATION TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE FOUR CORNERS AREA, IN COLLABORATION WTIH OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. false false 198963 299866 SPRUCE HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 11 YEARS FOR K-12 SCHOOL CHOICE SERVICES IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA, WITH 21 YEARS WORKING WITH AREA SHARED SCHOOL STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND STAKEHOLDERS. WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF OUR CONTRACTS WITH MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ANIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, PUEBLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SAN JUAN COLLEGE, CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE AND COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONTINUE BEING ABLE TO FUND OUR EFFORTS. WE SERVED 87 FUNDED STUDENTS, EMPLOYED 10 STAFF MEMBERS, BENEFITTED FROM 109 VOLUNTEERS W/ OVER 484 HOURS TO OFFER 103 CLASSES AND 44 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS TO A TOTAL OF 273 STUDENT PARTICIPANTS, AND APPRECIATED THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR 3 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE SERVED ADDITIONAL TERMS IN SUPPORT OF OUR ENDEAVORS WE COMPLETED OUR 4TH YEAR AT THE LEASED CAMPUS AT 6699 CR 521, BAYFIELD, CO 81122 LOCATION OF 40 ACRES OF RURAL OUTDOOR ADVENTURES NEAR LAKES, RIVERS, TRAILS AND FIELDS WITH INDOOR CLASSROOMS TO OFFER CLASSES IN; HUNTER'S SAFETY, PARKS & PARKOUR, FOLIAGE & FAIRIES, BAKING, PUBLIC SPEAKING, INTERIOR DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY & ROBOTS, PERSONAL FINANCE, FORENSIC, THEATER, SPANISH, FLORA & FAUNA, OUTDOOR SPORTS/HISTORY, BOUNTIFUL BREADS, MICROWAVE MAGICIANS, ROMAN NUMERALS, BIRDS, ARCHERY, REUSE YOUR FOOD, BRANCHES OF SCIENCE, WACKY WILD ANIMALS, BASKET BUNDLES, CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES, TOASTER TREATS, ANIMAL HABITATS, WILLY WONKA PLAY, FORAGING FUN, INTUITION & HORSES, SLIPPERY SOAPS, PUNNETT SQUARE, HOMESTEADING, SWORD FIGHTING, ROPES & KNOTS, PLANTS TO DYE FOR, FORENSICS, HISTORICAL FIGURES, CREATIVE CANDLES, CULINARY CHEFS, ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS AND MORE SPRUCE HAD TO SELL OUR PROPERTY NOVEMBER 2023 AT 743 CR 510, DURANGO, CO 81303 THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO BUILD OUR FUTURE PERMANENT CAMPUS ON DUE TO THE EXPONENTIAL EFFECTS OF INFLATION AND THE OUTFALL OF COVID-19. OUR 5,000 SQ. FT. BUILD ESTIMATED AT 900,000 @ 2.1% IN 2019 CAME TO A CLOSE AT 3.6 MILLION @ 8.7% WHEN WE WERE INFORMED AUG. 2023 BY USDA THAT OUR PROJECT WAS BEING DENIED AFTER FOUR YEARS IN PROGRESS, APPEALS, AND COVID-19 CHAOS. WE WERE GREATLY SADDENED AS WE HAD INVESTED ALMOST 10 YEARS INTO NUMEROUS ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT INCLUDING TIME, MONEY, AND ENERGY BUT WE UNDERSTOOD THE FINANCIAL RAMIFICATIONS THAT INFLATION HAD CREATED. SPRUCE REMAINS A VIABLE AND SUCCESSFUL NON-PROFIT CREATING FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY AND STABILITY FOR THE ORGANIZATION, STAFF, PARTICIPANTS, AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS AND WHILE WE CONSIDERED CLOSING DOWN THE SCHOOL AFTER THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR FROM THE HEARTBREAK OF SELLING OUR PROPERTY AND CHALLENGE OF ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT HOME FOR OUR PROGRAM, WE FOUND AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO SDA AT 1775 FLORIDA RD. SUITE A DURANGO, CO 81301 WHERE THE COLUMBINE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY CAMPUS HAD OPERATED UP UNTIL 2016 BUT COULD NOT OPEN DUE TO CHALLENGES OF ITS OWN. WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS COULD BE OUR PERMANENT LOCATION FOR YEARS TO COME. OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND COURSES TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE FOUR CORNERS AREA, IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THIS NEW CAMPUS WITH MORE SPACE, CLASSROOMS AND OUTDOOR AREAS TO CONTINUE OUR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING SHARED SCHOOL NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES, COLLABORATORS, PARTICIPANTS, AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING TIMES AND ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE OUR MISSION, SUPPORT OUR WORK, AND CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES THROUGH THE CHALLENGES EXCITED FOR OUR 12TH YEAR IN OPERATION FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR AND FUTURE YEARS TO COME 198963 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 9 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 5 5 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X JANNA POTTER 9705005657 PO BOX 966 BAYFIELD CO 81122 NATALIE HORN-HOWARD EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 71384 0 0 JONATHAN DRAKE PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MONICA WAGNER VP & SECRETA 2.00 X X 0 0 0 RYLEE MESHEW TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SUSAN VISSER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LURI OWEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 71384 false false false 1370 1370 SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTRACTS 286961 286961 PROGRAM FEES 12905 12905 299866 147 147 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 134 134 134 301517 300000 147 71901 57521 10785 3595 61698 49358 9255 3085 12651 10122 1897 632 1478 1478 408 327 61 20 2343 1875 351 117 7747 6196 1163 388 25356 20285 3803 1268 4720 3776 708 236 631 504 95 32 4804 3842 721 241 DIRECT PROGRAM SERVICES 31601 31601 LOSS ON SALE OF LAND 9409 9409 PROGRAM SUPPLIES 4295 4295 WRITE OFF EQUIPMENT 3922 3922 6088 5339 729 20 249052 198963 40455 9634 6711 4360 62070 186477 885 2299 38764 29667 176247 9097 31711 277624 202233 5885 4589 127500 133385 4589 X 144239 197644 144239 197644 277624 202233 52465 940 X false false false X 38764 29667 9097 9097 true true true true true true true false false false false false false false false true false true SCHEDULE E, LINE 3 THE RACIAL NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY IS INCLUDED IN THE SCHOOL HANDBOOKS AND ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. SCHEDULE E, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVES FUNDING FROM LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A SPRUCE HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 11 YEARS FOR K-12 SCHOOL CHOICE SERVICES IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA, WITH 21 YEARS WORKING WITH AREA SHARED SCHOOL STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND STAKEHOLDERS. WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF OUR CONTRACTS WITH MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ANIMAS HIGH SCHOOL, PUEBLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SAN JUAN COLLEGE, CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE AND COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONTINUE BEING ABLE TO FUND OUR EFFORTS. WE SERVED 87 FUNDED STUDENTS, EMPLOYED 10 STAFF MEMBERS, BENEFITTED FROM 109 VOLUNTEERS W/ OVER 484 HOURS TO OFFER 103 CLASSES AND 44 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS TO A TOTAL OF 273 STUDENT PARTICIPANTS, AND APPRECIATED THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR 3 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE SERVED ADDITIONAL TERMS IN SUPPORT OF OUR ENDEAVORS WE COMPLETED OUR 4TH YEAR AT THE LEASED CAMPUS AT 6699 CR 521, BAYFIELD, CO 81122 LOCATION OF 40 ACRES OF RURAL OUTDOOR ADVENTURES NEAR LAKES, RIVERS, TRAILS AND FIELDS WITH INDOOR CLASSROOMS TO OFFER CLASSES IN; HUNTER'S SAFETY, PARKS & PARKOUR, FOLIAGE & FAIRIES, BAKING, PUBLIC SPEAKING, INTERIOR DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY & ROBOTS, PERSONAL FINANCE, FORENSIC, THEATER, SPANISH, FLORA & FAUNA, OUTDOOR SPORTS/HISTORY, BOUNTIFUL BREADS, MICROWAVE MAGICIANS, ROMAN NUMERALS, BIRDS, ARCHERY, REUSE YOUR FOOD, BRANCHES OF SCIENCE, WACKY WILD ANIMALS, BASKET BUNDLES, CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES, TOASTER TREATS, ANIMAL HABITATS, WILLY WONKA PLAY, FORAGING FUN, INTUITION & HORSES, SLIPPERY SOAPS, PUNNETT SQUARE, HOMESTEADING, SWORD FIGHTING, ROPES & KNOTS, PLANTS TO DYE FOR, FORENSICS, HISTORICAL FIGURES, CREATIVE CANDLES, CULINARY CHEFS, ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS AND MORE SPRUCE HAD TO SELL OUR PROPERTY NOVEMBER 2023 AT 743 CR 510, DURANGO, CO 81303 THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO BUILD OUR FUTURE PERMANENT CAMPUS ON DUE TO THE EXPONENTIAL EFFECTS OF INFLATION AND THE OUTFALL OF COVID-19. OUR 5,000 SQ. FT. BUILD ESTIMATED AT 900,000 @ 2.1% IN 2019 CAME TO A CLOSE AT 3.6 MILLION @ 8.7% WHEN WE WERE INFORMED AUG. 2023 BY USDA THAT OUR PROJECT WAS BEING DENIED AFTER FOUR YEARS IN PROGRESS, APPEALS, AND COVID-19 CHAOS. WE WERE GREATLY SADDENED AS WE HAD INVESTED ALMOST 10 YEARS INTO NUMEROUS ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT INCLUDING TIME, MONEY, AND ENERGY BUT WE UNDERSTOOD THE FINANCIAL RAMIFICATIONS THAT INFLATION HAD CREATED. SPRUCE REMAINS A VIABLE AND SUCCESSFUL NON-PROFIT CREATING FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY AND STABILITY FOR THE ORGANIZATION, STAFF, PARTICIPANTS, AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS AND WHILE WE CONSIDERED CLOSING DOWN THE SCHOOL AFTER THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR FROM THE HEARTBREAK OF SELLING OUR PROPERTY AND CHALLENGE OF ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT HOME FOR OUR PROGRAM, WE FOUND AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO SDA AT 1775 FLORIDA RD. SUITE A DURANGO, CO 81301 WHERE THE COLUMBINE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY CAMPUS HAD OPERATED UP UNTIL 2016 BUT COULD NOT OPEN DUE TO CHALLENGES OF ITS OWN. WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS COULD BE OUR PERMANENT LOCATION FOR YEARS TO COME. OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND COURSES TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE FOUR CORNERS AREA, IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THIS NEW CAMPUS WITH MORE SPACE, CLASSROOMS AND OUTDOOR AREAS TO CONTINUE OUR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING SHARED SCHOOL NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES, COLLABORATORS, PARTICIPANTS, AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING TIMES AND ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE OUR MISSION, SUPPORT OUR WORK, AND CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES THROUGH THE CHALLENGES EXCITED FOR OUR 12TH YEAR IN OPERATION FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR AND FUTURE YEARS TO COME FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FULL BOARD REVIEWS THE 990 AT A BOARD MEETING, AND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE EDITS AND SUGGESTIONS. THE FINAL REVISED COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR FINAL APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY REQUIRES DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND KEY STAFF TO ANNUALLY DISCLOSE INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. THE POLICY AND DISCLOSURE FORM IS DISTRIBUTED TO AND COLLECTED FROM ALL NEW STAFF AT THE TIME OF HIRE. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DURING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND DURING BUDGET REVIEW AND APPROVAL TIMES, EXAMINES COMPENSATION INFORMATION FROM SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY AND WITHIN THE STATE OF COLORADO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AVAILABLE FUNDS EXPECTED TO BE RECEIVED FOR EACH STUDENT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING AND FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.