2013-08-01T12:00:00-05:00 2012-12-31 010724563 ANTON COLLINS MITCHELL LLP 303 EAST 17TH AVENUE SUITE 600 DENVER CO 80203 990 2012-01-01 810539964 FIRST DESCENTS FIRS 3039452490 767 SANTA FE DRIVE DENVER CO 80204 BRADFORD LUDDEN 3039452490 2013-07-25 1 WENDY DEWITT P01358310 3038301120 2012 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z BRADFORD LUDDEN 767 SANTA FE DRIVE DENVER CO 80204 2527222 0 X WWW.FIRSTDESCENTS.ORG X 2003 CO ADDRESS THE EMOTIONAL EFFECTS OF CANCER ON YOUNG ADULT CANCER FIGHTERS & SURVIVORS 12 11 16 250 3638 2638 1713411 1665389 0 0 345 543 87398 342211 1801154 2008143 0 0 0 0 458788 672511 0 0 245186 1031677 1268311 1490465 1940822 310689 67321 696715 811375 67734 115073 628981 696302 X FIRST DESCENTS OFFERS YOUNG ADULT CANCER FIGHTERS AND SURVIVORS A FREE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE EXPERIENCE DESIGNED TO ENABLE THEM TO CLIMB, PADDLE AND SURF BEYOND THEIR DIAGNOSIS, DEFY THEIR CANCER, RECLAIM THEIR LIVES AND CONNECT WITH OTHERS DOING THE SAME. 0 0 1587807 861916 DURING THE WEEKLONG FIRST DESCENTS EXPERIENCE, YOUNG ADULT FIGHTERS AND SURVIVORS ARE EMPOWERED THROUGH CONQUERING LEGITIMATE OUTDOOR CHALLENGES TO PUSH THEIR LIMITS AND FACE THEIR FEARS-- AND BY DOING SO, REGAIN THE CONFIDENCE LOST TO CANCER. FIRST DESCENTS PROVIDED 45 OUTDOOR ADVENTURE THERAPY CAMPS TO APPROXIMATELY 541 YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER DURING 2012. 1587807 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 47 0 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X CHRIS SIZEMORE 3039452490 767 SANTA FE DRIVE DENVER CO 80204 BRAD LUDDEN 60.00 X X 95790 0 0 BRENT GOLDSTEIN 10.00 X X 0 0 0 JOEL APPEL 10.00 X X 0 0 0 LARRY SMITH 10.00 X 0 0 0 EVA HO 10.00 X 0 0 0 COREY NIELSON 10.00 X 27500 0 0 BRAD REISS 10.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER FEIKEN 10.00 X 0 0 0 ROCHELLE SHORETZ 10.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID LEE 10.00 X 0 0 0 JOSH BEHR 10.00 X 0 0 0 DEBBIE KING FORD 10.00 X 0 0 0 KELLY MALIN 60.00 X 73551 0 0 CHRIS SIZEMORE 40.00 X 0 0 0 196841 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130675 1534714 339430 1665389 543 543 848733 130675 510160 338573 338573 12557 8919 3638 3638 2008143 0 3638 339116 196841 129915 17716 49210 378770 248260 34773 95737 96900 68553 9825 18522 7300 7300 11096 11096 59543 48750 10793 5535 4649 886 10401 9317 1084 248323 221745 8318 18260 194775 170210 5474 19091 9589 9450 139 25298 18158 636 6504 11219 6913 4306 CONTRACT STAFF 402239 376460 5870 19909 PROGRAM MEALS 92325 92325 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 78282 78282 RECRUITING 46858 46858 65528 57962 2515 5051 1940822 1587807 107829 245186 69608 112438 395345 370888 88000 54396 41190 4510 4071 51142 98220 128150 36777 105391 91373 16323 5195 696715 811375 28340 115073 39394 0 67734 115073 X 628981 646302 50000 628981 696302 696715 811375 67321 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 247693 424164 819863 1713411 1090458 4295589 247693 424164 819863 1713411 1090458 4295589 4295589 2277 1389 761 345 543 5315 177605 231870 99774 206286 917142 1632677 5933581 0.72390 0.80590 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 128150 36777 91373 91373 X 2008143 0 2008143 0 2008143 1940822 0 1940822 0 1940822 DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48: PART X, LINE 2: FIRST DESCENTS BELIEVES THAT IT HAS CONDUCTED ITS OPERATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND HAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED, ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS, AND THAT IT HAS TAKEN NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT QUALIFY FOR RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 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