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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: September 2025 Expires: September 2026

Partners

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(970) 484-7123
530 South College Avenue, Unit 1
Fort Collins, CO, 80524
https://poweredbypartners.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Partners meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to create and support one to one mentoring relationships between positive adult role models and youth facing challenges in their personal, social and/or academic lives."

Year, State Incorporated:
1987, CO

The organization operates a Community Based Mentoring (CBM) and a School Based Mentoring (SBM) program where it creates partnerships” between adults (Senior Partner) and youth (Junior Partner). In order to be eligible for its programs, all youth, boys and girls ages 7-17, must be referred by professionals in the community based on significant risk factors. After volunteer mentors are screened and trained, they are matched with youth. Partnerships spend an average of 1-3 hours per week together during their respective year. Though the majority of partnership time is spent in one-to-one activities either in the school setting or out in the community, these relationships also have intensive, and consistent, support from a Partners Program staff. In either program, partnerships can continue to be active with Partners beyond their first year if they choose until the youth turns 18. 
The goal of its programs is to provide assets and protective factors for "at-risk" youth through one-to-one mentoring relationships. The specific objectives of its long-term mentoring relationships is to; promote positive youth development, increase self-esteem and self-confidence, prevent alcohol and drug use, prevent juvenile delinquency, provide support for abuse/neglect victims, and enhance school bonding, decision making and academic performance.
It measures program impact using a pre and post-test survey that helps determine the effect of its mentoring model on Junior Partners. This survey, called the Partners Mentoring Services Effectiveness Index, or PMSEI, has been used since 1999 and consistently shows statistically significant positive results for youth in our program. 

For the year ended December 31, 2024, Partners's program expenses were:

Programs $1,154,373
Total Program Expenses $1,154,373

Chief Executive
Heather Vesgaard, Executive Director

Chair of the Board
John Freismith

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Flood and Peterson Insurance

Board Size
13

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Membership appeals

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Partners's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Government Grants $776,877
Contributions $218,653
Foundation Grants $186,000
Special Events $159,786
In-Kind Donations $49,276
Membership Dues $26,178
Net Investment Return $25,751
Other Income $1,929
Interest Income $1,236
Rental Income $1,200
Total Income $1,446,886

Programs: 82% Fundraising: 9% Administrative: 9%

Total Income $1,446,886
Total expenses: $1,401,925
  Program expenses $1,154,373
  Fundraising expenses $124,254
  Administrative expenses $123,298
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $44,961
Beginning Net Assets $531,893
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $576,854
Total Liabilities $279,876
Total Assets $856,730

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