Agile Learner Fund
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Agile Learner Fund is a Type I supporting organization of Colorado Succeeds established to provide and steward mission-aligned capital in support of Colorado Succeeds' charitable purposes. ALF advances innovation in education and workforce development through research, development, thought leadership, piloting, incubation, scaling, and other system-change activities that promote economic mobility and career-connected learning. ALF houses the Innovation Fund, a source of mission-aligned capital established to provide Colorado Succeeds with financial flexibility to research, develop, pilot, incubate, and scale promising education and workforce-development strategies and to support other activities designed to generate learning and durable system change.
- Income
- $880,000
- Spending
- $130,000
- Spent on programs
- 100%
- Reserves
- 78.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 3
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 85% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 78.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 6% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 85% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 780% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 15100% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 83 out of 100. Higher than 72% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
18 of 253 of 3 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- The Agile Learner Fund's vision is that all of Colorado's learners have access to high-quality learning experiences as well as multiple pathways that lead them to success in postsecondary education and ultimately in their careers - a concept known as the career-connected continuum.
- $130,000 spent. During 2025, Agile Learner Fund designed and implemented outcomes-based scholarship strategies focused on connecting learners to high-quality education and training pathways leading to employment and economic mobility. ALF identified and evaluated education and training providers based on labor-market alignment and measurable standards for learner retention, completion, employment, and wages; developed grantee-selection, monitoring, and reporting systems; and built strategies to attract additional resources alongside scholarship investments. This work established the infrastructure to direct philanthropic capital toward education-to-employment pathways with measurable learner outcomes.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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