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Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative

The Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative strengthens diverse communities by providing pathways in career readiness and higher education for students to build 21st-century skills and economically viable futures.

Southwest Colorado Education

Education Durango, CO EIN: 862475305 (IRS) Sign up to see website
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75
Integrity Assessment
Strong transparency
75/100 · methodology

About

SWCEC provides career and college access opportunities to rural students throughout the Southwest Region. Five school districts and two high education institutions indentify and share resources to provide access to work-based learning opportunties and concurrent enrollment classes to students in indentified career pathways. This year the nonprofit hired full-time staff, operationalized the nonprofit organization and started to lay systems in place for a growth and impact structure.

Mission

The Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative strengthens diverse communities by providing pathways in career readiness and higher education for students to build 21st-century skills and economically viable futures.

Founder story
Not yet on file. The organization can add how and why it was founded by claiming this profile. Registered with the IRS since January 2022.

Focus & reach

Category
Causes
Education
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Verification & registration

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IRS
Exempt Organizations · EIN 862475305
Tax-deductible (Pub 78)
501(c)(03)
Federal tax-exempt subsection
Since 2022

Verified certifications

Confirmed against the issuing authority - not self-reported.

IRS Tax-Deductible since 2022

Integrity assessment

A 0-100 measure of public-data transparency - registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and recency. It does not measure programme impact.

Registration 16/20
('Government registration ID on record', 8)
('Sourced from official registry', 4)
('Cross-referenced (2+ sources)', 4)
('Profile not yet claimed by organization', 0)
Financial Transparency 24/30
('No financial documents found on website', 0)
('Financial filing on record', 8)
('Revenue figure disclosed', 6)
('Spending figure disclosed', 6)
('Detailed financial breakdown disclosed', 4)
Governance 20/20
('At least 1 officer disclosed', 5)
('3+ officers disclosed', 3)
('Officer titles disclosed', 2)
('Executive compensation disclosed', 4)
('Mission / description on file', 3)
('Founding date on file', 3)
Contact Availability 10/10
('Website', 3)
('Email', 3)
('Phone', 2)
('Physical address', 2)
Data Recency 5/20
('Updated within 3 years', 5)
('Newer data needed for full score', 0)
Red flags 0
Transparency checklist
Official registration on file
Financial disclosure published
Website on record
Contact details available
Leadership disclosed
Mission or description published

GiveRadar Analysis

Original analysis from GiveRadar's dataset of comparable organizations

GiveRadar's verified records show Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative with a complete profile, cross-referenced across 3 independent sources including the IRS.

  • It has more complete contact information than nearly all comparable organizations, with a verified website, email, phone and address on record. See national comparisons
  • GiveRadar holds a more complete profile for this organization than for 80% of the 195,586 education charities in the United States it tracks, because GiveRadar has verified its financial disclosures and its governance. Most of those have little verified data on record yet. View this cohort
  • It has more complete governance disclosure than nearly all comparable organizations, because GiveRadar has verified leadership, executive compensation, a mission statement and a founding date. See national comparisons
GiveRadar has verified
  • government registration
  • financial records (3 filed years)
  • disclosed leadership
  • a website
  • a contact email
  • a donation page
Not yet verified by GiveRadar
  • an owner-submitted profile claim

Analysis based on GiveRadar's benchmark dataset of 2026-07-03. It describes what GiveRadar has verified, not a judgment of the organization itself.

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Financials

From irs 990 (fy2023) · FY2023
Annual revenue
$1M-$10M
Reporting year
2023
To programmes
89%
Revenue, FY2021-FY2023
2021
2022
2023
Where money goes
Program90%

Leadership & board

Disclosed in official filings
CL
Clara R••••
Current Exec Dir
GI
Gisele P•••••
Secretary
JE
Jessica M•••••••
Executive Dir.
KA
Karen C•••••
President

How it stacks up against peers

· vs. 8 similar education in United States
Program spending This charity: 89%
Peer average: 82%
CEO comp as % of revenue This charity: 4.97%
Peer average: 0.48%
Integrity Assessment This charity: 75
Peer average: 90

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Annual revenue
$1M-$10M
89% to programs
Source: IRS 990 (FY2023) why this matters
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Filing history

3 years on file from IRS 990 (FY2023): revenue, expenses, program spending, assets, and liabilities by fiscal year.

Years on record: FY2023, FY2022, FY2021.
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Taxes

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Staff & volunteers

From filings and published profiles

Employees
8

Leadership

From FY2023 filing

CL
Clara R••••
Current Exec Dir

Officers & trustees (14)

Source: Public filings

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Latest news

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Activity timeline

Filings and press mentions, merged

Form filed
$1.0M revenue
FY2023
IRS 990
Form filed
$0.3M revenue
FY2022
IRS 990
Form filed
$0.0M revenue
FY2021
IRS 990

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Cause areas in United States

How many charities work in each area, with this charity's area highlighted.

Human Services 322,683
Education this charity 195,586
Arts & Culture 133,130
Advocacy & Civil Rights 128,026
Religion 114,636
Health 98,863
Community Development 56,086
Youth Development 53,450
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Most common causes in United States

Causes charities work on most, with this charity's causes ticked.

Community Development 235,146
Education 159,016
Religion 103,741
Arts & Culture 101,203
Human Rights 76,926
Health 65,250
Youth Development 47,775
Animal Welfare 32,425
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Sources and verification

Registration and legal identity
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search
Financial filings
IRS Form 990 filings - Fiscal year 2023 most recent on file.
Officers and trustees
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search - 35 disclosed in the public registry.
Supplementary verification
Charity Navigator

Data freshness

Last updated
Aug 3, 2026
Registry checked
Aug 3, 2026
Profile completeness
90%

What we know and don't know

Exactly which public data we hold on this charity. Our score reflects transparency, not impact.

On record · 10
  • Financial data · FY2023 on record
  • Named leadership · 35 officers on file
  • Executive pay · Disclosed
  • Government registration · Registered with an official registry
  • Mission statement · Published
  • Official website · On record
  • Headquarters address · On file
  • Direct contact · Email or phone published
  • Tax-deductibility · Verified
  • Founding date · 2021
Not available · 1
  • Programs & activities
    No named programs listed by the charity

Methodology

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Quick facts about Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative

What is Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative?
Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative is a education 509(a)(3) type iii non-functionally integrated based in Durango, United States. SWCEC provides career and college access opportunities to rural students throughout the Southwest Region. Five school districts and two high education institutions indentify and share resources to provide access to work-based learning opportunties and concurrent enrollment classes to students in indentified career pathways. This year the nonprofit hired full-time staff, operationalized the nonprofit organization and started to lay systems in place for a growth and impact structure.
When was Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative founded?
Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative was founded in 2021.
Who leads Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative?
Clara Raley serves as Current Exec Dir.
Where is Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative located?
Headquartered in Durango, CO, United States.
What is Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative's annual budget?
Annual revenue for fiscal year 2023 is approximately $1M-$10M. 89% of expenses go to program services.
Is Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative trustworthy?
Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 75 out of 100 (Strong transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
What is Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative's registration number?
IRS EIN: 862475305.
What is Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative's website?
http://www.swcoedcollaborative.org