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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$452,697
Total expenses
$420,517
Contributions and grants received
$402,946
Grants paid
$209,237
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$9,668
Other revenue
$40,083
Total assets, end of year
$1,788,038
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,340
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,779,698
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$348,630
Management and general expenses
$20,399
Fundraising expenses
$51,488
Program service expenses (Part III)
$348,630

Program services were 82.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $7,863

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $395,083

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $291,326

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,668 · excluded $9,668

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $36,023

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $36,023 · excluded $36,023

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $4,060 · related or exempt $4,060

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,060

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $209,237 · program services $209,237

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,552 · program services $885 · fundraising $667

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $791 · program services $451 · management and general $79 · fundraising $261

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $5,520 · program services $5,520

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47,195 · program services $26,902 · management and general $8,023 · fundraising $12,270

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,746 · program services $10,115 · management and general $3,017 · fundraising $4,614

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $38,582 · program services $38,582

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $31,386 · program services $17,890 · management and general $1,569 · fundraising $11,927

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $17,143 · program services $9,772 · management and general $686 · fundraising $6,685

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $11,204 · program services $6,386 · management and general $2,241 · fundraising $2,577

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $40,161 · program services $22,890 · management and general $4,784 · fundraising $12,487

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $748,456 · end of year $714,726

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $90,367 · end of year $96,501

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,582,810

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $612,399

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $916,558 · end of year $970,411

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $6,400

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $7,863 · end of year $8,340

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,747,518 · end of year $1,779,698

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRINGS IS A NONPROFIT, ALL VOLUNTEER, PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF EL PASO COUNTY.

  • OPERATION SCHOOL BELL IS ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRINGS LARGEST PHILANTROPHIC PROGRAM. SCHOOLS IN EL PASO COUNTY EDUCATING STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN LOWER ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES ARE PROVIDED WITH COATS, HOODIES, SWEATSHIRTS AND PANTS, SOCKS UNDERWEAR, ALONG WITH SHOE GIFT CARDS. COUNSELORS/LIASONS ARE THEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE, AS NEEDED, THESE ITEMS TO THEIR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN THE NEED ARISES. WE ESTIMATE 2,500 STUDENTS WERE SERVED FOR THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR, AT 82 SCHOOLS IN EL PASO COUNTY. A SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER CAN ALSO CONTACT THIS PROGRAM WHEN A CHILD IS IN NEED OF EMERGENCY CLOTHING. A COMMITTEE MEMBER WILL MEET THE FAMILY AND PURCHASE THE CLOTHING THAT IS NEEDED.

    Expenses $287,378 · Grants $209,237

  • SWEET DREAMS. A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES MATTRESS/BOX SPRINGS SETS TO EMANCIPATED CHILDREN LEAVING FOSTER CARE. MATTRESS/BOX SPRING SETS ARE SUPPLIED TO SELECTED AGENCIES FOR DISTRIBUTION. ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE BEDS ARE SHEETS, PILLOW CASES AND TOWELS. THESE ITEMS ARE GIVEN TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REACH THE AGE OF 18 AND CAN NO LONGER REMAIN IN FOSTER CARE. SOME OF THESE YOUNGSTERS HAVE NEVER HAD A BED OF THEIR OWN. BEDS ARE ALSO GIVEN TO FORMERLY HOMELESS YOUTH, WHO ARE REFERRED BY THE PLACE. THE PLACE IS AN AGENCY THAT OFFERS SERVICES AND SHELTER TO HOMELESS YOUTH 15-21.

    Expenses $26,530

  • ASSAULT SURVIVOR KITS (ASK). THIS PROGRAM, IN COOPERATION WITH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL'S SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS CENTER AND SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINER (SANE), PROVIDES CLOTHING AND HYGIENE KITS TO SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO LEAVE THEIR CLOTHING AS POLICE EVIDENCE. DURING THE PAST YEAR, 2486 VICTIMS OF ASSAULT WERE GIVEN NEW CLOTHING. THESE CLOTHES INCLUDED WINTER SWEAT SHIRTS, SWEAT PANTS, SUMMER CAPRIS AND TOPS ALONG WITH BRAS, UNDERWEAR, SOCKS AND OTHER CLOTHING. ASSISTANCE LEAGUE IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS THIS HELP IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA.

    Expenses $15,066

  • VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS., INCLUDING BUDDY BEAR AND CAN YOU HEAR ME.

    Expenses $19,656

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Suzanne Discenza

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Margaret Chamberlain

    VP PHILANTROPIC PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Kathy Sharkey

    VP MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Toni Rogers

    VP RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Chris Chrockett

    VP STRATEGIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rickie Slizewski

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Nancy Edmiston

    RECORDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Pat Job

    EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Dora Perez

    MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Janet Hill

    TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sue Reynolds

    PARLIAMENTARIAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE

    501 (C) (3) · ASSISTANCE LEAGUE · CA · controlled entity

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500219349300815

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