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THIRD WAY CENTER INC

EIN 84-0599572 DENVER, CO

Largest nonprofits in Colorado

Revenue 2024
$22,015,012
Expenses 2024
$16,998,200

Program services were 83.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F60Z
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 61385

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION WAS INCORPORATED TO OPERATE FIVE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES WHICH PROVIDES CARE AND COUNSELING FOR ADOLESCENTS ASSIGNED TO IT BY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND THROUGH PRIVATE PLACEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.TO OPERATE FIVE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AND ONE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES CARE FOR ADOLESCENTS.

  • TREATMENT - PROVIDE ROOM, BOARD, SUPPORT, GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING TO MINORS ASSIGNED TO THIRD WAY CENTER BY COUNTIES AND PRIVATE AGENCIES.

    Expenses $11,247,181 · Revenue $17,661,169

  • EDUCATION - PROVIDE AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS WHO CANNOT FUNCTION IN A STANDARD PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION WHILE RECEIVING TREATMENT.

    Expenses $2,850,935 · Revenue $3,245,261

  • NEXT STEPS PROGRAM PROVIDES AFTER EMANCIPATION ASSISTANCE AND SUPERVISION.

    Expenses $51,604 · Revenue $52,027

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mira Eklund

    ASST MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $253,744
    From this org
    $229,026
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,718
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,026
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,167
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,551
    Filer's total
    $253,744

  • Hildegard Messenbaugh MD

    MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $244,322
    From this org
    $236,137
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,185
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,137
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,185
    Filer's total
    $244,322

  • Renee Johnson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $236,670
    From this org
    $220,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,573
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,097
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,632
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,941
    Filer's total
    $236,670

  • David Koehler

    ASST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $210,734
    From this org
    $204,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,909
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,825
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,909
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $210,734

  • Kristine Edmonds

    CLINICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $155,858
    From this org
    $150,011
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,847
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,011
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,847
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $155,858

  • Dana Freisinger

    ASST CLINICAL DIR-PRTF

    Total calculated
    $140,644
    From this org
    $111,989
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,655
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kim Renner

    ASST CLINICAL DIR-COMMUNITY

    Total calculated
    $131,949
    From this org
    $126,926
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,023
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amber Lacy

    ASST CLINICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,467
    From this org
    $113,117
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,350
    Hours/week
    40

  • David Eisner

    CONSULTANT/BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $88,044
    From this org
    $88,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brendan Bartic

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gary Gray

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jean E Smith Gonnell

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patrick Sobers

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Meg Everett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Courtney Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew McCormick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stacy Ohlsson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melanie Schoninger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $22,015,012
    Expenses
    $16,998,200
    Contributions
    $832,555
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $19,520,935
    Expenses
    $14,184,380
    Contributions
    $771,351
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,890,670
    Expenses
    $12,534,543
    Contributions
    $894,796
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,672,196
    Expenses
    $11,492,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,292,960

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,641,911
    Expenses
    $11,246,124
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,977,029

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,194,794
    Expenses
    $10,841,038
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,516,560

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,460,762
    Expenses
    $10,473,992
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,358,969

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,483,310
    Expenses
    $10,196,817
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,512,339

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,757,568
    Expenses
    $10,075,402
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,095,891

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,543,365
    Expenses
    $10,048,206
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,154,182

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,459,517
    Expenses
    $9,563,524
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,705,362

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,581,581
    Expenses
    $8,680,983
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,639,325

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $8,687,260
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,797,113

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.