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MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO

EIN 84-0446365 DENVER, CO

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Revenue 2024
$5,060,223
Expenses 2024
$3,672,654

Program services were 81.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
303 EAST 17TH AVENUE

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

MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO DBA MENTAL HEALTH COLORADO IS A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ESTABLISHED IN 1953 WITH A MISSION TO ADVOCATE FOR EVERY COLORADAN WHO EXPERIENCES A MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE CONDITION EACH YEAR. THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGES POLICYMAKERS, PROVIDERS, THE PUBLIC, AND THE PRESS TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELL-BEING, ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CARE, AND END DISCRIMINATION. ITS EFFORTS RANGE FROM THE CAPITOL TO THE CLASSROOM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVOCATE FOR EVERY COLORADAN WHO EXPERIENCES A MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE CONDITION.

  • PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES: THE ORGANIZATION HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN OPERATIONALIZING SEVERAL DIRECT-SERVICE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY HOUSING AND WRAP-AROUND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT THE NEXUS OF HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ITS TOOLKITS IN SUPPORT OF STATE-WIDE MENTAL HEALTH.

    Expenses $698,364 · Revenue $29,888

  • PUBLIC POLICY AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES: THE ORGANIZATION PRESSES INSURERS AND REGULATORS TO COMPLY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW - INCLUDING THE GUARANTEE OF MENTAL HEALTH AS AN ESSENTIAL BENEFIT, THE ADEQUACY OF PROVIDER NETWORKS, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CHAMPIONS MEASURES TO INTEGRATE MENTAL HEALTH CARE INTO THE PRIMARY CARE SYSTEM; TO ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL COLORADO; AND TO DISENTANGLE MENTAL HEALTH AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

    Expenses $814,007

  • SAFER: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SHORT TERM HOUSING IN A HOTEL SETTING WITH THE GOALS OF HEALTH STABILIZATION, BASIC RESOURCE ACCESS ASSISTANCE, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND NEXT STEP HOUSING FOR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE CONCERNS AT RISK OF OR EXPERIENCING JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT.

    Expenses $1,466,493

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Vincent Atchity

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $196,098
    From this org
    $172,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,233
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,865
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $23,233
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $196,098
  • David McLaughlin

    COO

    Total calculated
    $162,308
    From this org
    $134,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,035
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,273
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $28,035
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $162,308
  • Shannon Van Deman

    CHAIR EMERIT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raul De Villegas-Decker

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Hemaiden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Venita Currie

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sally Gomez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amelia Fink

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jaime Fitzsimons

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrick Fox

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer S Harpole

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Lepage

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Harlan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teagan Malecha

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Paulsen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $5,060,223
    Expenses
    $3,672,654
    Contributions
    $4,867,041
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,918,351
    Expenses
    $2,826,045
    Contributions
    $4,723,405
    Grants paid
    $4,256
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,192,378
    Expenses
    $2,369,007
    Contributions
    $2,143,638
    Grants paid
    $4,484

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
    $1,728,484
    Expenses
    $1,553,599
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,077,583
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,564,789
    Expenses
    $1,590,002
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,016,364
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,003,277
    Expenses
    $1,689,476
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,759,558
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,520,645
    Expenses
    $1,286,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,428,016
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,153,451
    Expenses
    $960,909
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,176,094
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $972,187
    Expenses
    $934,985
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,006,031
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $980,089
    Expenses
    $1,060,951
    Assets (EOY)
    $978,015
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,184,204
    Expenses
    $1,075,503
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,099,996
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,048,582
    Expenses
    $1,022,007
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,008,393
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,252,809
    Assets (EOY)
    $974,723

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.