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COTTONWOOD COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES INC

EIN 84-1170633 ENGLEWOOD, CO

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Revenue 2023
$11,063,569
Expenses 2023
$10,987,006

Program services were 93.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P70Z
Classification
1000
Street
3255 S ACOMA ST

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 · 2023

Mission

COTTONWOOD'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORTS AND SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, EMPOWERING THEM TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AND PRODUCTIVELY AS POSSIBLE WHILE PROMOTING INDIVIDUAL CHOICE, DIGNITY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE. COTTONWOOD IS "PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE".

  • COTTONWOOD BEGAN FAMILY CAREGIVER SERVICES AS PART OF COLORADO'S STATE PILOT PROGRAM, AND CONTINUES TO EXPAND THIS SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM IN SETTINGS THAT VARY BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL, AND THE FAMILY. COTTONWOOD PROVIDES CHOICE DRIVEN RESIDENTIAL SERVICES IN APARTMENT SETTINGS, HOST HOMES, AND HOMES OWNED BY THE INDIVIDUALS IN SERVICE. COTTONWOOD ALSO PROVIDES A DAY PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON INTEGRATING INDIVIDUALS INTO THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH PROVIDING ACCESS TO ACTIVITIES THAT IMPROVE SKILLS, AND EXPRESSION OF CREATIVE ABILITY.

    Expenses $10,257,136 · Revenue $10,833,215

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Cynthia Opheim

    CEO/PRES

    Total calculated
    $165,627
    From this org
    $146,102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,525
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,007
    Bonus
    $20,095
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,154
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,371
    Filer's total
    $165,627
  • Beth Regan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $9,261
    From this org
    $9,261
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Kim Sorsoleil

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Beth Leitzmann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kip McCarten

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seanna Horton

    CFO/COO

    Total calculated
    $134,580
    From this org
    $119,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,422
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nathan Mwadiambala Lukate

    DIRECT SUPPO

    Total calculated
    $124,935
    From this org
    $117,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,021
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,063,569
    Expenses
    $10,987,006
    Contributions
    $177,200
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,927,029
    Expenses
    $10,520,671
    Contributions
    $662,056
    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
    $10,224,665
    Expenses
    $9,842,499
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,379,853
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,889,736
    Expenses
    $9,064,025
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,130,489
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,864,804
    Expenses
    $9,451,971
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,135,086
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,385,553
    Expenses
    $8,366,208
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,548,344
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,248,856
    Expenses
    $7,214,398
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,492,752
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,248,856
    Expenses
    $7,214,398
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,492,752
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,775,562
    Expenses
    $6,749,733
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,455,088
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,414,045
    Expenses
    $6,325,922
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,421,897
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,844,871
    Expenses
    $5,719,115
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,302,069
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,190,265
    Expenses
    $5,225,125
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,176,847

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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.