ALTA VISTA CENTER FOR AUTISM

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

G84

Classification

1000

Street

2001 HOYT 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

• ONE OF A HANDFUL OF AUTISM CENTERS IN COLORADO, FIREFLY OFFERS SOME OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS, AN INTENSIVE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM, SCHOOL-AGE PROGRAM, HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM, AND SOCIAL SKILLS CLASSES. FIREFLY'S SERVICES SPAN ALL OVER THE GREATER DENVER AREA, AND REACH AS FAR NORTH AS BOULDER AND AS FAR SOUTH AS COLORADO SPRINGS. WE SERVE AGES 18 MONTHS TO 21 YEARS IN OUR CENTER, WHILE THERE IS NO AGE LIMIT FOR OUR HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS. EVERY PROGRAM HAS A 1:1 CLIENT TO THERAPIST RATIO WITH A HIGHLY QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN AND THERAPIST. FIREFLY TREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON STATE OF THE ART, EMPIRICALLY-BASED INTERVENTIONS, UTILIZING THE SCIENCE OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS TO TEACH OUR CLIENTS ESSENTIAL AND LIFE-CHANGING ADAPTIVE SKILLS, AND AMELIORATE MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR. THE SUPERVISING PERSONNEL FOR ABA-BASED PROGRAMS ARE BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS (BCBAS) WHO, IN ADDITION TO HOLDING A GRADUATE DEGREE, COMPLETING A SERIES OF COURSEWORK IN ABA, AND REQUIRED HOURS OF SUPERVISION, ARE CREDENTIALED BY THE BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS CERTIFICATION BOARD. TO MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION, EACH ANALYST MUST MAINTAIN CONTINUING EDUCATION AT LEAST ANNUALLY. TO ENHANCE SERVICE DELIVERY, OUR ORGANIZATION INCLUDES SPEECH AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS. OUR PROGRAMS ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. SINCE WE BASE OUR SERVICES ON EMPIRICALLY DRIVEN DATA AND EVIDENCEBASED PRACTICES, OUR CLIENTS ALWAYS MAKE PROGRESS. OUR STAFF ARE HIGHLY TRAINED, DRIVEN, AND ENDLESSLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS WITH WHOM THEY WORK. THE PROGRESS OF OUR CLIENTS, AND OVERALL IMPROVEMENT IN THE LIVES OF THE CLIENT AND FAMILY UNIT IS OUR ULTIMATE FOCUS. WE PROVIDE ONGOING SUPERVISION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO OUR STAFF, SO THEY ARE VERY INVESTED IN CLIENT'S PROGRESS AND IN THE EXPANDING PROFESSIONAL CULTURE OF FIREFLY AUTISM. WE HAVE NUMEROUS STAFF WHO COME TO US TO LEARN THE ART OF EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT. WE HAVE BEEN PROUD TO HAVE STAFF BECOME BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS THROUGH OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND ALL OF OUR THERAPISTS ARE REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANS, WHICH ARE ALSO CREDENTIALED BY THE BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS CERTIFICATION BOARD. FIREFLY AUTISM IS COLORADO'S LEADING TREATMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIVING WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2003, FIREFLY HAS GROWN TO BECOME ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST RESPECTED FACILITIES OF ITS KIND, OFFERING A WIDE VARIETY OF EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND EVEN FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, COME TO US TO LEARN HOW WE DO WHAT WE DO AND PARENTS STRONGLY ADVOCATE TO HAVE THEIR CHILD RECEIVE OUR SERVICES BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF OUR SERVICES. WE HAVE OVER 100 CHILDREN WAITING TO RECEIVE OUR SERVICES. THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE REPUTATION OF EFFECTIVE SERVICES AND HIGH QUALITY OF OUR PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $5,669,786 · Revenue $4,801,649

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.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,962,670

  Expenses

  $6,787,626

  Contributions

  $1,130,029

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,088,502

  Expenses

  $6,552,205

  Contributions

  $2,104,935

  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

  $9,413,081

  Expenses

  $6,911,475

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,261,984

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,374,965

  Expenses

  $6,540,038

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,822,183

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,528,287

  Expenses

  $4,964,565

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,341,600

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,944,443

  Expenses

  $4,700,823

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,830,959

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,563,569

  Expenses

  $4,833,914

  Assets (EOY)

  $862,890

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,492,577

  Expenses

  $4,854,635

  Assets (EOY)

  $863,489

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,997,260

  Expenses

  $3,986,561

  Assets (EOY)

  $938,820

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,777,463

  Expenses

  $3,714,689

  Assets (EOY)

  $927,839

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,101,184

  Expenses

  $3,144,350

  Assets (EOY)

  $768,303

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.

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

• CARING FOR DENVER FOUNDATION

  $620,600

  2023 · EXPANSION OF ABA WOR

• COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION

  $174,754

  2024 · GENERAL PURPOSE, HEALTH, PROGRAM SUPPORT

• COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION

  $157,540

  2023 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• DENVER FOUNDATION

  $97,179

  2024 · AUTISM

• COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION

  $82,840

  2022 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• DISABLING BARRIERS

  $60,000

  2022 · To support program operations, per the charitable purposes of the organization

• EARLY MILESTONES COLORADO

  $53,676

  2023 · CHILDCARE SUP. GRANT

• EARLY MILESTONES COLORADO

  $31,324

  2022 · CHILDCARE SUP. GRANT

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $18,000

  2023 · DISEASE/DISORDER

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $18,000

  2024 · DISEASE/DISORDER

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

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