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SEWALL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC

EIN 84-0413241 DENVER, CO

Largest nonprofits in Colorado

Revenue 2023
$7,513,814
Expenses 2023
$7,760,166

Program services were 88.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B22Z
Classification
1000
Street
940 FILLMORE 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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEWALL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER PROVIDES INCLUSIVE AND JOYFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEWALL PROVIDES JOYFUL EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND SERVICES FOR CHILDREN OF ALL LEARNING ABILITIES.

  • PRESCHOOL - CHILDREN, AGES TWO AND ONE-HALF TO FIVE, WITH AND WITHOUT SPECIAL NEEDS, ARE TAUGHT IN PRESCHOOL CLASSES BASED ON AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION MODEL. SESSIONS ARE FOUR DAYS WEEKLY FOR HALF A DAY AT EIGHT LOCATIONS. THERAPIES ARE INTEGRATED INTO CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES IN THE MOST NATURAL WAY POSSIBLE. THE "READ, PLAY AND LEARN" CURRICULUM PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR SEWALL'S EARLY INTERVENTION IN PRESCHOOL, AND IS IMPLEMENTED IN A TRANS-DISCIPLINARY, PLAY-BASED APPROACH. THE TRANS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH ENCOMPASSES COGNITIVE, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL, SENSORIMOTOR, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE PERSPECTIVES. DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING IS ENCOURAGED ACROSS DOMAINS. THE CURRICULUM FOCUSES ON INCORPORATING ACTIVITIES THAT MOTIVATE EACH CHILD, AND AS A RESULT OF THE TEACHERS' ROLE AS FACILITATOR, EACH CHILD HAS INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION. THE TEAM, INCLUDING AN EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER, TEACHING ASSISTANT, EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATOR, OCCUPATIONAL OR PHYSICAL THERAPIST, SPEECH/LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST AND MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST, PLAN THE CURRICULUM ON A WEEKLY BASIS. USING FAMILIAR STORIES, THE TEAM PROVIDES A THEME-BASED APPROACH TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT EACH CHILD'S GROWTH DEVELOPMENT. THE STORYBOOKS REFLECT FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY. CHILDREN ENGAGE IN A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES SUITED TO THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL ABILITIES AND ALL RELATING TO THE SAME CONCEPT. REPETITION OF THESE CONCEPTS ACROSS NUMEROUS AND DIVERSE SITUATIONS ENCOURAGES THE GENERALIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.

    Expenses $2,076,410 · Revenue $995,409

  • HEAD START DISABILITY SERVICES - SEWALL PROVIDES DISABILITY SERVICES TO CHILDREN ENROLLED IN HEAD START CLASSROOMS THROUGHOUT DENVER. SEWALL'S TEAM OF SPECIALISTS CARRIES OUT ACTIVITIES NEEDED TO CONDUCT OBSERVATIONS, SCREEN AND ASSESS CHILDREN AS WELL AS DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL PLANS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN ALL DENVER HEAD START SITES. AFTER THEIR ASSESSMENT, THE TEAM CREATES AN APPROPRIATE PLAN OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS FOR THE CHILD.

    Expenses $1,713,992 · Revenue $1,041,524

  • CHILDCARE - SEWALL'S ACCREDITED CHILDCARE PROGRAM OFFERS FULL-DAY, "WRAPAROUND" CARE FOR TODDLERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF ONE-AND-A-HALF TO THREE, AND PRESCHOOLERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO-AND-A-HALF AND FIVE. THE CHILDCARE PROGRAM IS A MODEL FOR INCLUDING CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT SPECIAL NEEDS IN CLASSROOMS AT THREE SITES. LEARNING IS STRENGTHENED AND REINFORCED AS THE CHILD'S INDIVIDUAL PLAN AND CLASS CURRICULUM ARE COMMUNICATED BETWEEN TODDLER/PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE STAFF.

    Expenses $2,535,952 · Revenue $1,193,459

  • INFANT/TODDLER - CHILDREN, FROM BIRTH TO AGE THREE, HAVING IDENTIFIED SPECIAL NEEDS, AND THEIR PARENTS ARE PROVIDED EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS, INCLUDING HOME AND CHILDCARE. THE CHILD'S POTENTIAL IS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF TYPICAL DAILY ACTIVITIES. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS CONSIDER PLAY A CHILD'S WORK. BEGINNING AT AGE TWO, PARENTS MAY ENROLL THEIR CHILD IN A TRANSITIONAL TODDLER/PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AT SEWALL FOR CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT SPECIAL NEEDS.

    Expenses $367,915 · Revenue $78,666

  • DISABILITY P&L - KEPT FULL TEAM OF SPECIALISTS TO CONDUCT OBSERVATIONS, SCREEN AND ASSESS CHILDREN AND DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS AS APPROPRIATE IN ALL DENVER HEAD START SITES. STAFF ALSO PROVIDE CONSULTATION, ACTIVITIES, AND SUPPORT STAFF IN ALL CLASSROOM INTERVENTIONS.

    Expenses $170,891 · Revenue $107,292

  • Grants $4,523 · Revenue $1,339,913

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.

  • Heidi Heissenbuttel

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $117,566
    From this org
    $116,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,192
    Hours/week
    40
  • Barbara Bieber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Conroy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charon Earnest

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyler Gomes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kali Handford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jonathan Lurie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Weinberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Julia Lazure

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Solano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theresa Dupart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Stambaugh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William C Holland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Toni Linder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barney Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Roddrick Marshall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steve Holloway

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chuck Fish

    BUILDING CHAIRPERSON/ FINANCE CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Randall Sylvan

    FINANCE CO-CHAIR

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,513,814
    Expenses
    $7,760,166
    Contributions
    $2,677,458
    Grants paid
    $4,523
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,925,214
    Expenses
    $7,691,229
    Contributions
    $2,627,971
    Grants paid
    $45,465

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
    $7,111,470
    Expenses
    $6,512,329
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,282,510
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,630,312
    Expenses
    $6,360,483
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,088,687
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,482,371
    Expenses
    $6,333,273
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,531,555
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,928,175
    Expenses
    $5,673,571
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,434,884
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,316,126
    Expenses
    $4,890,403
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,257,692
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,371,057
    Expenses
    $4,944,563
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,091,308
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,204,151
    Expenses
    $4,465,805
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,847,730
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,519,918
    Expenses
    $4,048,820
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,056,369
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,319,533
    Expenses
    $3,504,015
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,743,957
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,124,683
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,942,019

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.