- Revenue 2024
- $466,805
- Expenses 2024
- $440,931
Program services were 84.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- P20Z
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 405 S NEVADA AVE
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
B-COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS IS A NONPROFIT, ALL VOLUNTEER, PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF EL PASO COUNTY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
B-COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS A NONPROFIT, ALL VOLUNTEER, PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF EL PASO COUNTY.
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OPERATION BEYOND THE CLASSROOM IS B-COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY LARGEST PHILANTROPHIC PROGRAM. SCHOOLS IN EL PASO COUNTY EDUCATING STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN LOWER ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES ARE PROVIDED WITH COATS, HOODIES, SWEATSHIRTS AND PANTS, SOCKS UNDERWEAR, ALONG WITH SHOE GIFT CARDS. COUNSELORS/LIASONS ARE THEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE, AS NEEDED, THESE ITEMS TO THEIR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN THE NEED ARISES. WE ESTIMATE 2,000 STUDENTS WERE SERVED FOR THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR, AT 82 SCHOOLS IN EL PASO COUNTY. A SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER CAN ALSO CONTACT THIS PROGRAM WHEN A CHILD IS IN NEED OF EMERGENCY CLOTHING. A COMMITTEE MEMBER WILL MEET THE FAMILY AND PURCHASE THE CLOTHING THAT IS NEEDED.
Expenses $311,390 · Grants $230,461
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SWEET DREAMS. A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES MATTRESS/BOX SPRINGS SETS TO EMANCIPATED CHILDREN LEAVING FOSTER CARE. MATTRESS/BOX SPRING SETS ARE SUPPLIED TO SELECTED AGENCIES FOR DISTRIBUTION. ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE BEDS ARE SHEETS, PILLOW CASES AND TOWELS. THESE ITEMS ARE GIVEN TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REACH THE AGE OF 18 AND CAN NO LONGER REMAIN IN FOSTER CARE. SOME OF THESE YOUNGSTERS HAVE NEVER HAD A BED OF THEIR OWN. BEDS ARE ALSO GIVEN TO FORMERLY HOMELESS YOUTH, WHO ARE REFERRED BY THE PLACE. THE PLACE IS AN AGENCY THAT OFFERS SERVICES AND SHELTER TO HOMELESS YOUTH 15-21.
Expenses $29,610
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ASSAULT SURVIVOR KITS (ASK). THIS PROGRAM, IN COOPERATION WITH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL'S SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS CENTER AND SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINER (SANE), PROVIDES CLOTHING AND HYGIENE KITS TO SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO LEAVE THEIR CLOTHING AS POLICE EVIDENCE. DURING THE PAST YEAR, 2,000 PLUS VICTIMS OF ASSAULT WERE GIVEN NEW CLOTHING. THESE CLOTHES INCLUDED WINTER SWEAT SHIRTS, SWEAT PANTS, SUMMER CAPRIS AND TOPS ALONG WITH BRAS, UNDERWEAR, SOCKS AND OTHER CLOTHING. ASSISTANCE LEAGUE IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS THIS HELP IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA.
Expenses $9,545
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VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS., INCLUDING BUDDY BEAR AND CAN YOU HEAR ME.
Expenses $22,386
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.
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SUZANNE DISCENZA
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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DIANE BLACK
VP PHILANTROPIC PROGRAMS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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KATHY SHARKEY
VP MEMBERSHIP
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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TONI ROGERS
VP RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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CHRIS CHROCKETT
VP STRATEGIC PLANNING
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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RICKIE SLIZEWSKI
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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NANCY EDMISTON
RECORDING SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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TILLY GIBBS
EDUCATION
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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TRUDY CLARK
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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JANET HILL
TECHNOLOGY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SUE REYNOLDS
PARLIAMENTARIAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $466,805
- Expenses
- $440,931
- Contributions
- $416,373
- Grants paid
- $230,461
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2023
- Revenue
- $452,697
- Expenses
- $420,517
- Contributions
- $402,946
- Grants paid
- $209,237
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2022
- Revenue
- $407,482
- Expenses
- $357,113
- Contributions
- $357,518
- Grants paid
- $171,195
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $343,718
- Expenses
- $251,724
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,726,001
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $236,132
- Expenses
- $215,540
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,658,253
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $292,587
- Expenses
- $300,971
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,637,294
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $303,730
- Expenses
- $314,727
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,649,398
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $621,069
- Expenses
- $340,674
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,655,645
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $291,999
- Expenses
- $330,436
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,454,515
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $347,439
- Expenses
- $352,841
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,501,004
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $385,823
- Expenses
- $320,797
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,515,525
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $272,399
- Expenses
- $277,848
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,559,213
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $296,675
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,364,567
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
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$13,360
2022 Operations Support
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$11,339
2023
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2022 Charitable
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2023 Charitable
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE
501 (C) (3) · ASSISTANCE LEAGUE - THE AFFILIATION TERMINATED EFFECTIVE 6-1-25 · CA · controlled entity
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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.