Childrens Hospital Colorado

Analysis

Childrens Hospital Colorado is a registered charity in United States, based in Aurora, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Childrens Hospital Colorado reported income of $76.1m and spending of $69.7m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $58.2m to $76.1m (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Childrens Hospital Colorado sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Orthopaedic Surgery Foundation Inc ($76.1m), GSL Hospital ($76.1m) and Avera at Home ($76.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $3.7m (5.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.9m. It paid $965k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $89.6m against liabilities of $20.0m, net assets of $69.6m. It reported 85 employees.