Colorado Prevention Center

Analysis

Colorado Prevention Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Aurora, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a hospital or medical research organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Colorado Prevention Center reported income of $23.8m and spending of $23.1m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $17.6m to $23.8m (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Colorado Prevention Center sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westcoast Childrens Clinic ($23.8m), Genesys Ambulatory Health Services Inc ($23.8m) and Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Inc ($23.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.7% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $619k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.9m. At year end it held assets of $29.7m against liabilities of $15.0m, net assets of $14.7m. It reported 108 employees.