Colorado Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety

Analysis

Colorado Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Colorado Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.0m to $2.0m (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Colorado Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc ($2.0m), Palmettopride the Governors Council on Beautification & Litter ($2.0m) and Indian Creek Nature Center ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.5% and program service revenue 83% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $478k. At year end it held assets of $4.7m against liabilities of $82k, net assets of $4.6m.