Three Hots & a Cot

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Center Point, AL501(c)(3)Since 2009HousingEIN 26-4355458Revenue $985K in FY2025

On file with the IRS.cotsforvets.org2124 Old Springville Rd, 35215-4005 · Center Point, ALTax-exempt since May 2009Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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IT is the intent of Three Hots and a Cot to become a provider of services for homeless veterans of the united states armed services. These services include but are not limited to; temporary housing, meals, toiletries, personal care facilities,group therapy

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 30 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $120K a year · 21% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$53K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$985K
+50% vs prior year
Spent
$507K
To programs
94%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$985K
FY2025▲ +50%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$484K
FY2021$495K
FY2022$445K
FY2023$382K
FY2024$658K
FY2025$985K
Expenses
$507K
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$402K
FY2021$420K
FY2022$432K
FY2023$480K
FY2024$487K
FY2025$507K
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2025▲ +66%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$0
FY2021$679K
FY2022$692K
FY2023$594K
FY2024$724K
FY2025$1.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2009.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $477K Management & general 5% · $27K Fundraising 1% · $3K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Vick Springston’s $60K as Employee is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 852 $100K–1M housing nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Vick Springston$60,000$57,000$60,000
Richard Cislak——$8,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides housing, meals, and personal care for homeless veterans.

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1 program · $477K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Three hots and a cot provides services for homeless veterans of the united states armed services. These services include but are not limited to; temporary housing; meals; toiletries; facilities for showers and laundry; meeting facilities for group therapy sessions; counseling for social and personal issues; referral sources

$477Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$985K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$895K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$59K
Investment incomeLn 3$31K
Money outPt IX
$507K
Ln 25
Programscol B$477K
Managementcol C$27K
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$229K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$53K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$895K
Government grantsLn 1e$170K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$326K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$2K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$59K
Investment incomeLn 3$31K
Gains on assetsLn 7$23K
Total revenueLn 12$985K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$229K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$229K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$47K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$872K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$53K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$211K$229K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$42K$47K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$597K$872K
Total assetsLn 16$850K$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K$53K
Net assetsLn 32$810K$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2K$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$152K$152K
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$9K
Legal feesLn 11b$980$980
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$19K$16K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$15K$15K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$138K$138K
TravelLn 17$40K$40K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$55K$55K
InsuranceLn 23$28K$28K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$178$178
All other expensesLn 24e$31K$31K
Total functional expensesLn 25$507K$477K$27K$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $985K$507K$478K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $658K$487K$171K$724K 990 PDF
FY2023 $382K$480K−$98K$594K 990 PDF
FY2022 $445K$432K$13K$692K 990 PDF
FY2021 $495K$420K$74K$679K 990 PDF
FY2020 $484K$402K$83K$0 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $984,852 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $614,430$894,593
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $37,944$59,316
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,500$30,943
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $657,874$984,852
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$2,300
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $173,967$160,978
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $3,326$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $309,244$343,533
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $486,537$506,811
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $171,337$478,041
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $984,852 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,623
VIII-1e Government grants$170,195
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$722,775
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$325,660
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$894,593
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $59,316$59,316
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $7,991$7,991
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $22,952$22,952
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $90,259 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$984,852
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $506,811 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,300$2,300
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $152,400$152,400
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,578$8,578
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $980$980
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,099$11,099
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $15,823 · Fundraising $2,771$18,594
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $14,970$14,970
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,461$2,461
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,052$1,052
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $138,225$138,225
IX-17 TravelPrograms $40,137$40,137
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,754$1,754
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $55,219$55,219
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $28,269$28,269
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $178$178
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $30,595$30,595
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $476,991 · Management $27,049 · Fundraising $2,771$506,811
Part X · Balance sheet $1,254,942 assets, 10 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $107,243; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $211,021$228,926
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $596,780$871,978
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $42,348$46,795
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $850,149$1,254,942
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,694$6,911
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $33,065$46,343
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $39,759$53,254
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $810,390$1,201,688
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $810,390$1,201,688
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $850,149$1,254,942
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,201,688 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$984,852
XI-2 Total expenses$506,811
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$478,041
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$810,390
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$86,745
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$2
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,201,688

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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