Comfort Bridge

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Denver, CO501(c)(3)Since 2014Health CareEIN 47-1820366Revenue $22.5M in FY2024

On file with the IRScaresynergynetwork.org8289 E Lowry Blvd, 80230-7256 · Denver, COTax-exempt since Jun 2015Supporting org, Type II — 509(a)(3)

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Provides mission support services for nonprofit home health care and community-based hospice and palliative care affiliate organizations serving colorado's front range.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 14 volunteers and 69 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $571K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$4.3M
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 97% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $110K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.9M
74% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 74% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$22.5M
+50% vs prior year
Spent
$22.1M
To programs
0%
Net assets
$2.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$22.5M
FY2024▲ +50%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$14.7M
FY2021$12.5M
FY2022$13.5M
FY2023$15.0M
FY2024$22.5M
Expenses
$22.1M
FY2024▲ +47%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$12.9M
FY2021$12.5M
FY2022$12.8M
FY2023$15.1M
FY2024$22.1M
Net assets
$2.7M
FY2024▲ +14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$2.4M
FY2024$2.7M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2015.

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Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Management & general 100% · $22.1M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

28 people listed on the 990; $4.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/Chief Executive Officer
$1,463,986Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Information Officer
$433,972Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Human Resources
$384,263Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Operations
$332,773Pt VII · Sec A
Corporate Compliance/Risk
$289,296Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer (thru June)
$280,576Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer (from June)
$161,551Pt VII · Sec A
Controller (from Feb Thru Sept)
$157,921Pt VII · Sec A

Tim J Bowen’s $1.5M as President/Chief Executive Officer is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2901 $10–100M health care 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tim J Bowen$1,463,986$853,855$846,922$1,292,395$901,573
John Blaschke$433,972$270,871$270,330$418,204$250,648
Patricia Ford$332,773$429,562$285,132$293,460$366,180
Paul E Tosetti$280,576$403,658$296,817$285,717$203,281
Crystal O'Brien$384,263$242,172$221,446$107,815—
Patricia Mehnert——$345,036$224,245$190,587
Patricia Mehnert - Director of$289,296$272,001———
Jane Bedrosian———$275,747$254,301

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

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Supports home health care and hospice nonprofits serving Colorado's Front Range.

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2 programs · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Comfort bridge D/B/A care synergy, was formed in 2014 and is the region's largest end-of-life care network. Care synergy provides mission support services for nonprofit home health care and community-based hospice and palliative care affiliate organizations serving colorado's front range.

Pt IX · col B
02

Capable is a client-directed home-based program designed to increase mobility, functionality, and capacity to allow older adults to age in their home and community. The capable national center provides administrative support and technical assistance to agencies that are licensed or would like to become licensed to implement capable as a…

Pt IX · col B

Funders

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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$110K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$22.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$504K
Investment incomeLn 3$40K
Money outPt IX
$22.1M
Ln 25
Managementcol C$22.1M
Owns and owesPt X
$2.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$10.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
28
listed · VII A
PaidVII A14
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$504K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$40K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$6K
Total revenueLn 12$22.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$2.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24K
Other assetsLn 15$5.1M
Total assetsLn 16$10.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.9M
Net assetsLn 32$2.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 569
VolunteersI 614
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.8M$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$33K$24K
Total assetsLn 16$9.0M$10.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.7M$7.9M
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M$2.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$4.4M$4.4M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.0M$5.0M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$6.3M$6.3M
Payroll taxesLn 10$596K$596K
Legal feesLn 11b$93K$93K
Accounting feesLn 11c$49K$49K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$21K$21K
Investment management feesLn 11f$3K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.5M$1.5M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$40K$40K
Office expensesLn 13$331K$331K
Information technologyLn 14$1.3M$1.3M
OccupancyLn 16$549K$549K
TravelLn 17$94K$94K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$12K$12K
InterestLn 20$18K$18K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$127K$127K
InsuranceLn 23$708K$708K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$921K$921K
All other expensesLn 24e$35K$35K
Total functional expensesLn 25$22.1M$0$22.1M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $22.5M$22.1M$349K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $15.0M$15.1M−$81K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $13.5M$12.8M$711K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $12.5M$12.5M$0$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $14.7M$12.9M$1.9M$1.9M 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $22,485,854 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$503,625
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $14,978,174$21,942,581
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $19,541$39,648
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $14,997,715$22,485,854
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $9,834,486$16,288,405
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,243,899$5,848,764
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $15,078,385$22,137,169
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$80,670$348,685
Part VI · Governance 14 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $22,485,854 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$503,625
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$503,625
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $21,942,581$21,942,581
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $45,538$45,538
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$5,890−$5,890
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $21,942,581 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $39,648$22,485,854
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $22,137,169 across 20 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $4,366,988$4,366,988
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $4,977,289$4,977,289
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $6,348,398$6,348,398
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $595,730$595,730
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $93,246$93,246
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $49,066$49,066
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $20,958$20,958
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $3,000$3,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $1,501,577$1,501,577
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $40,235$40,235
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $330,763$330,763
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,345,012$1,345,012
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $548,938$548,938
IX-17 TravelManagement $94,251$94,251
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $11,819$11,819
IX-20 InterestManagement $18,500$18,500
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $127,029$127,029
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $708,299$708,299
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $921,434$921,434
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $34,637$34,637
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $22,137,169 · Fundraising $0$22,137,169
Part X · Balance sheet $10,559,194 assets, 16 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,858,492$2,353,188
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$600,458
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $35,457$30,374
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $563,666$485,802
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $32,656$24,187
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,799,156$1,977,975
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,760,070$5,087,210
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,049,497$10,559,194
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,365,678$2,744,132
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $165,219$167,819
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,159,275$4,952,390
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,690,172$7,864,341
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,359,325$2,415,296
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$279,557
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,359,325$2,694,853
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,049,497$10,559,194
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,694,853 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$22,485,854
XI-2 Total expenses$22,137,169
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$348,685
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,359,325
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$86,146
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$72,989
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,694,853

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