Special Olympics Colorado

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Aurora, CO501(c)(3)Since 1972Recreation & SportsEIN 84-0713739Revenue $7.5M in FY2025

On file with the IRSspecialolympicsco.org3033 S Parker Rd # 12, 80014-2910 · Aurora, COTax-exempt since Mar 1975Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of Special Olympics Colorado (soco) is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendships with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11,212 volunteers and 47 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $600K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$876K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 83% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $93K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.6M
15% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 15% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 24 voting members
Looks good: 24 of 24 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.5M
-15% vs prior year
Spent
$7.3M
To programs
69%
Net assets
$8.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.5M
FY2025▼ -15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.0M
FY2021$6.0M
FY2022$7.4M
FY2023$6.3M
FY2024$8.8M
FY2025$7.5M
Expenses
$7.3M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$5.6M
FY2022$7.1M
FY2023$6.0M
FY2024$6.8M
FY2025$7.3M
Net assets
$8.7M
FY2025▲ +15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.1M
FY2021$4.7M
FY2022$4.8M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$7.6M
FY2025$8.7M

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 Mar 1975.

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

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $5.0M Management & general 13% · $963K Fundraising 17% · $1.3M

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

30 people listed on the 990; $876K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$198,909Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$150,944Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Outreach Officer
$144,944Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Strategy Officer
$136,616Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$135,908Pt VII · Sec A
VP Marketing and Communications
$109,152Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member (thru 12/25)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Megan Scremin’s $199K as President & CEO is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1842 $1–10M recreation & sports 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Megan Scremin$198,909$198,375$201,106$183,866$173,604$173,152
Becky Kennedy$150,944$136,909$131,968$128,128$121,039$119,201
Chaka Sutton$144,944$130,381$129,894$125,825$117,270$122,800
Erin Medina$136,616$126,313$122,563$117,770$104,497—
Jan Gordon$135,908$128,330$128,069$126,040$118,599$108,009
Johanna Erickson$109,152—————

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers year-round sports training for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

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3 programs · $4.4M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Special olympics colorado (soco) is a chapter of special olympics, a global organization that uses the simple platform of sports to empower individuals with intellectual disabilities (id). Since 1969, soco has been strengthening families, athletes and our community through sport and healthy living opportunities and now serves more than…

$2.9Mprogram expense
02

Soco's unified champion school strategy is a school-based program that changes school climates to be accepting and inclusive of all students and all differences through unified sports, youth leadership and engaging all students.

$1.2Mprogram expense
03

Soco's young athletes program is an innovative sports play program for children ages 2-7 with intellectual disabilities as well as their typically developing peers, designed to promote inclusion while introducing them to the world of sport, with the goal of preparing them for future participation in special olympics sports training and…

$343Kprogram expense

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 · FY2025
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$386K
Other incomeLn 4–11$309K
Money outPt IX
$7.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.0M
Managementcol C$963K
Fundraisingcol D$1.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$8.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.0M
Total assetsLn 16$10.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
30
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$37K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$162K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$34K
Investment incomeLn 3$386K
Other incomeLn 4–11$309K
Gains on assetsLn 7$137K
Total revenueLn 12$7.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$277K
SavingsLn 2$4.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$30K
Other assetsLn 15$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$10.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M
Net assetsLn 32$8.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 547
VolunteersI 611,212
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.5M$5.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.2M$3.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$76K$30K
Total assetsLn 16$9.4M$10.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M$1.6M
Net assetsLn 32$7.6M$8.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$380K$105K$232K$42K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.0M$2.1M$326K$622K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$33K$23K$4K$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$300K$207K$32K$61K
Payroll taxesLn 10$269K$185K$29K$55K
Accounting feesLn 11c$37K$37K
Investment management feesLn 11f$41K$41K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$27K$8K$19K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$14K$5K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$169K$68K$11K$90K
Information technologyLn 14$96K$34K$55K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$582K$488K$29K$65K
TravelLn 17$515K$505K$357$9K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$84K$56K$3K$24K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$110K$110K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$50K$14K$34K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$76K$57K$6K$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$1.0M$11K$214K
All other expensesLn 24e$207K$178K$2K$27K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.3M$5.0M$963K$1.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $7.5M$7.3M$257K$8.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $8.8M$6.8M$2.0M$7.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.3M$6.0M$330K$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.4M$7.1M$285K$4.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $6.0M$5.6M$466K$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $5.0M$4.8M$247K$4.1M 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 $7,517,519 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,329,255$6,822,485
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $174,544$386,217
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $296,973$308,817
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,800,772$7,517,519
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 $3,642,784$4,020,700
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,142,267$3,239,596
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,785,051$7,260,296
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,015,721$257,223
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body24
VI-1b Independent voting members24
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $7,517,519 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $151,648 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$34,458
VIII-1e Government grants$36,825
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,751,202
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$162,058
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,822,485
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $249,343$249,343
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $136,874$136,874
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $157,169$157,169
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $38,726 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $656,308$7,517,519
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,260,296 across 19 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $105,354 · Management $232,468 · Fundraising $42,142$379,964
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,090,393 · Management $326,369 · Fundraising $621,617$3,038,379
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $22,604 · Management $3,529 · Fundraising $6,722$32,855
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $206,590 · Management $32,254 · Fundraising $61,433$300,277
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $185,226 · Management $28,919 · Fundraising $55,080$269,225
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $37,315$37,315
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $41,278$41,278
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,301 · Fundraising $18,529$26,830
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,471 · Fundraising $8,705$14,176
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $67,550 · Management $11,076 · Fundraising $90,166$168,792
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $33,926 · Management $54,653 · Fundraising $7,788$96,367
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $487,511 · Management $29,049 · Fundraising $65,382$581,942
IX-17 TravelPrograms $504,704 · Management $357 · Fundraising $9,477$514,538
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $56,420 · Management $3,422 · Fundraising $24,380$84,222
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesManagement $109,898$109,898
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $13,859 · Management $33,637 · Fundraising $2,788$50,284
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $56,941 · Management $5,910 · Fundraising $13,304$76,155
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,006,296 · Management $11,288 · Fundraising $213,711$1,231,295
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $178,051 · Management $1,869 · Fundraising $26,584$206,504
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,029,197 · Management $963,291 · Fundraising $1,267,808$7,260,296
Part X · Balance sheet $10,295,838 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $134,915$276,984
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,404,776$4,726,432
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $9,980$74,530
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $74,889$155,198
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $75,622$30,240
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,181,493$3,520,139
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,567,991$1,512,315
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,449,666$10,295,838
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $487,105$429,343
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $374,312$308,275
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $960,488$813,761
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,821,905$1,551,379
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,896,339$6,806,502
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,731,422$1,937,957
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,627,761$8,744,459
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,449,666$10,295,838
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,744,459 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,517,519
XI-2 Total expenses$7,260,296
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$257,223
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,627,761
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$150,054
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$709,421
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,744,459

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

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