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Three Birds Alliance

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Aurora, CO501(c)(3)Since 1979Human ServicesEIN 84-0815774Revenue $2.0M in FY2025

On file with the IRSthreebirdsalliance.orgPo Box 914, 80040-0914 · Aurora, COTax-exempt since Jul 1981Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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We foster resilience, promote safety, and restore hope among individuals impacted by domestic violence.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11 volunteers and 33 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 $369K a year · 16% 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
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$114K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 52% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $18K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$200K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
-42% vs prior year
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$3.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2025▼ -42%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$3.5M
FY2025$2.0M
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2025▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$2.0M
Net assets
$3.1M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$3.1M

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 Jul 1981.

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

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $1.5M Management & general 15% · $302K Fundraising 8% · $151K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $114K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Karmen Carter
Executive Di
$114,340Pt VII · Sec A
Hope Dunleavy
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Janice Turner
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Karl Chen
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Andrew Gibbs
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sarah Scherer
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kari Mundschau
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
David Benson
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Karmen Carter’s $114K as Executive Di is at the 48th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Karmen Carter$114,340$120,189$102,996$102,851$34,886—
James Gillespie————$33,397$101,388

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

Programs and updates

Offers shelter and counseling to domestic violence victims and their children.

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3 programs · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Residential

Provides food, shelter, clothing and individual emotional support for adults and children involved in domestic VIOLENCE/INTIMATE partner violence, and 24-HOUR crisis-line for emotional support, safety planning, intake for safe shelter, information, and referral.

$1.1Mprogram expense
02

Non-Residential Services

Provide individual, group, and family counseling for adults and children involved in domestic VIOLENCE/INTIMATE partner violence, housing navigation for current clients, and offers a co-located domestic violence liaison that works with the arapahoe county department of human SERVICES/CHILD protection services.

$247Kprogram expense
03

Court Advocacy

Provides advocacy and services for victims of domestic violence involved in the court system.

$88Kprogram 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
Denver Post Community FoundationFY2025$10K
Pikes Peak Community FoundationFY2025$8K
Michael & Diane Takac Family FoundationFY2025$300
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$18K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$50K
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$302K
Fundraisingcol D$151K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$200K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$45K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$63K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Other incomeLn 4–11$50K
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$192K
SavingsLn 2$1.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$200K
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 533
VolunteersI 611
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$1.3M$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.5M$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$338K$200K
Net assetsLn 32$2.8M$3.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$123K$102K$9K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$978K$806K$72K$99K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$107K$91K$7K$9K
Payroll taxesLn 10$104K$89K$6K$8K
Legal feesLn 11b$13K$13K
Accounting feesLn 11c$108K$108K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$55K$32K$13K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$13K$10K$2K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$29K$21K$1K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$9K$8K$488$255
OccupancyLn 16$122K$110K$12K$473
TravelLn 17$17K$17K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$37K$37K
InsuranceLn 23$43K$34K$5K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$193K$181K$11K$945
All other expensesLn 24e$6K$2K$4K$239
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M$1.5M$302K$151K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.0M$2.0M$84K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.5M$2.1M$1.4M$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.9M$1.7M$137K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.8M$1.8M$13K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.0M$1.9M$114K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.3M$1.8M$460K$1.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,039,814 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,442,719$1,956,249
I-9 Program service revenue$1,560
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23,579$31,915
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $53,380$50,090
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,519,678$2,039,814
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,474,699$1,310,950
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $637,853$645,112
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,112,552$1,956,062
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,407,126$83,752
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $2,039,814 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$63,362
VIII-1e Government grants$1,463,838
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$429,049
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$44,501
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,956,249
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,560$1,560
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $31,915$31,915
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $22,240$22,240
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $27,850$27,850
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $29,410 · Excluded from tax $54,155$2,039,814
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,956,062 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $101,670 · Management $8,956 · Fundraising $12,325$122,951
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $806,159 · Management $71,958 · Fundraising $99,424$977,541
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $91,489 · Management $6,710 · Fundraising $8,656$106,855
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $88,808 · Management $6,500 · Fundraising $8,295$103,603
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $13,293$13,293
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $108,251$108,251
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $32,249 · Management $13,216 · Fundraising $9,167$54,632
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $9,684 · Management $2,020 · Fundraising $1,468$13,172
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $21,290 · Management $1,331 · Fundraising $6,333$28,954
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $7,867 · Management $488 · Fundraising $255$8,610
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $110,164 · Management $11,709 · Fundraising $473$122,346
IX-17 TravelPrograms $16,566$16,566
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $37,190$37,190
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $34,107 · Management $5,110 · Fundraising $3,360$42,577
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $180,712 · Management $11,401 · Fundraising $945$193,058
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,927 · Management $4,297 · Fundraising $239$6,463
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,502,692 · Management $302,430 · Fundraising $150,940$1,956,062
Part X · Balance sheet $3,297,028 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $296,160$191,630
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,047,216$1,341,007
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $362,034$150,833
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $19,335$34,651
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,459,154$1,578,907
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,183,899$3,297,028
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $90,175$199,552
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $337,785$199,552
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,839,990$3,091,352
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $6,124$6,124
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,846,114$3,097,476
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,183,899$3,297,028
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,097,476 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,039,814
XI-2 Total expenses$1,956,062
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$83,752
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,846,114
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$167,610
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,097,476

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

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