Blue Channel Therapy

Tax-deductible

Arvada, CO501(c)(3)Since 2021Mental HealthEIN 86-1457127Revenue $2.0M in FY2025

On file with the IRS5460 Ward Rd Ste 150, 80002-1828 · Arvada, COTax-exempt since Jun 2021Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of Blue Channel Therapy is to improve the quality of life for children young adults and families through affordable high-quality mental therapy provided by therapists and interns in eye movement desensitization reprocessing EMDR therapy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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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
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $53K a year · 4% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
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
$3K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 7 voting members
Concern: none of 7 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
+39% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
93%
Net assets
$230K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2025▲ +39%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$0
FY2022$322K
FY2023$940K
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$2.0M
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2025▲ +25%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$329K
FY2023$899K
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.8M
Net assets
$230K
FY2025▲ +393%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022−$2K
FY2023$39K
FY2024$47K
FY2025$230K

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 Jun 2021.

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

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $1.7M Management & general 7% · $126K

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

7 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
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Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maia Longenecker’s $120K as Executive Director is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1684 $1–10M mental health 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.

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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 affordable, high-quality EMDR therapy to improve lives for children, young adults, and families.

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1 program · $1.7M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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We served 433 additional new clients in 2025 and experienced steady financial growth largely due to the enhanced Medicaid reimbursement rates associated with becoming an Essential Safety Net Provider ESNP.

$1.7Mprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$114K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.7M
Managementcol C$126K
Owns and owesPt X
$230K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$231K
Total assetsLn 16$233K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$114K
Government grantsLn 1e$110K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$16K
SavingsLn 2$216K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$231K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$233K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
Net assetsLn 32$230K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 527
VolunteersI 60
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$39K$231K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$47K$233K
LiabilitiesLn 26$310$3K
Net assetsLn 32$47K$230K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$960$960
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.3M$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$4K$4K$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$130K$130K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$105K$105K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$600$600$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$0$10K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$133$0$133$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$14K$10K$4K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K$365$0
Office expensesLn 13$120K$51K$68K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$92K$92K$0$0
TravelLn 17$172$0$172$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$244$224$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$11K$0$11K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$33K$2K$32K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.8M$1.7M$126K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.0M$1.8M$190K$230K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.5M$1.5M−$15K$47K 990 PDF
FY2023 $940K$899K$41K$39K 990 PDF
FY2022 $322K$329K−$6K−$2K 990 PDF
FY2021 $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 $2,027,139 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $195,407$113,682
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,259,317$1,910,027
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,987$2,380
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$1,050
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,456,711$2,027,139
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$960
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,171,125$1,550,972
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $300,120$285,342
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,471,245$1,837,274
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$14,534$189,865
Part VI · Governance 0 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members0
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 $2,027,139 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$110,029
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,653
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$113,682
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,910,027 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,910,027
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $2,380 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,380
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,050
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,912,407 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,027,139
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,837,274 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $960$960
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,312,594 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,312,594
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,620 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,620
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $130,183 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$130,183
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $104,575 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$104,575
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $600 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$600
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $9,925 · Fundraising $0$9,925
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $133 · Fundraising $0$133
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,816 · Management $4,149 · Fundraising $0$13,965
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,703 · Management $365 · Fundraising $0$4,068
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $51,249 · Management $68,262 · Fundraising $0$119,511
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $92,353 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$92,353
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $172 · Fundraising $0$172
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $224 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$244
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $10,975 · Fundraising $0$10,975
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,573 · Management $31,823 · Fundraising $0$33,396
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,711,450 · Management $125,804 · Fundraising $0$1,837,274
Part X · Balance sheet $233,008 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $39,069$15,618
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$215,561
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,847$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$1,829
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $46,916$233,008
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $310$3,118
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $310$3,118
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $46,606$229,889
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $46,606$229,889
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $46,916$233,007
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $229,890 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,027,139
XI-2 Total expenses$1,837,274
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$189,865
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$46,606
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$6,582
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$229,890

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