Colorado · Nonprofit
B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING
B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING (Colorado) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $526,117 to it, the largest being GEORGE M WHITE CHARITABLE TRUST XXXXX8009 ($90,035). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $467k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $526k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What B Cos We Care for Our Community Fka Assistance League of Colorado Spring does
Mission
B-cos we care for our community of colorado springs is a nonprofit, all volunteer, philanthropic organization dedicated to improving the well-being of the children and families of el paso county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Operation beyond the classroom is b-cos we care for our community largest philantrophic program. Schools in el paso county educating students who live in lower economic communities are provided with coats, hoodies, sweatshirts and pants, socks underwear, along with shoe gift cards. Counselors/liasons are then able to distribute, as needed, these items to their students throughout the school year when the need arises. We estimate 2,000 students were served for the 2023-2024 academic year, at 82 schools in el paso county. A school staff member can also contact this program when a child is in need of emergency clothing. A committee member will meet the family and purchase the clothing that is needed.
$311,390 spentof which $230,461 as grants83% of program spendingSweet dreams. A program that provides mattress/box springs sets to emancipated children leaving foster care. Mattress/box spring sets are supplied to selected agencies for distribution. Also included with the beds are sheets, pillow cases and towels. These items are given to the young people who reach the age of 18 and can no longer remain in foster care. Some of these youngsters have never had a bed of their own. Beds are also given to formerly homeless youth, who are referred by the place. The place is an agency that offers services and shelter to homeless youth 15-21.
$29,610 spent8% of program spendingAssault survivor kits (ask). This program, in cooperation with memorial hospital's sexual assault crisis center and sexual assault nurse examiner (sane), provides clothing and hygiene kits to sexual assault victims who are required to leave their clothing as police evidence. During the past year, 2,000 plus victims of assault were given new clothing. These clothes included winter sweat shirts, sweat pants, summer capris and tops along with bras, underwear, socks and other clothing. Assistance league is the only organization that offers this help in the colorado springs area.
$9,545 spent3% of program spendingVarious other programs., including buddy bear and can you hear me.
$22,386 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $372,931.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.5M to $1.7M (+14%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $20k → $74k.
1 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 36% · 2019 19% · 2020 23% · 2021 28% · 2022 23% · 2023 20% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
40% of B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
52% of B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- National Assistance League · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING?
- B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING (Colorado) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $526,117 to it, the largest being GEORGE M WHITE CHARITABLE TRUST XXXXX8009 ($90,035). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $526,117 in grants to B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING?
- GEORGE M WHITE CHARITABLE TRUST XXXXX8009 is the largest funder on record, with $90,035 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like B COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 21 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing