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CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC

CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $880,050 to it, the largest being HADLEY & MARION STUART FOUNDATION ($705,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$524k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$880k
Net assets
$1.2M
2/7 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Code 3 Associates Inc does

Mission

Animal welfare code 3 associates provides professional animal disaster response and resources to communities, as well as providing professional training to individuals and agencies involved in animal related law enforcement and emergency response.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Disaster relief services disaster relief services include all on-site disaster responses throughout the united states. This program takes priority over all other services and is most often unscheduled and unplanned, as that is the nature of disasters. Our team is available to assist agencies needing assistance in the rescue and care of animals affected by natural disasters. Code 3 is also available for disaster preparedness training and educates participants in regional and national conferences in the area of disaster preparedness.

    $34,591 spent
    10% of program spending
  2. Educational programs disaster preparedness training disaster preparedness training comes in many forms and is normally tailored to the group requesting the training. Sessions range from two hours to five days depending on the needs of the participants. The information received will help the participant mentally and physically prepare themselves, their families, their friends and their coworkers for any possible disasters that may happen. These classes create an awareness of potential situations, related dangers and ways to prepare for those situations. Students are taught to prepare personal disaster plans for their homes and families as well as for their animals. Equine investigations academy levels I and ii is a 48 hour certified course designed for animal welfare and law enforcement as well as other animal related personnel. This academy is certified through colorado state university. This course teaches the participant to recognize and combat animal abuse as it applies to horses. The class is 50% classroom lectures and 50% hands-on activities with horses, allowing students to actually practice the skills learned in the classroom. Upon completion of the course, the participant…

    $315,393 spent$338,684 earned by the program
    90% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $349,984.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($554k) Expenses 100 ($549k) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2018 Revenue 77 ($429k) Expenses 108 ($593k) Net assets 89 ($1.3M)2019 Revenue 109 ($604k) Expenses 102 ($563k) Net assets 91 ($1.3M)2020 Revenue 150 ($832k) Expenses 92 ($505k) Net assets 114 ($1.6M)2021 Revenue 91 ($504k) Expenses 126 ($694k) Net assets 101 ($1.5M)2023 Revenue 74 ($410k) Expenses 94 ($516k) Net assets 88 ($1.3M)2024 Revenue 67 ($371k) Expenses 84 ($461k) Net assets 82 ($1.2M)2025 Revenue 95 ($524k) Expenses 90 ($497k) Net assets 84 ($1.2M)
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Revenue (95)Expenses (90)Net assets (84)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.3M to $1.8M (+32%).

$1.5M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.8M
$1.6M
$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

27% of CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,496 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

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’21
−$106k
’23
−$90k
’24
$28k
’25
3.3
months of
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.

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Listed43333777
Joined·+0+0+0+0·+0+0
No longer listed·1000·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $40k.

From the IRS filings of CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC’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

CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

80%
largest funder
94%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 79% · 2022 81% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

80% of CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

WA
NY
NV
OH
CO
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin5% · below the median
Months of reserve3.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,208 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 13%Fundraising 17%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

77%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC?
CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $880,050 to it, the largest being HADLEY & MARION STUART FOUNDATION ($705,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $880,050 in grants to CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC?
HADLEY & MARION STUART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $705,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CODE 3 ASSOCIATES INC 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.

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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 7 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing