Colorado · Nonprofit
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO (Colorado) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $992,339 to it, the largest being DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS ($837,769). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $203k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $992k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Disabled American Veterans Dept Co does
Mission
To aid and assist worthy war-time disabled veterans, their widows and orphans and to build better lives for disabled veterans and their families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Service centers: dav has two service centers in grand junction and colorado springs which provide free services to veterans. These centers are in place to assist all veterans fill out claims for compensation and va benefits. This year, there were 310 initial contacts, 688 phone calls, 16 field visits, and 540 new power of attorneys. Va benefits information was given to 905 veterans; there were 958 claim submittals and contact regarding miscellaneous benefits was provided to 2,002 veterans.
$344,810 spent66% of program spendingDav voluntary services programs consist of over 100 volunteers to provide the following services: - 57 volunteers provide rides to veterans to and from their homes for medical appointments. Rides were provided to 3,513 veterans. - 94 volunteers donated 18,941 hours in support of our veterans by working at hospitals, clinics, and community events; donating juices and candy to va hospital chemo centers; donating food, clothing and personal items to the homeless standdown programs and va nursing homes; supporting legislative initiatives at the state and federal level; fundraising; and serving at the department and/or chapter as service officers to aid veterans in filing for their va benefits - donations were made to the national service foundation to help support transportation efforts for disabled veterans.
$175,030 spentof which $114,182 as grants34% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $519,840.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.5M to $2.2M (+48%).
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.
77% of DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $117k → $231k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO’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
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 62% — 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.
Where its funders are
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO is better cushioned than half of the 2,065 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,065 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO?
- DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO (Colorado) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $992,339 to it, the largest being DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS ($837,769). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $992,339 in grants to DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO?
- DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS is the largest funder on record, with $837,769 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPT CO 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 3 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