Colorado · Nonprofit
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER (Colorado) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,473 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($98,410). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $482k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $187k
- Net assets
- $728k
What Paralyzed Veterans of America Mountain States Chapter does
Mission
The key objective of pva is to take those actions necessary to restore spinal cord injured or diseased veterans' bodies and life potentials as closely as is humanly possible to those americans not suffering spinal cord dysfunction. This is accomplished by the coordinated efforts of the pva organization through programs: to advocate for and monitor the delivery of high quality and appropriate health care benefits and services. To assist in identifying and securing veterans' benefits and other benefits for spinal cord injured and diseased veterans and others as appropriate. To promote medical research to cure spinal cord dysfunction and other related problems. To educate society on the attitudinal, physical and legal barriers which confront persons with disabilities and to influence the removal of those barriers. To provide information to and opportunities for health promotion, recreation, employment, sports, services, and camaraderie for spinal cord injured and diseased veterans and oth
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Advocacy, liaison, services: mscpva supports the policy priorities established by national pva that aim to improve health care, access and resources for veterans with spinal cord injuries and diseases. This year, mscpva members worked with state and local legislators across the mountain states region to advance inclusive policies that address the needs of veterans we serve. In colorado, our partnership with united veterans coalition of colorado (which brings together veteran-focused organizations) remained strong, with two mscpva members serving on its board to help coordinate and expand veteran initiatives. Additionally, three mscpva members participated in pva's annual advocacy week in washington, d.c., where they met with members of congress and senators from the mountain states region to advocate for policies that protect va's spinal cord injuries and disorders system of care and improve adaptive housing and caregiver support. These advocacy initiatives reflect mscpva's ongoing commitment to improving the lives of veterans, their families and the broader disability community across the mountain states region. Callout box: during pva's annual advocacy week in washington, d.c.,…
$149,380 spent48% of program spendingSports and recreation: mscpva believes that physical and emotional well-being go hand in hand. This year, we strengthened connections between veterans and health professionals through partnerships with va recreation therapists and adaptive sports programs across our region. Our adaptive sports and recreation initiatives help veterans build strength and confidence. In turn, these experiences promote healing as veterans rediscover purpose and connect with others who understand what it's like to live with a disability. This year, mscpva supported more than 30 members who competed in national events, including the national veterans wheelchair games, the golden age games and the national disabled veterans winter sports clinic. Chapter funding made it possible for many members to participate who otherwise could not have attended. Participants reported improved mood, greater confidence and stronger social connections-key indicators of long-term well-being. Locally, mscpva hosted adaptive clinics in paracycling, pickleball, bowling, archery, shooting, boccia and fishing, offering members new ways to stay active and engaged. Members also participated in move united's annual education…
$65,949 spent21% of program spendingMembership: connecting with our members sits at the heart of everything we do. In addition to helping members access va benefits, career development opportunities and other accessibility resources, we organize events that bring our community together. One standout moment this year was the super bowl watch party we hosted with the rocky mountain va spinal cord injury and disorder center in aurora, colorado. Twenty-five members, including 11 inpatients, gathered to share food, camaraderie and team spirit. Our annual membership meeting, held in march at the hyatt regency aurora- denver conference center, was another highlight. Twenty members and their families, the most since the covid-19 pandemic, attended the dinner, joined by national pva vice president josue cordova, national pva treasurer tom wheaton, and pva service officer james kelly. Throughout the year, we also organized visits to va hospitals and assisted living centers, where pva community members connected with veterans who are convalescing or no longer live at home. These events are important because they strengthen bonds within our chapter and remind members that no matter their disability, they are not alone. Through…
$60,133 spent20% of program spendingCommunication: we were very successful in our overall communications efforts in 2024 producing many publications, including: the mountain states news, our membership brochure, volunteer brochure, donors brochure, and organizational information brochures. We also maintain an actively library of resources, including clinical practice guidelines available to our members. We enhanced our website from a passive to an active service interface. We also won a national website award for our efforts.
$32,811 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $308,273.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $583k to $728k (+25%).
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: 2020 1% · 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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 $15k → $27k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.3M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Paralyzed Veterans of America). These are real filings, and they are not money PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER raised.
From the IRS filings of PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER’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
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 87% · 2019 79% · 2020 56% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 20% 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
89% of PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $21k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $166k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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.
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In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER?
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER (Colorado) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,473 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($98,410). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $187,473 in grants to PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER?
- THE DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $98,410 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MOUNTAIN STATES CHAPTER 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 10 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