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Denver Children's Advocacy Center

Public charity · Grantmaker Denver, CO EIN: 84-1155873 Website

Dcac works to improve the lives of children traumatized by sexual abuse, neglect and violence-as well as those who are at high-risk with prevention, education, and direct services. Our mission is to prevent abuse strengthen families restore childhood.

Denver Children's Advocacy Center at a glance

In short: Denver Children's Advocacy Center gave $70K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $70K), mostly in Colorado. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$70,000
+16.7% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$70,000
+16.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$70,000
Total assets
$6,383,231
+5.0% vs 2024
Primary geography
Colorado (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Denver Children's Advocacy Center funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Revision: $70KRevision$70K

The largest 2025 recipient was Revision ($70K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K3$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Denver

How Denver Children's Advocacy Center gives

  • Giving fell 38% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $11K (2021) to $114K (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $70K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Revision Denver, COSupporting Leaders$70,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$6,383,231$3,312,389$3,190,279$70,0001$112,858
2024$6,076,603$3,310,686$3,116,066$60,0001$137,709
2023$5,858,532$3,272,635$2,946,346$95,0191$106,062
2022$5,768,611$3,146,119$2,447,064$113,8181$-105,361
2021$5,469,550$2,831,456$2,314,174$11,4531$57,396
2020$4,927,116$2,366,090$1,963,607——$19,179
2019$3,967,667$2,120,453$1,928,721——$25,132

About Denver Children's Advocacy Center

Based on IRS filings

Denver Children's Advocacy Center is a public charity focused on Employment, based in Denver, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $6.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $70K. Net investment income was $113K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Denver Children's Advocacy Center is led by Eric Gonzalez, Chair since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 5 of 15 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Eric Gonzalez

    Chair

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angela Davidson

    Director

    Executive Director → Executive Director to D, 2024

    Executive Director to D → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    4 hrs/week

    $104K (2021) → $0 (2025)

  • Catherine Hay

    Director of Treat

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $103K (2024) → $104K (2025)

  • Hollie Reinhart

    Director Rapid Re

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $104K (2024) → $110K (2025)

  • Michelle Davis

    Director of Development

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $102K (2024) → $104K (2025)

  • Zach Carlson

    Director of Finan

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $122K (2024) → $124K (2025)

  • Barry Henderson

    Director

    Director → Treasurer, 2022

    Treasurer → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Hogan

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Callahan

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andy Boian

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dennis Bianucci

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Will Braunstein

    Executive Di

    Chairman → Chair - Board of Directors, 2023

    Chair - Board of Directors → Executive Di, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $58K (2024) → $170K (2025)

  • Erika Sidney

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adrian Helfert

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Guadalupe Gutierrez-Vasquez

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (19)
  • Former: Andrea Tarr (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Cherie Ledoux (2020–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Joe Montoya (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Preeti Santana (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Lisa Nichols (2024) — Director
  • Former: Molly Stevens (2024) — Director
  • Former: Karen Loeb (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Angela Visser (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Yolanda Green Barnes (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Justin Barr (2019–2022) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Nicole Denne (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Paul Lopach (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Gizane Indart (2019–2021) — Executive Director
  • Former: Catherine Holliday (2019–2020) — Vice President
  • Former: Ricardo Perez (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Craig Johlfs (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Janet Turner (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jay Ottoson (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Karen Schweihs (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Will Braunstein — Executive Di: $170KWill BraunsteinExecutive Di$170KZach Carlson — DIR of Finan: $124KZach CarlsonDIR of Finan$124KHollie Reinhart — DIR Rapid Re: $110KHollie ReinhartDIR Rapid Re$110KCatherine Hay — DIR of Treat: $104KCatherine HayDIR of Treat$104KMichelle Davis — DIR of Devel: $104KMichelle DavisDIR of Devel$104K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $170K, to Will Braunstein (Executive Di). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Denver Children's Advocacy Center

How much does Denver Children's Advocacy Center give each year?

Denver Children's Advocacy Center gave $70K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $60K across 1 grant.

How large is Denver Children's Advocacy Center?

Denver Children's Advocacy Center reported $6.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.3M.

What is Denver Children's Advocacy Center?

Denver Children's Advocacy Center is a public charity focused on Employment, based in Denver, CO. It holds $6.4M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Denver Children's Advocacy Center operate?

Denver Children's Advocacy Center has awarded grants in Colorado.

What is Denver Children's Advocacy Center's EIN?

Denver Children's Advocacy Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-1155873. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS September 5, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 12, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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