Disabled American Veterans Dept CO

501(c)(4) organization Lakewood, CO EIN: 84-0388439

To aid and assist worthy war-time disabled veterans, their widows and orphans and to build better lives for disabled veterans and their families.

Disabled American Veterans Dept CO at a glance

In short: Disabled American Veterans Dept CO reported $114K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Grants paid (2025)
$114,182 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
-44.6% vs 2024
Total assets
$1,219,811
-26.8% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$203,326
-41.4% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$46,093
-21.1% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$674,711
-5.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Disabled American Veterans Dept CO funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

10 grants across all recorded years

7<$50K2$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 10 (70%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Cities

CincinnatiAuroraColorado SpringsAlamosaBurlingtonCheyenneCortezDurangoLakewood

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K2 grants2019 1 grant2020 Total only2021 1 grant2022 7 grants2023 2 grants2024 Total only2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2021) to $206K (2024). In 2025 it reported $114K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Va Medical Center Cheyenne Cheyenne, WYMedical Transport$164,828
Rocky Mountain Regional Va Medical Center Aurora, COMedical Transport$41,207
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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$1,219,811$203,326$674,711$114,182Total only$46,093
2024$1,667,432$347,223$712,152$206,0352$58,429
2023$2,248,493$1,468,882$655,789$143,0007$999,563
2022$1,514,994$493,232$547,208$45,4511$1,515
2021$1,586,211$167,045$758,641$2,217Total only$1,682
2020$2,105,646$536,779$593,823$87,2791$3,933
2019$2,122,096$296,556$519,395$35,0002$8,669

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Disabled American Veterans Dept CO

Based on IRS filings

Disabled American Veterans Dept CO is a public charity focused on public and societal benefit, based in Lakewood, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.2M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $114K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $46K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Disabled American Veterans Dept CO's 2025 filing lists 21 officers; none of the 21 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jack Darnell

    Board Member

    Committeeman → Board Member, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jimmy Pea

    Board Member

    Committeeman → Board Member, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Schievelbein

    Immediate Past C

    Junior & Senior Vice C → Commander, 2023

    Commander → Immediate Past C, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    16 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ralph Hogue

    Board Member

    Committeeman → Board Member, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Hogue

    Board Member

    Finance Committee Member → Board Member, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Benito Gonzales

    Adjutant

    Judge Advoca → Adjutant & Treasurer, 2021

    Adjutant & Treasurer → Adjutant, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    32 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Antonio Read

    Inspector

    Board Member → Inspector, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carmen McGinnis

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Fred Schaefer

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Kennedy

    Senior Vice Committee

    Board Member → Junior Vice Committee, 2024

    Junior Vice Committee → Senior Vice Committee, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sherrick Harmon

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Terry

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Brooks II

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alan Morgan

    Senior Vice Committee

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Sledge

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Grant Harris

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maria Whitten

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Aguirre

    Inspector

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Dakin

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Feldt

    Commander & Judge Advoca

    Judge Advoca → Commander & Judge Advoca, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    16 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donald Reed

    Junior Vice Committee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (35)
  • Former: Dennis Webber (2019–2024) — Junior Vice Committee
  • Former: Don Hammond (2021–2024) — Judge Advoca
  • Former: Don Watts (2021–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Ken Mestas (2021–2024) — Past Command
  • Former: Edwin Irizarry Urrutia (2022–2024) — Inspector
  • Former: John Carmona (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: James Griffith (2022–2023) — Chaplain
  • Former: Bob Addyman (2023) — Chief of Sta
  • Former: Darla Sanders (2019–2022) — Past Command
  • Former: Edmund Fry III (2020–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: David Jiron (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Douglas Biehler (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Rockling Scott (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Bobbi Shaw (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: David L. Johnson (2022) — Junior Vice Committee
  • Former: Richard Thomspon (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Jerry Hageman (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Jerry Mascarenas (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Richard Schleeter (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Robert Sanders (2019–2021) — Judge Advoca
  • Former: Rodolfo Arguello PhD (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Russ Burget (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Tom Dowell (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Charles Deitz (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Gary Turks (2020–2021) — Department C
  • Former: Joe Bilodeau (2020–2021) — Senior Vice Committee
  • Former: Gregory Harsch (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Andrew Grieb (2019–2020) — Adjutant & Treasurer
  • Former: Bonnie Rohn (2019–2020) — Immediate Past C
  • Former: Tonya Elrod (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Charles Dietz (2019) — Committeeman
  • Former: Dennis O'Donnell (2019) — Committeeman
  • Former: Edmund J. Fry Jr. (2019) — Committeeman
  • Former: Edwin Irizarry (2019) — Finance Committee Member
  • Former: Stephen Miller (2019) — Immediate Past Commander

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.

Frequently asked questions about Disabled American Veterans Dept CO

How much does Disabled American Veterans Dept CO give each year?

Disabled American Veterans Dept CO reported $114K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $206K across 2 grants.

How large is Disabled American Veterans Dept CO?

Disabled American Veterans Dept CO reported $1.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $203K.

What is Disabled American Veterans Dept CO?

Disabled American Veterans Dept CO is a public charity focused on public and societal benefit, based in Lakewood, CO. It holds $1.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Disabled American Veterans Dept CO operate?

Disabled American Veterans Dept CO has awarded grants in Colorado, Ohio, Wyoming.

What is Disabled American Veterans Dept CO's EIN?

Disabled American Veterans Dept CO's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-0388439. 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

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 18, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 25, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 15, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 9, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 1, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 6, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS October 17, 2025)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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