Qualified Listeners
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Standards For Charity Accountability
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Audit Report
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Qualified Listeners meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
Meet the needs of the Veteran Community through outreach, listening, resource vetting and referrals, and being their collective voice.
Year, State Incorporated:
2017, CO
QUALIFIED LISTENERS PROGRAMS
Our Outreach Program is two-fold: 1) seek out those who want help; and 2) educate others about the many validated resources available to them.
Educate them that many of us care deeply
They do not have to be alone anymore – our founder was alone for 39 years
We strongly support the PAMVET Breakfast Club program started in Loveland, CO in 2008
Over 850 Veterans have attended the Loveland breakfast club
Now also in Englewood and Thornton – learn more at www.Pamvet.org
Our Listening Program is confidential and non-judgmental.Combat Veterans listening to Combat Veterans to help prevent suicide is what Qualified Listeners was originally based on and it remains our #1 focus.However, we’ve learned that families of Veterans also need someone to talk to.We’re working hard to meet these needs.
Male Veterans
Female Veterans
Spouses of Veterans
Children of Veterans
Parents of Veterans
Grandparents of Veterans
We inform Veterans and family members of the many resources available to them
Our Resource Program is comprised of a team of conventional and non-conventional resources to address the individual needs of Veterans and their families, such as mental health, addiction management, transportation, VA benefits, and many more.
Locate, evaluate, approve and monitor resource providers
Refer Veterans and family members to the vetted resources
They can change providers at any time
Many services are free and others are discounted
We print and distribute a Veteran & Family Resource Directory quarterly to over 60 locations.The web version is updated as available
Our Collective Voice Program is simple.We ask the Veteran Community what they need and we become their collective voice to influence our validated resources.The objective is to improve the level of services provided to Veterans and their families.
Resource providers
Local government agencies
The Veterans Administration
Media
Veteran Organizations
For the year ended October 31, 2024, Qualified Listeners's program expenses were:
Programs: $111,028
Total Program Expenses: $111,028
Chief Executive
Greg Goettsch, Founder/Executive Director
Chair of the Board
Scott Neff, Community Volunteer
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Board Size
6
Paid Staff Size
3
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Door-to-door solicitation, Grant proposals, Internet
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on Qualified Listeners's audited financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2024.
Source of Funds
| Contributions | $107,557 |
| Program Revenue | $8,085 |
| Total Income | $115,642 |
Programs: 99% Fundraising: 0% Administrative: 0%
| Total Income | $115,642 |
| Total expenses: | $111,758 |
| Program expenses | $111,028 |
| Fundraising expenses | $365 |
| Administrative expenses | $365 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $3,884 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $11,640 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $15,524 |
| Total Liabilities | $6,102 |
| Total Assets | $21,626 |
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BBB Serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming