2026-07-21T19:43:24-05:00 2025-12-31 PENA BRIONES MCDANIEL & CO PC 4171 N MESA SUITE B-100 EL PASO TX 799021498 990 2025-01-01 742770329 CHILDRENS GRIEF CENTER OF EL PASO % TREASURER CHIL 9155326004 2616 MONTANA AVE EL PASO TX 79903 KATHRYN REVTYAK CHIEF EXEC. DIRECTOR 9155326004 2026-05-15 true RENE D PENA CPA P00533121 9155421733 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z KATHY REVTYAK 2616 MONTANA AVE EL PASO TX 79903 1595523 false X http://www.cgcelpaso.org X NONPROFIT 1995 TX STRENGTHEN LIVES OF GRIEVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH SUPPORT, EDUCATION, AND TREATMENT. 15 15 8 45 0 301478 1356758 9915 19159 240 337 100007 166679 411640 1542933 0 0 0 0 287175 439344 0 0 29188 94462 176094 381637 615438 30003 927495 291019 1465590 22841 269917 268178 1195673 X THE CHILDREN'S GRIEF CENTER OF EL PASO CREATES COMPASSIONATE AND INCLUSIVE SPACES THAT PROMOTE HEALING AND WELL-BEING AMONG GRIEVING CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED PEER GROUPS, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SERVICES, AND GRIEF-INFORMED EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. false false 492355 19159 Established in 1995, the Children's Grief Center (CGC) of El Paso continues to be the only non-profit agency in west Texas providing grief support and education services to bereaved children, youth, and families-the nearest similar service in Texas is located 586 miles away. CGC provides services to all youth (ages 3-25) and their caregivers who have experienced a death loss, irrespective of the circumstances of the death, the relationship of the child to the deceased, or any other special. Our mission is to compassionate and inclusive spaces that promote healing and well-being among grieving children, youth, and their families through community-based peer groups, individual and family services, and grief-informed education and advocacy. We believe that no child should grieve alone and that every child should have access to healing, health, and hope through grief-informed communities. CGC's services are aimed at mitigating the impact of Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and reducing the risk of mental health challenges among youth and their caregivers through grief support. In El Paso, it is estimated that nearly 1 in 10 children are affected by the death loss of a parent, the highest in Texas given several factors that affect our local border community. The loss of a loved one can affect a child physically, emotionally, behaviorally, and academically in both the long and short term. Unresolved grief in children place them at higher risk for anti-social behaviors, self-destructive behaviors, and chronic mental health disorders including depression, anxiety, avoidant personality, dependent personality, obsessive-compulsive personality disorders and suicide. 2025 was a banner year for CGC, as we purchased our first, permanent facility, Braden's Home of Hope, located at 2616 Montana in the centrally-located Five Points region of the city and county. The new space includes 4400 square feet of service area, with a full basement and four, outdoor therapeutic areas enclosed by fencing. The new campus more than doubles the amount of space available for service delivery at our leased location and includes eight indoor programming rooms suitable for the delivery of group and individual services. The facility was purchased in June2025, through the generous investment of community partners, and six months of renovations were followed by move-in on December 18. The new space will permit CGC to significantly expand services to more youth and families in 2026. In 2025, CGC served 515 individuals through our continuum of grief support, education, and therapy services. This continuum of services is organized into two programs: 1. Grief Support and Education; and 2. Grief Therapy. Services are provided at our Center, in school and at community-based locations, virtually, & via phone, removing barriers to access to care for all. Six (of the 7) services are housed in CGC's Grief Support & Education Program. First, CGC provides navigation (information, resource & screening) annually to approximately 290 individuals, recognizing needs for psychoeducation following death loss and wraparound support. Second, a licensed mental health therapist provides family-based Comprehensive Grief Assessment (to 179 in 2025) to offer guidance on a care plan. Third, most families participate in developmentally specific Peer Grief Support Groups, co-facilitated by staff and long-term, CGC-trained volunteers (largely with lived experience), to leverage support from shared experience and evidence-informed, structured activities. Peer support groups are delivered in multi-family group format (Family Group Night) and in specialty format (kinship caregivers, young child). Fourth, CGC provides a school-based, Grief Talks curriculum in partnership with regional school districts, (reaching 5 campuses and 130 caregivers and staff participants in 2025). Fifth, in 2025, CGC successfully completed the second annual Good Grief Camp, which served 72 individuals, bringing holistic activities provided in partnership with regional non-profits. Last, CGC provides grief-specific training and consultation upon request to school districts, community agencies, and governmental systems. CGC's Grief Therapy Program, launched in 2024, recognized the immense need to create access to evidence-based treatment services for youth and caregivers affected by prolonged and/or traumatic grief and expanded significantly during 2025. CGC's clinical team offers individual and family grief therapy, based on two evidence-based modalities, Multidimensional Grief Therapy (MGT) and Trauma & Grief Component Therapy (MGT). In 2025, CGC provided therapy to 82 youth and 12 adults. CGC also hired its first full-time therapist, as well as onboarding two Professional Clinical Interns to assist in the delivery of therapeutic services. Last, CGC expanded its Clinical Counseling program, incorporating two, masters' level student interns into service delivery and comprehensive support to families. CGC depends on a small staff that carries out our mission in partnership with a variety of volunteer groups as well as key community relationships. CGC provides in-depth training (15 didactic hours plus 15 experiential hours) to long-term community volunteers who assist in co-facilitating youth grief support groups. In 2025, the number of such volunteers doubled over the previous year-In 2025, we had 26 new volunteer group facilitators and a total of 45 volunteers within the year. CGC also depends on the service of volunteer groups for our events, including our Memory Run/Walk, our annual Gala, and our Holiday Remembrance Event. Our community partners in far west Texas rely on the Children's Grief Center of El Paso as an authoritative source of effective therapeutic support specific to grieving children and their families. We remain a member of the National Alliance of Children's Grief and seek to level our services to best practices nationally while sharing our culturally-grounder border expertise with state and national childhood bereavement centers and youth-serving systems of care. 492355 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 9 0 true 8 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false false true false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X TREASURER 9155326004 2616 MONTANA AVE EL PASO TX 79903 K REVTYAK CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 121491 0 0 P MAGDALENO SECRETARY 3.77 0.0 X X 0 0 0 S ROBINET MEMBER 4.62 0.0 X 0 0 0 S OLLIS IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT 1.04 0.0 X X 0 0 0 I GARCIA VICE PRESIDENT 0.63 0.0 X X 0 0 0 R GAILEY PRESIDENT 4.62 0.0 X X 0 0 0 H HOLGUIN MEMBER 0.62 0.0 X 0 0 0 T DELGADO TREASURER 0.52 0.0 X X 0 0 0 C GUTIERREZ MEMBER 3.4 0.0 X 0 0 0 M FENTON MEMBER 1.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 J MULLIN MEMBER 0.96 0.0 X 0 0 0 R MARIN MEMBER 0.96 0.0 X 0 0 0 K STANLEY MEMBER 3.37 0.0 X 0 0 0 C PALMER MEMBER 3.46 0.0 X 0 0 0 C SHINAUT MEMBER 0.69 0.0 X 0 0 0 M VALENZUELA MEMBER 0.69 0.0 X 0 0 0 121491 0 0 1 false false false 0 64000 86539 1206219 1356758 THERAPY FEES 19159 19159 19159 337 337 0 0 0 0 0 0 216615 52590 164025 0 0 0 0 0 0 QSHERA REFUNDS 2654 2654 2654 1542933 19159 2991 0 0 0 0 121491 103267 12149 6075 0 268067 227857 26807 13403 0 17983 15286 1798 899 31803 27033 3180 1590 0 0 0 0 0 0 37069 741 36328 0 6268 4388 0 1880 30671 26070 3067 1534 0 0 20009 17008 2001 1000 2287 2287 0 0 0 0 0 0 21431 18216 2143 1072 11047 9390 1105 552 BANK SERVICE CHARGES 1357 0 1357 0 PROGRAM SERVICES 14339 14339 0 0 OTHER EXPENSES 276 234 28 14 FACILITY EXPENSES 23935 20315 2451 1169 7405 5924 1481 615438 492355 93895 29188 210062 508830 0 0 0 0 50000 315847 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5623 10400 671408 40895 6249 630513 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19085 0 291019 1465590 22841 269917 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22841 269917 X 218178 720099 50000 475574 268178 1195673 291019 1465590 927495 X true X false true false X 245314 258520 189595 311393 1375917 2380739 0 0 245314 258520 189595 311393 1375917 2380739 0 2380739 0 0 2334 240 337 2911 0 2654 2654 2386304 0.99767 0.99782 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 86614 86614 538067 538067 35884 35884 0 10843 5011 5832 630513 1681288 85765 52590 138355 1542933 1542933 753793 85765 52590 138355 615438 615438 SCHEDULE D - PART XI & XII - LINE 2D, OTHER REVENUES AND EXPENSES ARE $52,590 LESS ON FORM 990 COMPARED TO THE REVIEWED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DUE TO FUNDRAISING EXPENSES BEING REPORTED DIRECTLY AGAINST INCOME ON THE FORM 990. NEON DESERT 199618 199618 5524 20331 22609 OTHER 16997 16997 470 1731 1925 0 0 0 216615 216615 5994 22062 24534 52590 164025 PART VI SECTION A LINE 7A NEW BOARD MEMBER CANDIDATES ARE RECOMMENDED BY CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS. CANDIDATES ARE SUBMITTED TO A NOMINATION COMMITTEE WHERE THE CANDIDATE COMPLETES AN APPLICATION AND IS EVALUATED AND VOTED ON BY THE FULL BOARD. PART VI SECTION B LINE 11 FORM 990 IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE FORM. PART VI SECTION B LINE 12 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS REQUIRED TO SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT WHICH REQUIRES DISCLOSURE AND NOTIFICATION OF ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. THE STATEMENTS ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY. PART VI SECTION B LINE 15 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS BASED ON MARKET RATE FOR THE REGION AND REGIONAL SALARIES FOR COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS ARE CONDUCTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. PART VI SECTION C LINE 19 CHILDREN'S GRIEF CENTER OF EL PASO MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.