Colorado · Public charity
Advance Colorado
ADVANCE COLORADO is a charitable non-profit organization that serves a public education mission. ADVANCE COLORADO educates citizens on principles to enhance and strengthen active citizenship in a democracy. Specific public education issues include: government fiscal responsibility; government transparency and accountability; limited…
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,705,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Advance Colorado funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $2.4M | 80% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Dawn | $1,705,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Defend Colorado | $500,000 | 1 | 55% |
| Unite for Colorado | $200,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Common Sense Institute | $90,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Independence Institute | $37,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Leadership Program of the Rockies | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
About Advance Colorado
- How much does Advance Colorado give?
- Advance Colorado reported 5 grants totaling $2,424,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Advance Colorado fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Community Improvement (20%), Public Benefit (13%).
- Who are Advance Colorado's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Colorado Dawn ($1.7M), Defend Colorado ($500k), Unite for Colorado ($200k).
- Does Advance Colorado fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Advance Colorado based?
- Advance Colorado is based in CO.
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