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Cancer League of Colorado Inc

A joint commitment to raise money for research and patient care with the mission of finding a cure for, or the means to control, cancer.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$960k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$9.3M
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 25 grants below total $1,293,494, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,418,744 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $125,250 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $220k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
  • $250k+1 grant · $960k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$579k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Colorado Denver$959,995
National Jewish Center Inst$60,000
The Regents of the Univ of CO$30,000
Univ of CO - Boulder$30,000
CO State University$29,999
WAPIYAPI$10,000
CO Melanoma Foundation$10,000
Project Angel Heart$10,000
Living Journeys$10,000
Southeast CO Home Health$10,000
Gabby Krause Foundation$10,000
Suddenly Pink Foundation$10,000
Mt Evans Home Hospice Inc$10,000
Hope Held by a Horse$10,000
Marlene F Landy Cancer Founda$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Verma Foundation: $7k → 10%Live By Living Foundation: $9k → 7%Prospect Home Care - Hospice: $10k → 8%Live By Living Foundation: $8k → 12%Prospect Home Care - Hospice: $10k → 8%Live By Living Foundation: $7k → 12%Live By Living Foundation: $9k → 7%Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation: $11k → 12%Live By Living Foundation: $8k → 7%Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation: $10k → 12%Epic Experience: $6k → 7%Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation: $10k → 12%Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation: $10k → 12%Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation: $10k → 12%Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation: $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.2M · 31 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
5

Total granted

$9.2M
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-6%

Still filing today

74%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HB
    HEALING BUDDIES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $95k · revenue +26%
  • SS
    SHINING STARS FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +95%
  • ME
    MOUNT EVANS HOSPICE INC DBA MOUNT EVANS HOME HEALTH CARE AND HOS
    8× · 2018–2025 · $73k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Childrens Treehouse Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue -12%
  • SD
    Sue DiNapoli Ovarian Cancer Society
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +15%
  • VF
    VERMA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue -6%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Binspired

Cancer survivors to go on a healing retreat

Human Services
2
My Cancer Haven
Health
3
We Beat Cancer
Philanthropy
4
Hats That Heal Inc
Public Benefit
5
Northern Utah Cancer Foundation
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6
Live Inspired Brevard

Cancer survivor support

Health
7
Riding for the Cure
Health
8
Hands of Hope the Foundation of Cancer and Hematology Centers of Western Mi
Philanthropy
9
Imagine a Cure Cancer Treatment
Health
10
My Sistahs Pink Journey

Helping women with cancer

Health
11
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
12
Pink Is My Power Color

To meet the well-being of women who are in mental, and psychological need of support. to help women dealing with, recovering from or diagnosed with cancer who are in need of the support of other survivors. as well as helping women who…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Sue DiNapoli Ovarian Cancer Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/33
Grantees still filing
21/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $7,663,912 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO+8 more: $404,499 · OtherHEALING BUDDIES INC: $95,000 · HealthMARLENE F LANDY CANCER FOUNDATION: $69,500 · HealthHOPE HELD BY A HORSE: $65,600 · HealthNIGHTHAWK RANCH INC: $63,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $60,000 · HealthColorado Gynecologic Cancer Alliance: $47,000 · HealthLIVING JOURNEYS: $40,000 · HealthLA CLINICA TEPEYAC: $40,000 · HealthCOLORADO MELANOMA FOUNDATION INC: $38,000 · HealthTHE GABBY KRAUSE FOUNDATION: $32,500 · HealthBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthREEL RECOVERY INC: $23,500 · HealthCASTING FOR RECOVERY: $23,500 · Health+4 more: $32,500 · HealthEPIC EXPERIENCE: $67,500 · Human ServicesRAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $61,000 · Human ServicesBlueprints of Hope aka Cancer Support Community Southwest Color: $44,500 · Human ServicesLIVE BY LIVING FOUNDATION: $40,500 · Human ServicesPROSPECT HOME CARE-HOSPICE INC: $20,000 · Human Services+1 more: $7,000 · Human ServicesWAPIYAPI: $90,000 · Recreation & SportsSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $77,500 · Recreation & SportsPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $62,000 · Community ImprovementSENSE OF SECURITY INC: $47,500 · Housing & ShelterSUDDENLY PINK FOUNDATION: $36,000 · PhilanthropyHopeWest: $23,500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$8,068,411Health$660,100Human Services$240,500Recreation & Sports$167,500Community Improvement$62,000Housing & Shelter$47,500Philanthropy$36,000Public Safety & Disaster$23,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHEALING BUDDIES INC: $95,000 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetWAPIYAPI: $90,000 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $77,500 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetMOUNT EVANS HOSPICE INC DBA MOUNT EVANS HOME HEALTH CARE AND HOS: $72,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMARLENE F LANDY CANCER FOUNDATION: $69,500 over 8y, 9.9% of budgetEPIC EXPERIENCE: $67,500 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetHOPE HELD BY A HORSE: $65,600 over 7y, 34% of budgetNIGHTHAWK RANCH INC: $63,000 over 7y, 21% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $62,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $61,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSENSE OF SECURITY INC: $47,500 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetColorado Gynecologic Cancer Alliance: $47,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetBlueprints of Hope aka Cancer Support Community Southwest Color: $44,500 over 6y, 11% of budgetLIVE BY LIVING FOUNDATION: $40,500 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetLIVING JOURNEYS: $40,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetLA CLINICA TEPEYAC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO MELANOMA FOUNDATION INC: $38,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBRAVEHOODS: $37,000 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetSUDDENLY PINK FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE GABBY KRAUSE FOUNDATION: $32,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN CANCER CENTERS FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetREEL RECOVERY INC: $23,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHopeWest: $23,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASTING FOR RECOVERY: $23,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Childrens Treehouse Foundation: $11,500 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetSue DiNapoli Ovarian Cancer Society: $7,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetVERMA FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetRocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HEALING BUDDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds WAPIYAPI ↗
  • Who funds SHINING STARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT EVANS HOSPICE INC DBA MOUNT EVANS HOME HEALTH CARE AND HOS ↗
  • Who funds MARLENE F LANDY CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EPIC EXPERIENCE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HELD BY A HORSE ↗
  • Who funds NIGHTHAWK RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANGEL HEART ↗
  • Who funds RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds SENSE OF SECURITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Gynecologic Cancer Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Blueprints of Hope aka Cancer Support Community Southwest Color ↗
  • Who funds LIVE BY LIVING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIVING JOURNEYS ↗
  • Who funds LA CLINICA TEPEYAC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO MELANOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BRAVEHOODS ↗
  • Who funds SUDDENLY PINK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GABBY KRAUSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN CANCER CENTERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REEL RECOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds HopeWest ↗
  • Who funds CASTING FOR RECOVERY ↗
  • Who funds PROSPECT HOME CARE-HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds MYLIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Childrens Treehouse Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Sue DiNapoli Ovarian Cancer Society ↗
  • Who funds SKY HIGH HOPE CAMP ↗
  • Who funds VERMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Colorado Gives Founda…Rose Community Founda…The Colorado Health F…The Janus Henderson F…El Pomar FoundationMile High United Way …Kroenke Sports Charit…Schlessman Foundation…Libertygives Foundati…Baird Foundation IncThe Denver FoundationXcel Energy Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO39.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Kroenke Sports Charities Inc · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Libertygives Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Cancer League of Colorado Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cancer League of Colorado Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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