Colorado · Public charity
Careerwise Colorado
Careerwise's mission is to forge pathways to meaningful careers through bold advocacy, innovative apprenticeships, and industry led partnerships, creating a dynamic talent ecosystem that connects ambition to opportunity for empowered young people.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $34,091
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,051,554
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Careerwise Colorado funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $1.4M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $766k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $786k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $788k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $881k | 73% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $223k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $817k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Careerwise New York Inc | $2,297,688 | 4 | 19% |
| Denver Public Schools | $747,415 | 5 | n/a |
| Colorado Mountain College Foundation Inc | $490,231 | 3 | 4% |
| Cherry Creek Schools Foundation | $375,000 | 4 | 30% |
| Mesa County Valley School District 51 | $374,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Indianapolis Private Industry Council | $326,590 | 3 | 1% |
| Jeffco Public Schools | $300,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cityworks DC | $222,174 | 2 | 6% |
| Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce | $114,191 | 4 | 8% |
| KOSON Schools dba STEM School Highlands Ranch | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Careerwise New York Inc | $2,297,688 | 4 | 19% |
| Denver Public Schools | $747,415 | 5 | n/a |
| Colorado Mountain College Foundation Inc | $490,231 | 3 | 4% |
| Cherry Creek Schools Foundation | $375,000 | 4 | 30% |
| Mesa County Valley School District 51 | $374,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Indianapolis Private Industry Council | $326,590 | 3 | 1% |
| Jeffco Public Schools | $300,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cityworks DC | $222,174 | 2 | 6% |
| Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce | $114,191 | 4 | 8% |
| KOSON Schools dba STEM School Highlands Ranch | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Denver Colorado | $59,541 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Early Colleges | $58,103 | 2 | n/a |
| Cityschools Collaborative | $57,407 | 1 | 1% |
| Colorado Energy Office | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eagle County School District | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce | $39,266 | 2 | 0% |
| Compass Community Collaborative School | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cherry Creek School District #5 | $34,091 | 1 | n/a |
| Thompson School District | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Health and Hospital Authority | $28,928 | 1 | n/a |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boulder Chamber of Commerce | $14,584 | 1 | 1% |
| Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance Inc | $13,171 | 1 | 2% |
| Vail Valley Partnership | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Estes Park School District R-3 | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jt District 28-J | $10,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Westminster Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Careerwise Colorado supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Education Initiative · Rose Community Foundation · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado · The Colorado Health Foundation · Early Milestones Colorado · Denver Broncos Foundation · Jobs for the Future Inc · Round It Up America Inc · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Careerwise Colorado
- How much does Careerwise Colorado give?
- Careerwise Colorado reported 6 grants totaling $1,408,121 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Careerwise Colorado fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (55%), Youth Development (26%), Education (14%).
- Who are Careerwise Colorado's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Careerwise New York Inc ($2.3M), Denver Public Schools ($747k), Colorado Mountain College Foundation Inc ($490k).
- Does Careerwise Colorado fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Careerwise Colorado?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, The Colorado Education Initiative, Rose Community Foundation.
- Where is Careerwise Colorado based?
- Careerwise Colorado is based in CO.
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