Colorado · Private foundation
Colorado Access Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $514,225
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Colorado Access Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $2.2M | 80% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $1.1M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc | $911,608 | 2 | 4% |
| Trailhead Institute | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| East Denver Colfax Partnership Inc | $249,889 | 2 | 9% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | $215,248 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids First Health Care | $200,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Center for African American Health | $200,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Attention Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Hunger Free Colorado | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| A Precious Child Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc | $911,608 | 2 | 4% |
| Trailhead Institute | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| East Denver Colfax Partnership Inc | $249,889 | 2 | 9% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | $215,248 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids First Health Care | $200,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Center for African American Health | $200,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Attention Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Hunger Free Colorado | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| A Precious Child Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dignity Project | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Colorado Artists in Recovery | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Colorado Consumer Health Initiative | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| A Little Help | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nurse-Family Partnership | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food For Thought Denver | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgend Community Center of Colorado | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Access Housing of Adams County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Angel Heart | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($711k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Colorado Access Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Boettcher Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · The Colorado Trust · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado · Caring for Denver Foundation · Nextfifty Initiative · Xcel Energy Foundation
How this is measured
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About Colorado Access Foundation
- How much does Colorado Access Foundation give?
- Colorado Access Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $2,245,049 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Colorado Access Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Education (27%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
- Who are Colorado Access Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc ($912k), Trailhead Institute ($500k), East Denver Colfax Partnership Inc ($250k).
- Does Colorado Access Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Colorado Access Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colorado Access Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Rose Community Foundation.
- Where is Colorado Access Foundation based?
- Colorado Access Foundation is based in CO.
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