Colorado · Public charity
Colorado Dawn
The organization's mission is to educate the public about western values and economics.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $935,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $34k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Colorado Dawn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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 | $2.2M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $3.1M | 83% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $4.9M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $405k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defend Colorado | $2,260,400 | 2 | 59% |
| Senate Majority Fund | $2,230,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cssnc | $1,725,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ready Colorado | $1,500,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Colorado Dawn Iec | $271,079 | 2 | n/a |
| Colorado Rising State Action | $250,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Springs Opportunity Fund | $128,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Constitutional Conservatives El Pas | $115,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Conservatives for Retaking | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Recall Priola | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defend Colorado | $2,260,400 | 2 | 59% |
| Senate Majority Fund | $2,230,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cssnc | $1,725,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ready Colorado | $1,500,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Colorado Dawn Iec | $271,079 | 2 | n/a |
| Colorado Rising State Action | $250,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Springs Opportunity Fund | $128,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Constitutional Conservatives El Pas | $115,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Conservatives for Retaking | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Recall Priola | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cole Communications | $27,205 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
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About Colorado Dawn
- How much does Colorado Dawn give?
- Colorado Dawn reported 5 grants totaling $2,163,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Colorado Dawn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (30%), Community Improvement (27%), Civil Rights (16%).
- Who are Colorado Dawn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Defend Colorado ($2.3M), Senate Majority Fund ($2.2M), Cssnc ($1.7M).
- Does Colorado Dawn fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Colorado Dawn based?
- Colorado Dawn is based in CO.
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