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Colorado Enterprise Fund at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

Colorado Enterprise Fund

To accelerate community prosperity by financing and supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses.

$414k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Community Improvement$8.3MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.0MHuman Services$74kFood & Nutrition$62kHealth$62kArts & Culture$38kAnimals$20kPublic Benefit$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $245,940, the rows itemized in this filing. The $413,701 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $167,761 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 $10k8 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $190k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$81M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUNGRY HEART KITCHENS LLC$30,000
CABRINI HEALTHCARE LLC$15,000
UF DIA B LLC$13,000
KEMAFY LLC$12,000
LUCKEY STARS EARLY LEARNING CENTER$10,000
BLOOMING CONNECTIONS INC$10,000
GOOD 2 GO TRUCKING LLC$10,000
TORO FOOD CONCEPTS LLC$10,000
STINGERS CAFE LTD$10,000
GEOUPLIFT LLC$10,000
ZEPHYR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WELLNE$10,000
ZION SELAH HOME HEALTHCARE AGENCY L$10,000
DNVR AUTO LLC$10,000
APRES SAUNA LLC$10,000
SB SERVICES INC$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LITTLE LAMBS LEARNING CENTER: $6k → 11%THE WOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $96k → 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.

4%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$394k · 11 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
775

Total granted

$394k
$10.0M

Still filing today

0%
4%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $246k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • GT
    GEYSER TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k
  • EC
    EVOL CYCLE SPORT LLC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k
  • VT
    VIA TOSCANA INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $27k

Funded once

  • BA
    BIG AGNES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • AA
    AVID4 ADVENTURE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • TC
    THE COLORADO MOUNTAIN CLUB
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +9%
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
Colorado Chamber of Commerce Fka Co Assn of Commerce & Industry

The colorado chamber of commerce mission is to enhance the business climate of the state of colorado by promoting a positive legislative and regulatory environment and providing programs and services for its members, economic education,…

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2
Colorado Jazz Ambassadors
Arts & Culture
3
Colorado Womens Hall of Fame

Inspire by celebrating and sharing the enduring contributions of Colorado's extraordinary women.

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4
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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5
Colorado Mountain Bike Association

COMBA is dedicated to protecting and improving mountain biking on the Colorado Front Range.

Recreation & Sports
6
South Metro Denver Chamber

We are committed to improving the strength and stability of our business community. We help our members maximize the value of their membership to increase success.

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7
Colorado Solar Energy Industries Assoc

Our mission is to expand solar and storage markets and to generate jobs and prosperity for the people of Colorado. Together with hundreds of solar and storage business members we work to advance clean energy policies, remove market…

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8
Colorado Press Association

Promote the general interest of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and online publications, improve editorials and business methods of daily and weekly newspapers, and advance those newspapers' usefulness and influence in the public…

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9
Durango Chamber of Commerce

The Durango Chamber of Commerce is a membership based organization that promotes and supports the local business economy.

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10
Wind River Valley Artist Guild
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11
Colorado Assoc of Conservation District

The mission of cacd is to serve as the unified voice for the conservation districts of colorado.

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12
Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce

To support the initiatives of African American business owners and foster an enterprise that focuses on success and viability.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Womens Chamber of Commerce; the most unlike its peers is Greeley Blues Jam. 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

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 810 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
10/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+191 more: $4,039,023 · Other+191 moreTHE COLORADO MOUNTAIN CLUB: $100,000 · EnvironmentPOUDRE LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION I: $100,000 · EnvironmentYMCA OF THE ROCKIES: $99,899 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $96,250 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN ROOTS FOOD PROJECT: $45,870 · Food & NutritionSOCIETY OF OUTDOOR RECREATION PROFESSIONALS: $31,079 · EducationConifer Area Chamber of Commerce: $15,000 · Community ImprovementWEST COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $15,000 · Community ImprovementFREMONT ADVENTURE RECREATION: $22,100 · Recreation & Sports
Other$4,039,023Environment$200,000Human Services$196,149Food & Nutrition$45,870Education$31,079Community Improvement$30,000Recreation & Sports$22,100

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE COLORADO MOUNTAIN CLUB: $100,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetPOUDRE LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION I: $100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOULDER VALLEY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYMCA OF THE ROCKIES: $99,899 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN MOUNTAIN GUIDES ASSOCIATION INC: $97,664 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $96,250 over 1y, 13% of budgetMOUNTAIN ROOTS FOOD PROJECT: $45,870 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSOCIETY OF OUTDOOR RECREATION PROFESSIONALS: $31,079 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetFREMONT ADVENTURE RECREATION: $22,100 over 1y, 14% of budgetConifer Area Chamber of Commerce: $15,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetCOLORADO SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES: $15,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetCOLORADO WOMENS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGreeley Blues Jam: $15,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetWEST COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDress for Success Denver: $15,000 over 1y, 2.7% 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 THE COLORADO MOUNTAIN CLUB ↗
  • Who funds POUDRE LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION I ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOULDER VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN MOUNTAIN GUIDES ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN ROOTS FOOD PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF OUTDOOR RECREATION PROFESSIONALS ↗
  • Who funds FREMONT ADVENTURE RECREATION ↗

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.

Mile High United Way …Colorado Restaurant F…Kenneth Kendal King F…DreamspringGates Family Foundati…Community Foundation …Anschutz Family Found…The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Xcel Energy FoundationVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…
Mile High United Way IncCO15.8× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mile High United Way Inc · Colorado Restaurant Foundation · Kenneth Kendal King Foundation · Dreamspring · Gates Family Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Colorado Enterprise Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Colorado Enterprise Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 810 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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