Colorado · Public charity
Colorado Humanities
Develop/sponsor humanities programs
- $760k
- Granted FY2022
- 39
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 77%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $675k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $18,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $48,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 40
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Total assets, FY2022
- $681k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 77% of the organizations Colorado Humanities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 39 | $675k | 77% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $383k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Colorado Heritage Center | $48,000 | 1 | 46% |
| Museum of Friends | $41,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Latino Cultural Arts Center | $32,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Grand County Historical Association | $31,250 | 2 | 12% |
| Museo de Las Americas | $31,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hayden Heritage Center | $30,000 | 2 | 24% |
| The Glenwood Springs Historical Society Inc | $29,533 | 2 | 8% |
| Black American West Museum & Herit | $27,250 | 2 | 3% |
| Museum of Western Colorado Inc | $26,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tread of Pioneers Historical Commission | $22,200 | 2 | 3% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Colorado Humanities supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Bonfils-Stanton Foundation · Redline · Ballantine Family Fund · Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Colorado Health Foundation · Bessie Minor Swift Foundation · Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc
How this is measured
About Colorado Humanities
- How much does Colorado Humanities give?
- Colorado Humanities reported 39 itemized grants totaling $674,864, out of $760,114 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 40 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Colorado Humanities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (76%), Public Safety & Disaster (12%), Education (10%).
- Who are Colorado Humanities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Southeastern Colorado Heritage Center ($48k), Museum of Friends ($41k), Latino Cultural Arts Center ($32k).
- Does Colorado Humanities fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colorado Humanities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Gates Family Foundation, El Pomar Foundation.
- Where is Colorado Humanities based?
- Colorado Humanities is based in CO.
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