Colorado · Public charity
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
COLORADO IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION (circ) was incorporated in 2010 as a non-profit corporation in the state of colorado. Circ is a statewide, membership-based coalition of immigrant, faith, labor, youth, community, business and ally organizations founded in 2002 to improve the lives of immigrants and refugees by making colorado a more…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $490,362
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 | 13 | $1.0M | 85% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $299k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $268k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $18k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network | $490,362 | 1 | 5% |
| Circ Action Fund | $340,500 | 6 | 42% |
| Lamar Unidos LLC | $236,500 | 2 | 24% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Casa De Paz | $147,105 | 1 | 18% |
| Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning | $115,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Colorado People's Action | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Accompaniment and Sanctuary Coalition Colorado Springs | $54,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado People's Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Companeros Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network | $490,362 | 1 | 5% |
| Circ Action Fund | $340,500 | 6 | 42% |
| Lamar Unidos LLC | $236,500 | 2 | 24% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Casa De Paz | $147,105 | 1 | 18% |
| Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning | $115,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Colorado People's Action | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Accompaniment and Sanctuary Coalition Colorado Springs | $54,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado People's Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Companeros Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alianza Norco | $25,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Mountain Dreamers | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hispanic Affairs Project | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Asian Pacific Development Center of COLORADO | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Denver Colorado | $15,200 | 2 | n/a |
| El M0VIMIENTO SIGUE INC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake County Build a Generation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mi Familia En Accion | $12,572 | 1 | 1% |
| Rural Communities Resource Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alweis Film | $8,800 | 1 | n/a |
| San Luis Valley Immigrant Resource | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| El Comite de Longmont | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc · Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Colorado Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
- How much does Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition give?
- Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition reported 13 itemized grants totaling $1,042,467, out of $1,100,486 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (53%), Human Services (38%), Community Improvement (6%).
- Who are Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network ($490k), Circ Action Fund ($341k), Lamar Unidos LLC ($237k).
- Does Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rose Community Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition based?
- Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition is based in CO.
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