Colorado · Public charity
Colorado Lions Foundation
Provide support for educational scholarships and humanitarian projects.
- $153k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $94k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,787
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Colorado Lions Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 | 4 | $94k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $31k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $26k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $27k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Lions Camp | $59,045 | 3 | 5% |
| Canon City Noon Lions Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Lions Early Learning Center Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 48% |
| Ensight Skills Center | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($130k), not named here.
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About Colorado Lions Foundation
- How much does Colorado Lions Foundation give?
- Colorado Lions Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $93,712, out of $152,530 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Colorado Lions Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (35%), Health (22%), Human Services (19%).
- Who are Colorado Lions Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Colorado Lions Camp ($59k), Canon City Noon Lions Foundation ($10k), Denver Lions Early Learning Center Inc ($8k).
- Does Colorado Lions Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Colorado Lions Foundation based?
- Colorado Lions Foundation is based in CO.
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