Colorado · Public charity
Colorado Restaurant Foundation
The COLORADO RESTAURANT FOUNDATION is dedicated to providing access to education, skills and financial means to pursue a successful career in the food service and hospitality industries.
- $418k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $372k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,100
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,247
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 146
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Colorado Restaurant Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
HealthYouth DevelopmentEmploymentArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 28 | $372k | 89% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $165k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 72 | $723k | 97% |
| FY2021 | 146 | $1.2M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $215k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $11k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $31k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $33k | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Public Safety & Disaster$2.0MEmployment$478kEducation$152kHealth$100kEnvironment$10kFood & Nutrition$9kRecreation & Sports$6kArts & Culture$6k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khesed Wellness a Colorado Nonprofit DBA Kind Therapy Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Youth Employment Academy | $98,247 | 2 | 4% |
| Creative Dining Services | $44,352 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Restaurant Association Mile High Chapter | $41,635 | 1 | 51% |
| High Point Hilltop LLC | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Joy Hill LLC | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen | $20,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Union Lodge No 1 LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santiagos | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rioja | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khesed Wellness a Colorado Nonprofit DBA Kind Therapy Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Youth Employment Academy | $98,247 | 2 | 4% |
| Creative Dining Services | $44,352 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Restaurant Association Mile High Chapter | $41,635 | 1 | 51% |
| High Point Hilltop LLC | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Joy Hill LLC | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen | $20,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Union Lodge No 1 LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santiagos | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rioja | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ritz-Carlton Naples | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coffee at the Point LLC | $18,521 | 2 | n/a |
| Japan Food Concepts Inc Dba Kobe An | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bistro Vendome | $17,021 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Mesa University Foundation | $16,313 | 1 | n/a |
| Ace Eat Serve | $15,890 | 2 | n/a |
| The Cherry Cricket LLC | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| West of Surrender | $14,507 | 1 | n/a |
| Skills Academy Vocational Center | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Fields Pizza and Market | $13,237 | 1 | n/a |
| Nplh LLC Dba Mile High Hamburger Mary's | $12,583 | 1 | n/a |
| Dash and a Twist LLC | $12,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Dunbar Kitchen & Tap House LLC | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Showstoppers Pizza & Bakery | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Outdoor Education Center Inc | $10,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Early Bird Restaurant | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Steamboat Springs Brewery | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Gourmet for Good | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Pho King Rapidos | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Zeal Boulder LLC | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Griddle Me This | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Bodega | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Carver Brewing Company | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Whole Sol Group Holdings LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of Latter Day Saints | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Seed Market | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Work & Class | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Recess Beer Garden | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Difranco's LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Recess Campus Lounge Corp Dba Campus Lounge | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holiday Inn Denver East | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rosenberg's Kosher | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blanchard Family Wines | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Menya No 1 LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Maple Room LLC Dba the Tatarian | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Russell LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meeting Place Cafe by Vanilla Bean Coffee House LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rosenberg's Bagels | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City O' City | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lou's Italian LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Steuben's | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bones LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chook Coop LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| El Jefe Denver | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tables LLC Dba Tables | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rino Global Ventures LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wash Park Vintner | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Famous Original J's | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Phoenix Restaurant Group LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kaffe Landskap | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bbd Acquisition LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Avanti Food & Beverage | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Divide Brewery & Roadhouse-Lone Tree | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Menya No 2 LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amelia's Place LLC Dba Ingas Alpine Tavern | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Bartenders Guild Denver Chapter | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wynkoop Brewing LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Post Chicken & Beer | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| French 75 LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jeffco Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mr Minerllc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chsp Trs Denver | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vital Root | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Bonnet Restaurant Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Annie's Cafe and Bar | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Levin Deli | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Watercourse Foods | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Milk Market LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinidad State College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crema LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Root Down | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Modern Market | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cattivella | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Linger | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stack LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ted's Montana Grill | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miracle Enterprises Inc Dba the Hornet | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stoic & Genuine | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| El Five | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sullivan Scrap Sandwiches LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ronder Holdings Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ultreia | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kuma's Corner | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barbed Wire Reef | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jax Fish House-Denver LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vesper Lounge LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Taco House Enterprises LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| We Do Tasks LLC Dba Super Mega Bien | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cart-Driver Highlands | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Swing Thai | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jade Cafe Inc | $9,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Baron Von Ruzi LLC Dba the Lobby | $9,975 | 1 | n/a |
| Lfcf LLC | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Coohills Restaurant | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Hops & Pie | $9,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Hotel Teatro | $9,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Whittier Cafe LLC | $9,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Baja in the Rockies LLC Dba Wahoo's Fish | $9,733 | 1 | n/a |
| Hooked LLC | $9,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Luca D'Italia Inc | $9,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Osteria Marco Inc | $9,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Roxy Denver LLC | $9,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Durango 9-R | $9,131 | 1 | n/a |
| Radiator LLC | $9,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Marriott Hotel Services LLC | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Culinarians Helping Entrepreneurial Folks Chef Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kassai Sushi | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 3rd Plane Enterprises | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mizuna LLC | $8,820 | 1 | n/a |
| Cart-Driver | $8,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Halcyon a Hotel in Cherry Creek | $8,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Frank & Roze Coffee Company | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Illegal Burger Capitol Hill | $8,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Maria Empanada LLC | $8,075 | 1 | n/a |
| Babes Tea Room LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Breckenridge Ale House (Amato's Llc) | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Severance High School | $7,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Satellite Bar LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lost Lake Lounge | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Smoking Wood LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Illegal Burger Writer Square | $7,100 | 1 | n/a |
| El Agave Azul | $6,667 | 1 | n/a |
| Que Bueno Suerte | $6,575 | 1 | n/a |
| Ouray Brewery | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Munchies Burgers LLC | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Tangerine Restaurant | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Munchies Pizza & Deli LLC | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Kokoro | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Country Club at Castle Pines Inc | $6,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Happy Cones LLC | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| The Gannet LLC Dba the Plimoth | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Museum of Natural History | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Divide Brewery & Roadhouse- Castle Rock | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gennaro's | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Parma Trattoria Mozzarella Bar | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cherry Creek School District #5 | $5,925 | 1 | n/a |
| Mimosas | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Machete LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Piatti | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Enstrom Candies Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 801 Chophouse | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hapa Sushi | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mtc Ventures LLC a Co LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zaidy's Deli | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cucina Colore | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Le Bilboquet Denver | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kona Grill | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clean Juice Cherry Creek | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ink Coffee Company- Cherry Creek North | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Olive & Finch Cc LLC Dba Olive & Finch Eatery & Bakery | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tokyo Inc Dba Tokyo Joe's | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Margs Taco Bistro | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Syrup | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Narrative | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teaura Cherry Creek North Dba Teaura Tea | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Haagen-Dazs - Cherry Creek Mall | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mehak India's Aroma | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fm Restaurants Holdco LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Island Oyster Bar & Seafood | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sweetginger Asian Bistro&Sushi | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Icon Baseball Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Ku Cha House of Tea Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| La Merise French Bistro | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Corner Beet Cherry Creek | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bad Daddy's Burger Bar | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bazille | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee St Tavern | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phillips Restaurant Group LLC Dba Grind Kitchen & Watering Hole | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 116 recipients with no EIN on record ($866k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Colorado Restaurant Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 9.
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 IncCO74.7× affinity77 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Mile High United Way Inc · Denver Broncos Foundation · Trailhead Institute · Denver Civic Ventures Inc · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado · Caring for Denver Foundation · Colorado Enterprise Fund · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · GenYOUTH Incorporated · The Denver Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
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.
About Colorado Restaurant Foundation
- How much does Colorado Restaurant Foundation give?
- Colorado Restaurant Foundation reported 28 itemized grants totaling $371,971, out of $417,656 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 146 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Colorado Restaurant Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (73%), Employment (17%), Education (5%).
- Who are Colorado Restaurant Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Khesed Wellness a Colorado Nonprofit DBA Kind Therapy Inc ($100k), Youth Employment Academy ($98k), Creative Dining Services ($44k).
- Does Colorado Restaurant Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colorado Restaurant Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mile High United Way Inc, Denver Broncos Foundation, Trailhead Institute.
- Where is Colorado Restaurant Foundation based?
- Colorado Restaurant Foundation is based in CO.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home