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Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau
Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau's, now doing business as Visit Colorado Springs (VCOS), primary exempt purpose is promotion of the Pikes Peak Region. VCOS is designed to stimulate the visitor industry in the Pikes Peak Region by conducting a variety of programs, both continual and intermittent, to enhance the quantity,…
- $435k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $400k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 12 | $400k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $67k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $147k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $169k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $172k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $92k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $252k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $367k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum | $500,000 | 3 | 2% |
| City of Colorado Springs Parks Recreation and C | $260,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Broadmoor Hotel | $162,872 | 3 | n/a |
| Broadmoor Curling Club | $157,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs | $115,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Colorado Springs Sports Corporation | $97,163 | 7 | 1% |
| Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance | $85,775 | 6 | 21% |
| Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Educational Museum Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Amc Institute | $64,745 | 2 | 3% |
| Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region | $60,500 | 5 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum | $500,000 | 3 | 2% |
| City of Colorado Springs Parks Recreation and C | $260,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Broadmoor Hotel | $162,872 | 3 | n/a |
| Broadmoor Curling Club | $157,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs | $115,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Colorado Springs Sports Corporation | $97,163 | 7 | 1% |
| Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance | $85,775 | 6 | 21% |
| Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Educational Museum Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Amc Institute | $64,745 | 2 | 3% |
| Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region | $60,500 | 5 | 2% |
| SSA Group LLC | $48,631 | 1 | n/a |
| Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Foundation | $46,000 | 4 | 4% |
| El Paso County | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Northstar | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United States Figure Skating Association | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Christian Meetings and Conventions Association | $27,475 | 2 | n/a |
| Great Race via Coker Tire Company | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sports Events Media Group | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States of America Wrestling | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Destinations & Travel Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Colorado Springs Community Ventures Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Meetings Industry Council of Colorado | $12,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Revolution Shift Sector | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Association of State Aviation Officials Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northstar Travel Media LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meeting Professionals International Indiana Chapter Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Great White North Communications Ltd | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Colorado Tour Line LLC | $8,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Pikes Peak Pickleball Association | $8,333 | 1 | 15% |
| Pikes Peak Country Attractions Association | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Destinations International Association | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spartan Race Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Judo Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| US Travel Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Community and Entrepreneurial Advancement | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Triple Crown Sports | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pikes Peak International Raceway | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bonnier Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pikes Peak Bike Week LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pikes Peak Marathon Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Altered Reality Entertainment LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau supplied at peak.
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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 Springs Sports Corporation · The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · Ent Credit Union · El Pomar Foundation · Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau with peer funders
About Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau
- How much does Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau give?
- Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau reported 14 itemized grants totaling $400,414, out of $435,414 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Recreation & Sports (30%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum ($500k), City of Colorado Springs Parks Recreation and C ($260k), The Broadmoor Hotel ($163k).
- Does Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Springs Sports Corporation, The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation, Ent Credit Union.
- Where is Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau based?
- Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau is based in CO.
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