Colorado · Public charity
Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions
COLORADO WORKERS FOR INNOVATIVE AND NEW SOLUTIONS (cowins) is a union representing state employees who work to ensure our quality of life in communities across the state. Our members care for veterans, the sick, and the disabled, maintain the safety and use of our roads and bridges, protect the quality of our drinking water and air,…
- $122k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $110k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $110k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $31k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $8k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Labor Action | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seiu Colorado State Council | $31,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Faith in Colorado | $20,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Colorado Afl-Cio | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United for a New Economy | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coloradans for Accessible and Secure Elections | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Citizens for Integrity | $8,000 | 1 | 5% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Service Employees International Union Local 105
How this is measured
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About Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions
- How much does Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions give?
- Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions reported 4 itemized grants totaling $110,000, out of $121,619 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (72%), Civil Rights (13%), Employment (9%).
- Who are Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Colorado Labor Action ($65k), Seiu Colorado State Council ($31k), Faith in Colorado ($20k).
- Does Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Service Employees International Union Local 105.
- Where is Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions based?
- Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions is based in CO.
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