How much does Early Milestones Colorado give?

Early Milestones Colorado reported 7 grants totaling $331,381 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 184 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Early Milestones Colorado fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (71%), Education (22%), Health (3%).

Who are Early Milestones Colorado's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families ($493k), Regents of the University of Colorado ($468k), George W Clayton Trust ($460k).

Does Early Milestones Colorado fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Early Milestones Colorado?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation.

Where is Early Milestones Colorado based?

Early Milestones Colorado is based in CO.

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Colorado · Public charity

Early Milestones Colorado

EARLY MILESTONES COLORADO is a nonprofit organization that advances success for young children across the state by accelerating innovation, use of best practices and systemic change. Early milestones envisions a colorado in which every child is valued, healthy and prepared to thrive in school and in life.

$331k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 7
Grants FY2024: 182
Organizations funded FY2023: 6%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $50,000
Organizations funded a year: 12 to 184; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $2.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Early Milestones Colorado funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyArts & 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	6	$282k	67%
FY2023	182	$14M	6%
FY2022	184	$6.4M	98%
FY2018	12	$157k	0%
FY2017	15	$75k	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.

Human Services$15MEducation$4.7MHealth$681kAnimals$265kCommunity Improvement$178kInternational$160kPhilanthropy$99kFood & Nutrition$83kOther$0

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
Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families	$493,268	2	8%
Regents of the University of Colorado	$467,897	2	n/a
George W Clayton Trust	$459,560	2	2%
University of Denver	$440,629	2	0%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center	$409,581	2	1%
Denver Public Schools	$371,602	2	n/a
Community College of Aurora	$310,165	2	n/a
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc	$310,000	2	1%
TEACHorg Inc	$278,812	2	4%
Valley Settlement	$265,000	2	3%

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All grantees of Early Milestones Colorado by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families	$493,268	2	8%
Regents of the University of Colorado	$467,897	2	n/a
George W Clayton Trust	$459,560	2	2%
University of Denver	$440,629	2	0%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center	$409,581	2	1%
Denver Public Schools	$371,602	2	n/a
Community College of Aurora	$310,165	2	n/a
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc	$310,000	2	1%
TEACHorg Inc	$278,812	2	4%
Valley Settlement	$265,000	2	3%
National Wildlife Federation	$264,844	2	0%
Public Education & Business Coalition	$260,000	2	3%
Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition	$250,000	3	5%
Auraria Early Learning Center	$250,000	2	n/a
Mile High Montessori Early Learning Cent	$235,000	2	1%
County of Jefferson State of Colorado	$228,875	2	n/a
Northern Colorado Kids Thrive	$225,000	2	6%
Denver Preschool Program Inc	$225,000	2	n/a
Early Childhood Council of the San Luis Valley Inc	$225,000	2	5%
Sewall Child Development Center	$225,000	2	2%
Summit County Child Care Resource & Referral Agency	$215,000	2	6%
Family Star Inc	$210,000	2	2%
Lena Foundation	$210,000	2	1%
Clear Creek School District	$210,000	2	n/a
Mesa College Day Care Association	$210,000	2	9%
St Vrain Valley Schools	$209,955	2	n/a
Mile High United Way Inc	$200,000	4	0%
Lutheran Social Services of Colorado	$200,000	2	1%
Westminster Public Schools	$200,000	2	n/a
Focus Points Family Resource Center	$200,000	2	3%
Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning	$193,961	2	4%
Denver Early Childhood Council	$192,985	2	5%
Compass Community Collaborative School	$175,000	2	n/a
Colorado Springs Child Nursery Centers Inc	$175,000	2	1%
Healthy Child Care Colorado	$168,798	2	6%
The Boulder Jewish Community Center	$160,000	2	1%
Family Resource Center of the Roaring Fork Schools	$160,000	2	n/a
Americas Association for the Care of Children	$160,000	2	17%
Montessori Academy LLC	$160,000	2	n/a
Lake County School District	$160,000	2	n/a
Teach for America Inc	$160,000	2	0%
Early Learning Ventures	$153,700	2	1%
Seasons Schoolhouse Inc Wonderland Nature School	$152,266	2	7%
Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado	$150,000	2	44%
Ability Connection Colorado Inc	$150,000	2	1%
Littleton Public Schools	$150,000	2	n/a
Rocky Mountain Preparatory Schools	$150,000	2	0%
Jewish Life Center	$150,000	2	n/a
The Children's World School	$145,606	1	n/a
Manaus	$141,693	2	9%
Jeffco Public Schools	$136,854	2	n/a
The Family Centerla Familia	$135,266	2	4%
Companeros Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center	$135,000	2	17%
Montessori Intergenerational Learning Communities	$134,419	2	40%
Edgewater Collective	$133,469	2	19%
Aurora Housing Authority	$132,943	2	n/a
Metropolitan State University of Denver	$132,829	2	n/a
Caon City School District	$131,992	2	n/a
Academy 360	$131,467	2	2%
Gunnison County Department of Healt	$125,000	2	n/a
Family Resource Center Association	$125,000	2	4%
Early Childhood Partnership of Adams Cou	$118,209	4	4%
Edith Teter Preschool Park County	$116,916	2	n/a
Colorado Energy Office	$116,726	2	n/a
Stratton Area Foundation 2 Inc	$113,156	2	81%
Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children	$112,962	2	2%
Steamboat Springs School District RE-2	$112,191	2	n/a
Sunshine Childcare Center at Northeastern	$110,000	2	12%
Maslow Academy of Applied Learning Inc	$110,000	2	4%
Kids in Need of Dentistry	$110,000	2	4%
Connect Care	$110,000	2	n/a
Community Partnership for Child Development	$110,000	2	0%
Bal Swan Childrens Center	$109,504	2	3%
Institute For Racial Equity And Excellence	$109,000	2	3%
You Be You Early Learning	$108,365	2	19%
Haven House of Montrose Inc	$107,783	2	8%
Little Sprouts Learning Center	$105,500	2	30%
Colorado State University	$104,060	2	n/a
Bright Beginnings	$100,000	2	4%
Early Childhood Network	$100,000	2	13%
Town of Breckenridge	$100,000	2	n/a
Custer County Childcare Center	$100,000	2	n/a
Parent Possible	$100,000	1	3%
Burlington Child Care Center	$100,000	2	n/a
Eagle View Learning Center	$99,936	2	n/a
Roaring Fork Valley Early Learning Fund	$99,098	2	22%
YWCA Boulder County	$98,395	2	4%
Jt District 28-J	$97,352	2	n/a
Resilient Communities Resilient Futures Inc	$95,831	2	9%
Ellicott Preschool	$94,525	2	n/a
The Hadanou Collective	$91,413	2	2%
Garfield County	$90,000	2	n/a
Bright Futures	$89,582	4	2%
Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health	$89,275	2	27%
Fort Lewis College	$87,800	2	n/a
Rce Preschool	$85,000	2	n/a
Alta Vista Center for Autism	$85,000	2	1%
Rocky Mountain Preschool	$85,000	2	n/a
Ganeinu	$85,000	2	30%
Small Business Majority Foundation Inc	$85,000	2	1%
Montessori Children's House of Denv	$85,000	2	n/a
Stepping Stones Learning Center Of	$85,000	2	n/a
The Rise School of Denver	$85,000	2	5%
Heartsong Montessori	$81,000	2	n/a
Worklife Partnership	$80,617	2	1%
Early Childhood Council for Yuma Washington & Kit Carson Counties	$80,000	2	10%
Mancos Valley Dragonfly School	$80,000	2	13%
Eagle Valley Child Care Association	$79,080	2	5%
Mvsd Early Learning Center	$75,000	2	n/a
Parker United Methodist Church	$75,000	2	n/a
Sunset Academy	$75,000	2	n/a
Town of Mountain Village	$75,000	2	n/a
Springboard Child Care Inc	$75,000	2	22%
A Plus Learning Center Inc	$75,000	2	n/a
Colorado Association of Family Child Care	$75,000	2	n/a
International School of Denver	$75,000	2	0%
Mapleton Public Schools	$74,984	2	n/a
Temple Sinai	$71,024	2	n/a
San Luis Valley Area Health Education Center Inc	$70,000	2	3%
Congregation Hebrew Educational Alliance	$70,000	2	n/a
Beth Medrosh Hagodol Congregation	$70,000	2	n/a
The Bethany Evangelical Free Church of Littleton Colorado	$69,200	2	n/a
Arapahoe County Early Childhood Council Inc	$67,536	3	2%
Early Childhood Council Leadership Alliance Inc	$66,864	2	3%
Darren Patterson Christian Academy	$65,000	2	5%
The Pinon Project	$64,346	4	1%
Colorado Mountain College	$63,000	2	n/a
Little Einsteins Academy	$60,000	2	n/a
Developmental Fx Developmental & Fragile X Resource	$60,000	2	3%
Colorado Center on Law and Policy	$55,000	2	2%
Treehouse Learning	$55,000	2	n/a
Foundation of Trustees for the Family Learning Cen	$53,840	2	3%
Ouray County Schools Community Resource Consortium Inc	$51,681	2	7%
The Wildflower Foundation	$50,000	2	0%
Longs Peak Learning Center	$50,000	2	n/a
Young Tracks Inc	$50,000	2	3%
Onward a Legacy Foundation	$50,000	2	1%
Immunize Colorado	$50,000	2	5%
Discovery Kids Learning Center II	$50,000	2	n/a
THRiVE Community Building	$50,000	2	11%
Rocky Mountain Children's Discovery	$50,000	2	n/a
Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative	$49,881	2	2%
Family Voices Colorado Inc	$48,857	2	9%
Energize Colorado Inc	$45,250	2	6%
Venture for Success Preparatory Learning Center	$45,000	2	6%
Archuleta County Education Center Inc	$43,142	2	2%
Eagles' Nest Early Learning Center	$43,000	2	2%
Radian Placematters Inc	$42,680	2	6%
The Montessori Institute	$42,504	2	5%
The Goddard School of Erie	$40,000	2	n/a
Pikes Peak Academy	$36,300	2	n/a
Early Childhood Council of la Plata County Inc	$35,641	2	5%
The Acorn School for Early Childhood Development	$35,250	2	1%
Thunderridge High School	$35,000	1	n/a
Children's Rocky Mountain School	$35,000	2	9%
Armenians of Colorado	$35,000	2	22%
Tiny Tim Center Inc Dba Tlc Learning Center	$35,000	2	0%
Hunger Free Colorado	$32,500	2	1%
Smart Learning Academy	$31,141	2	n/a
Wee Love Preschool	$30,938	2	19%
Inspire Learning Llcgoddard Schoo	$30,215	2	n/a
Chaffee County Childcare	$30,000	1	8%
Colorado Association for the Education of You	$30,000	2	32%
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless	$29,033	2	0%
Shining Mountains Montessori School	$26,000	1	9%
Black Parents United Foundation	$25,000	2	6%
Sargent Childcare Association	$25,000	2	3%
We Matter Learning	$25,000	2	n/a
Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learning Center	$25,000	1	1%
Warren Village Inc	$24,989	2	0%
Boulder Journey School	$24,500	2	n/a
Developmental Opportunities Inc	$24,051	2	0%
Littleton Preparatory Charter School	$23,000	2	0%
Silverton Family Learning Center Inc	$22,500	2	4%
Eagle County School District	$22,280	1	n/a
Little Spark Early Learning Center	$22,144	2	n/a
Peaceful Households Peaceful Households	$21,476	2	20%
Chaffee County Early Childhood Council	$21,444	2	4%
Community Coalition for Families and Children	$21,384	2	2%
Aspen Prep Academy	$21,247	2	0%
Southern Colorado Development Disabilities Inc	$20,454	2	0%
Paradise Place	$20,000	1	3%
Young Men's Christian Association of Boulder Valley	$20,000	1	0%
Mancos Early Learning Center	$20,000	2	n/a
Lake George Charter School	$20,000	1	n/a
African Chamber of Commerce Colorado USA	$20,000	1	10%
Grand Beginnings	$19,200	1	4%
North Routt Community Charter School	$18,121	1	1%
Mountain Family Center	$17,234	2	1%
Aspire Medical Services and Education	$17,000	2	3%
East Grand School District 2	$16,142	1	n/a
Colorado River Boces	$16,000	1	n/a
University of Northern Colorado	$15,573	1	n/a
Dragon's Wagon Preschool	$15,500	2	4%
A Precious Child Inc	$15,000	2	0%
Northwest Colorado Community Health Partnership Inc	$12,234	2	1%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo Inc	$12,049	2	0%
Golden Mountain Montessori	$12,000	1	n/a
Montessori Collective	$11,000	1	n/a
Mountain Resource Center	$10,729	2	0%
Park Hill United Methodist Church	$9,760	1	n/a
Roots Family Center	$9,000	1	2%
Una Mano Una Esperanza	$9,000	1	4%
Blue Sky Kids Inc	$8,393	1	n/a
Durango Early Learning Center Inc	$8,004	1	1%
Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver	$8,000	1	0%
West End Family Link Center	$5,000	1	n/a
Morgan County Family Center Inc	$5,000	1	1%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.

Early Milestones Colorado supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 133 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 133.

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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.

Temple Hoyne Buell FoundationCO168.5× affinity92 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc · Gates Family Foundation · Daniels Fund · El Pomar Foundation · Rose Foundation

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.

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About Early Milestones Colorado

How much does Early Milestones Colorado give?: Early Milestones Colorado reported 7 grants totaling $331,381 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 184 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Early Milestones Colorado fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (71%), Education (22%), Health (3%).
Who are Early Milestones Colorado's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families ($493k), Regents of the University of Colorado ($468k), George W Clayton Trust ($460k).
Does Early Milestones Colorado fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Early Milestones Colorado?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation.
Where is Early Milestones Colorado based?: Early Milestones Colorado is based in CO.