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Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc

The foundation is a state-based philanthropic foundation - led by latinos and for latinos.

$13M
Granted FY2024still arriving
166
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$144k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$2.7MYouth Development$2.3MArts & Culture$2.1MCommunity Improvement$1.9MEducation$1.5MHealth$1.3MCivil Rights$823kCrime & Legal$747kOther$0
02FY2024 · 166 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k19 grants · $758k
  • $50k–250k147 grants · $12M
$89,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AYA Foundation$144,050
La Cocina$101,000
Kaizen Food Rescue$100,000
Americas for Conservation and$100,000
Jefferson County Food Policy$100,000
Organization Papagayo$100,000
Heart & Hand Center$100,000
The Village Institute$100,000
Thriving Families$100,000
Advocates for Victims of Assa$100,000
Creative Strategies for Chang$100,000
Advocates for Children CASA$100,000
Colorado High-Country Educati$100,000
Denver Healing Generations$100,000
CASA DE PAZ$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HardBeauty Foundation: $82k → 3%Loaves & Fishes: $50k → 7%CHILD AND MIGRANT SERVICES INC: $26k → 11%COMPANEROS FOUR CORNERS IMMIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER: $24k → 12%HISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT: $25k → 12%ADVOCATES AGAINST DOMESTIC AS: $61k → 18%Early Learning Center of Aspe: $39k → 6%Reaching HOPE: $36k → 10%CHILD & MIGRANT SERVICES INC: $13k → 11%HISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT HAP: $13k → 12%ADVOCATES AGAINST DOMESTIC AS: $14k → 18%The Village Institute: $100k → 8%CHILD & MIGRANT SERVICES INC: $8k → 11%HISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT HAP: $8k → 12%ADVOCATES AGAINST DOMESTIC AS: $7k → 18%Aurora Community Connection: $100k → 8%Foster Source: $72k → 10%Collaborative Healing Initiat: $100k → 8%LATINA SAFEHOUSE INITIATIVE: $55k → 12%LATINA SAFEHOUSE INITIATIVE: $54k → 12%ASIAN PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $27k → 8%EL CENTRO AMISTAD: $28k → 12%LATINA SAFEHOUSE INITIATIVE: $23k → 12%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $10k → 8%LATINA SAFEHOUSE INITIATIVE: $20k → 12%CASA DE PAZ: $100k → 12%LATINA SAFEHOUSE INITIATIVE: $18k → 12%CASA DE PAZ: $28k → 12%CASA DE PAZ: $10k → 12%CASA DE PAZ: $8k → 12%Mi Casa Resource Center: $85k → 12%Una Mano Una Esperanza: $63k → 12%Laboratory to Combat Human Tr: $95k → 12%Juntos Community: $55k → 12%El Grupo Vida: $100k → 12%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 12%Denver Indian Family Resource: $100k → 12%Denver Family Institute: $99k → 12%Thriving Families: $100k → 12%The Center for Trauma & Resil: $99k → 12%Struggle of Love Foundation: $75k → 12%Sun Valley Youth Center: $100k → 12%Sun Valley Kitchen and Commun: $65k → 12%COLORADO PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $13k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 45 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

45 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 138 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
26

Total granted

$4.9M
$540k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+96%

Still filing today

98%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TI
    TRAILHEAD INSTITUTE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $305k · revenue +59%
  • LA
    LATIN AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $248k · revenue +144%
  • I
    INSPIRE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $208k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • M2
    MONTBELLO 2020
    one grant, 2021 · $119k
  • OM
    One Morgan County
    one grant, 2020 · $58k
  • HISPANIC FEDERATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +132%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc

The foundation is a state-based philanthropic foundation - led by latinos and for latinos. the foundation pursues civic, economic, and cultural opportunities that drive a more authentic narrative about latinos in the state and cement a…

Arts & Culture
2
Convivir Colorado

We support immigrant youth as they find power in their migrant experience and use it to enrich themselves and their Colorado communities.

Youth Development
3
Womens Comm Leadership Initiative

WCLI empowers women in Colorado Springs to realize their full leadership potential, breakdown barriers to advancement, create a more inclusive and equitable community for all.

Employment
4
Colorado Thrives

Colorado Thrives exists to support Coloradans to achieve economic mobility through access to good jobs.

Community Improvement
5
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
6
Colectiva Legal Del Pueblo

Colectiva Legal del Pueblo is a non-hierarchal collective organization founded for and by undocumented immigrants working to build community leadership and power for migrant justice through legal services, advocacy and education.

Civil Rights
7
Latina Initiative Colorado

The latina initiative is committed to amplifying the voices of marginalized communities. we encourage latinas to vote to ensure they are heard by elected leaders at all levels.

Civil Rights
8
Colorado Urban Leadership Foundation

The mission of the Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado is to invest in the development of minority leaders, empower them to serve in the interest of community, and leverage all resources to address the racial, economic, education,…

Education
9
The Latino Coalition for Community Leadership

The LCCL seeks to advance resource equity and the well-being of community through its mission to find, fund, form, and feature nonprofits in marginalized communities meeting the needs of individuals and families. As a community-facing…

Community Improvement
10
Colorado People's Action

Colorado people's action (cpa) is a member-driven, racial justice organization dedicated to winning long-lasting progressive public policies in colorado. cpa builds power by mobilizing voters, electing our own people to office, holding…

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11
Colorado Artists in Recovery

Colorado Artists in Recovery utilizes recovery-oriented principles to provide a safe, encouraging, and inclusive environment for people affected by substance use and mental health. Through our workshops and events we nurture their creative…

Arts & Culture
12
Center for Nonprofit Excellence

The Center for Nonprofit Excellence strengthens Southern Colorado's nonprofit sector through leadership and resource development, advocacy and collaboration. Together, with our partners, we are co-creating a vibrant community in the Pikes…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rise Colorado; the most unlike its peers is Conejos County Clean Water Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

194 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 194 of the 212 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

19
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
44
Early backer (in before they grew)
192/194
Grantees still filing
89/194
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LATIN AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $247,500 · Other+87 more: $6,859,002 · Other+87 moreLatina SafeHouse Initiative: $169,000 · Human ServicesLatina SafeHouse…Casa De Paz: $145,000 · Human ServicesCasa De PazINTEGRATED COMMUNITY: $143,500 · Human ServicesINTEGRATED COMMU…EL GRUPO VIDA INC: $112,500 · Human ServicesAURORA COMMUNITY CONNECTION: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHRIVING FAMILIES: $100,000 · Human ServicesSUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Human ServicesCOLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesDENVER INDIAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $100,000 · Human ServicesDENVER FAMILY INSTITUTE: $99,200 · Human ServicesThe Center for Trauma & Resilience CTR: $98,780 · Human ServicesLABORATORY TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $94,500 · Human ServicesMI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $85,000 · Human ServicesAdvocates Against Domestic Assault: $82,500 · Human ServicesHARDBEAUTY FOUNDATION: $81,950 · Human Services+15 more: $665,076 · Human Services+15 moreMUSEO DE LAS AMERICAS: $206,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEO DE LAS AM…LATINO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER: $130,000 · Arts & CultureLATINO CULTURAL…Latino Leadership Institute: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSU TEATRO INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMOYO NGUVU CULTURAL ART CENTER INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO ASIAN CULTURE AND EDUCATION NETWORK: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAS FOR THE ARTS: $100,000 · Arts & CultureNEW DANCE THEATRE INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureNEW COTTAGE ARTS INC: $100,000 · Arts & CulturePAPAGAYO: $100,000 · Arts & CultureThe Word A Storytelling Sanctuary Inc: $100,000 · Arts & CultureNATIVE AMERICAN CANCER RESEARCH CORPORATION: $99,347 · Arts & CultureD3 Arts: $98,500 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN HILLS CARES: $90,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO MUSIC BRIDGE: $90,000 · Arts & CultureFEEL THE BEAT CORP: $85,000 · Arts & CulturePLATTEFORUM: $76,871 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $427,050 · Arts & Culture+8 moreTRAILHEAD INSTITUTE: $304,767 · HealthCOLORADO ORGANIZATION FOR LATINA OPPORTUNITY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $152,500 · HealthLA COCINA: $133,000 · HealthRECOVERYWORKS: $100,000 · HealthJOY AS RESISTANCE: $100,000 · HealthAdaptive Adventures: $100,000 · HealthColorado Alliance for Health Equity and Practice: $90,000 · HealthADAMS PURPOSE: $72,637 · HealthNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF COLORADO: $60,000 · HealthKIDS IN NEED OF DENTISTRY: $51,254 · HealthThe Storytellers Project: $50,000 · HealthCOLORADO BLACK HEALTH COLLABORATIVE: $44,000 · HealthINSPIRE: $207,500 · Youth DevelopmentProject VOYCE: $109,075 · Youth DevelopmentENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys and Girls Club of South Park: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentMake A Chess Move: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $89,364 · Youth DevelopmentYouth Seen: $82,500 · Youth DevelopmentGREATER DENVER CARES MENTORING: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentASPEN YOUTH CENTER: $71,500 · Youth DevelopmentSIMS-FAYOLA FOUNDATION INC: $66,000 · Youth DevelopmentVive: $64,000 · Youth DevelopmentREACH OUT AND READ COLORADO: $63,250 · Youth DevelopmentCENTRO CULTURAL MEXICANO CORP: $44,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $68,500 · Youth DevelopmentJEKL INSTITUTE: $100,000 · EducationGLOWMUNDO CREATIONS INC: $100,000 · EducationCROWLEY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationROOTS FAMILY CENTER: $100,000 · EducationCREATIVE STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE: $100,000 · EducationSOAR - SEEING OUR ADOLESCENTS RISE: $100,000 · EducationMontbello Organizing Committee: $100,000 · EducationAdams 14 Education Foundation: $95,000 · EducationMoonshot edVentures: $76,650 · EducationPUEBLO HISPANIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationGRAND BEGINNINGS: $75,000 · EducationMongolian School of Colorado: $57,500 · EducationThe Farm Collaborative: $55,000 · EducationLATINAS FIRST FOUNDATION: $44,500 · EducationCOLORADO CHANGEMAKERS COLLECTIVE: $163,750 · Community ImprovementAYA FOUNDATION: $144,050 · Community ImprovementCULTIVANDO: $131,750 · Community ImprovementFULL CIRCLE OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementMOUNTAIN RESOURCE CENTER: $100,000 · Community ImprovementGROUNDWORK DENVER INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementWESTWOOD UNIDOS: $89,000 · Community ImprovementAfrican Chamber of Commerce Colorado USA: $64,504 · Community ImprovementWEST COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $61,250 · Community ImprovementDEEP IMPACT: $60,500 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $50,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $65,000 · Community Improvement
Other$7,106,502Human Services$2,377,006Arts & Culture$2,202,768Health$1,258,158Youth Development$1,240,689Education$1,178,650Community Improvement$1,129,804

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRAILHEAD INSTITUTE: $304,767 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $247,500 over 4y, 19% of budgetINSPIRE: $207,500 over 5y, 14% of budgetMUSEO DE LAS AMERICAS: $206,000 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetBARTON INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $200,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING: $185,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetADELANTE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $182,500 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetLatina SafeHouse Initiative: $169,000 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetCOLORADO CHANGEMAKERS COLLECTIVE: $163,750 over 3y, 17% of budgetCOLORADO ORGANIZATION FOR LATINA OPPORTUNITY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $152,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetCasa De Paz: $145,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetAYA FOUNDATION: $144,050 over 1y, 28% of budgetINTEGRATED COMMUNITY: $143,500 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetPADRES UNIDOS INC: $135,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetLA COCINA: $133,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetCULTIVANDO: $131,750 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetLATINO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER: $130,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetVOCES UNIDAS DE LAS MONTANAS: $130,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetCOLORADO STATEWIDE PARENT COALITION: $124,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetNEWSED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP INC: $120,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN WELCOME CENTER: $117,750 over 3y, 14% of budgetEL GRUPO VIDA INC: $112,500 over 2y, 10% of budgetREVISION: $109,200 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetProject VOYCE: $109,075 over 2y, 11% of budgetCONEJOS COUNTY CLEAN WATER INC: $102,500 over 3y, 21% of budgetJEKL INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetLatino Leadership Institute: $100,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetKAIZEN FOOD RESCUE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMOUNTAIN DREAMERS: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGLOWMUNDO CREATIONS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetCROWLEY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetRECOVERYWORKS: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAURORA COMMUNITY CONNECTION: $100,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetHEART AND HAND CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetTHRIVING FAMILIES: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetJOY AS RESISTANCE: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $100,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetSU TEATRO INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetROOTS FAMILY CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetColorado Latino Leadership Advocacy & Research Organization: $100,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetDEL NORTE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE VILLAGE INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetWARM COOKIES OF THE REVOLUTION: $100,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetThe YESS Institute: $100,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCREATIVE STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE: $100,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of South Park: $100,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Colorado Health FoundationCO178.7× affinity132 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Colorado Health Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Caring for Denver Foundation · The Colorado Trust · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    112report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 212 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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