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The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center

Cndc maximizes the impact of nonprofits through fiscal sponsorship to enable all colorado communities to thrive.

$424k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$83k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Employment$1.8MEducation$1.2MHealth$672kCrime & Legal$100kYouth Development$100kCommunity Improvement$71kPublic Safety & Disaster$21kPublic Benefit$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $272,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $423,552 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $151,052 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $163k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO$82,500
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO$80,000
BIRDSEED COLLECTIVE$25,000
MUSIC MOVEMENT$25,000
MARSHALL TOGETHER$10,000
GES COALITION INC$10,000
THE HADANOU COLLECTIVE$10,000
TOWER INDUSTRY FAMILY SUPPORT$10,000
BRANTLEYS BUDDIES$10,000
PROJECT ANGEL HEART$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%UNA MANO UNA ESPERANZA: $24k → 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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 6 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
38

Total granted

$1.4M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-11%
+17%

Still filing today

67%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $183k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CC
    COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER FDN
    2× · 2021–2022 · $464k · revenue -61%
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
    2× · 2021–2022 · $366k
  • MS
    METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
    2× · 2021–2022 · $246k

Funded once

  • DP
    DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2022 · $540k
  • DC
    DPS CAREER CONNECT
    one grant, 2021 · $540k
  • NL
    New Legacy Charter Schoolgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $140k · revenue +49%
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.

1
Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation

The mission of the Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation is to promote the health and well-being of physicians and physician assistants through evaluation, treatment referral, support education and research.

Health
2
Colorado Chamber of Commerce Fka Co Assn of Commerce & Industry

The colorado chamber of commerce mission is to enhance the business climate of the state of colorado by promoting a positive legislative and regulatory environment and providing programs and services for its members, economic education,…

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3
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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4
Healthier Colorado

Healthier colorado is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to raising the voices of coloradans in the public policy process to improve the health of our state's residents. we believe that every coloradan should have a fair…

Health
5
Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council

Cbhc's mission is to support community resilience, guide behavioral health innovation, and enhance individual well-being throughout colorado by supporting colorado's community behavioral health safety net providers.

Health
6
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
7
Colorado Council On Economic Education

Our mission is to empower colorado students to achieve a lifetime of economic understanding and financial freedom. how will we achieve this mission? by providing economic and personal financial education to students through training…

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8
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
9
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
10
Colorado Thrives

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

Community Improvement
11
Colorado Digital Health

Prime health advances health justice, equity, access quality and cost through innovation, collaboration, and community building.

Health
12
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Community College System Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Culinary Hospitality Outreach and Wellness. 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

22 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. 22 of the 53 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $540,000 · OtherDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLSDPS CAREER CONNECT: $540,000 · OtherDPS CAREER CONNECTREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $366,498 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADOAurora Public Schools Foundation: $325,770 · OtherAurora Public Schools FoundationMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $246,266 · OtherMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVERBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $90,000 · Other+28 more: $515,653 · Other+28 moreCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER FDN: $463,560 · EducationCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DEN…UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $165,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN C…New Legacy Charter School: $140,000 · EducationNew Legacy Charter Schoo…COLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $68,250 · EducationCOLORADO COMMUNITY COLLE…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationTower Industry Family Support Charitable Foundation: $110,000 · HealthTower Ind…Children's Hospital Colorado Health System: $82,500 · HealthChildren'…KIDS FIRST HEALTH CARE: $39,198 · HealthKIDS FIRS…DOCTORS CARE: $32,374 · HealthDOCTORS C…MUSIC MOVEMENT INC: $25,000 · HealthMUSIC MOV…Culinary Hospitality Outreach and Wellness: $15,000 · HealthMOUNTAINLAND PEDIATRICS INC: $13,357 · HealthCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY & FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $100,000 · Crime & LegalBIRDSEED COLLECTIVE: $25,000 · Community ImprovementCOSTILLA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $16,000 · Community ImprovementPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $10,000 · Community ImprovementGES COALITION INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementUNA MANO UNA ESPERANZA: $24,000 · Human ServicesMorgan Strong Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,624,187Education$846,810Health$317,429Crime & Legal$100,000Community Improvement$61,000Human Services$24,000Recreation & Sports$10,000

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 budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER FDN: $463,560 over 2y, 24% of budgetAurora Public Schools Foundation: $325,770 over 1y, 17% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $165,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNew Legacy Charter School: $140,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTower Industry Family Support Charitable Foundation: $110,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY & FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $90,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Health System: $82,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $68,250 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKIDS FIRST HEALTH CARE: $39,198 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDOCTORS CARE: $32,374 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMUSIC MOVEMENT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBIRDSEED COLLECTIVE: $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetUNA MANO UNA ESPERANZA: $24,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCOSTILLA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $16,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCulinary Hospitality Outreach and Wellness: $15,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetMOUNTAINLAND PEDIATRICS INC: $13,357 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN WORLD TRADE CENTER ASSOCIATION: $11,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE HADANOU COLLECTIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGES COALITION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 F…The Denver FoundationRose Community Founda…Colorado Gives Founda…The Colorado TrustCaring for Colorado F…Trailhead InstituteGates Family Foundati…Mile High United Way …Reach Out and Read IncBoettcher FoundationThe Attainment Network
The Colorado Health FoundationCO25.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Colorado Trust · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Trailhead Institute · Gates Family Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Reach Out and Read Inc · Boettcher Foundation · The Attainment Network

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 The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 53 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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