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The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

$143M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1,184
Itemized grants FY2024
956
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$132M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$26,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000,000
Organizations funded a year
740 to 999
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
45
Total assets, FY2024
$1.3B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Denver Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving961$101M13%
FY2023956$123M21%
FY2021915$83M16%
FY2020999$97M23%
FY2019891$73M21%
FY2018864$71M36%
FY2017740$57Mn/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.

Education$124MHealth$104MPhilanthropy$97MHuman Services$52MFood & Nutrition$39MArts & Culture$38MEnvironment$30MHousing & Shelter$29MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation$15,168,961843%
University of Colorado Foundation$14,486,64081%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$13,297,27785%
Wake Forest University$10,250,00022%
Denver Broncos Foundation$9,300,0001n/a
Lifespan Local Inc$9,086,87542%
Food Bank of the Rockies$8,670,80484%
Denver Public Schools Foundation$8,368,426842%
Colorado Energy Office$7,644,5917n/a
Barton Institute for Community Action$7,526,237666%
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All grantees of The Denver Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation$15,168,961843%
University of Colorado Foundation$14,486,64081%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$13,297,27785%
Wake Forest University$10,250,00022%
Denver Broncos Foundation$9,300,0001n/a
Lifespan Local Inc$9,086,87542%
Food Bank of the Rockies$8,670,80484%
Denver Public Schools Foundation$8,368,426842%
Colorado Energy Office$7,644,5917n/a
Barton Institute for Community Action$7,526,237666%
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc$6,476,123821%
Trailhead Institute$5,377,328725%
Colorado State University Foundation$5,190,35083%
Urban Peak Denver$5,013,326815%
Craig Hospital Foundation$4,962,379824%
University of Denver$4,954,25180%
One Good Turn$4,891,000852%
Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation$4,326,492855%
Learning Ally Inc$4,089,50076%
The Salvation Army$4,055,3658n/a
Plentiful$4,000,000195%
Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc$3,706,167811%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center$3,657,64986%
Denver Art Museum$3,474,51383%
The Alliance For Collective Action$3,424,551845%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$3,241,50043%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado Inc$3,221,278842%
Nourish Colorado$3,169,059798%
Colorado Symphony Association$3,138,46884%
Colorado Mesa University Foundation$3,124,28088%
The Gathering Place a Refuge for Rebuilding Lives$3,030,869830%
Colorado Community College System Foundation$3,018,269639%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,972,45480%
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network$2,886,171819%
City of Denver Colorado$2,851,8098n/a
Colorado West Regional Mental Health Inc$2,783,26427%
The Trust for Public Land$2,687,50082%
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc$2,524,21282%
Atlas Economic Research Foundation$2,435,00075%
Cobalt Foundation$2,356,133819%
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art C/O Denver Art Museu$2,323,121380%
The Western Stock Show Association$2,291,93884%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$2,276,3162n/a
Mi Casa Resource Center$2,244,325833%
Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund$2,048,213516%
Denver Basic Income Project$2,021,00020%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$2,000,0003n/a
Northeast American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church$2,000,0001n/a
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Diocese of South-West America$2,000,0001n/a
Colorado Open Lands$1,914,01782%
High Hopes Colorado$1,900,000556%
High Line Canal Conservancy$1,887,819832%
Metro Caring$1,833,82186%
University of Hawaii Foundation$1,800,00051%
Colorado Museum of Natural History$1,788,68882%
Year One Inc$1,751,531817%
Care and Share Inc$1,750,39062%
Icivics Inc$1,710,00077%
Colorado Succeeds$1,665,000715%
Hunger Free Colorado$1,651,167811%
KIPP Colorado Schools$1,642,33953%
Colorado Health Institute$1,621,200714%
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation$1,613,197827%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$1,592,78470%
Oregon State University Foundation$1,509,64230%
La Clinica Tepeyac$1,508,716813%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$1,506,00022%
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc$1,505,05081%
Agora Partnerships$1,502,000153%
Denverworks Inc$1,479,406738%
Evangelical Congregational Church$1,472,6008n/a
Crosspurpose$1,440,000810%
Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver$1,436,15082%
La Raza Services Inc$1,431,500811%
Mile High United Way Inc$1,422,40482%
Regents of the University of Colorado$1,409,6048n/a
Denver Scholarship Foundation$1,393,63284%
Rocky Mountain Microfinance$1,381,668836%
Mental Health Center of Denver$1,355,77381%
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition$1,341,500718%
Creede Repertory Theatre$1,326,677382%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc$1,290,51581%
Lutheran Social Services of Colorado$1,265,06282%
The Kempe Foundation$1,265,022811%
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless$1,260,22970%
Array Education Inc$1,248,59524%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$1,246,23781%
Activate Work Inc$1,243,157419%
St Vrain Valley Schools$1,242,7783n/a
Npx Charitable Inc$1,240,50038%
Opera Colorado$1,240,254518%
Colorado Center on Law and Policy$1,235,129535%
Project Worthmore$1,204,544810%
Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado$1,180,08684%
Colorado Children's Campaign$1,178,038813%
Village Exchange Center Inc$1,170,621713%
Presbyterian Church USA$1,154,9747n/a
Work Options for Women Dba Work Options$1,150,042819%
The Center for Trauma & Resilience CTR$1,143,850812%
Rise Colorado$1,137,465633%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,135,50080%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,110,26280%
New Profit Inc$1,100,00071%
Colorado Youth for a Change$1,085,99587%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$1,084,86081%
Transcend Inc$1,075,00062%
Alliance for Choice in Education$1,074,83081%
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum$1,072,316612%
Denver Indian Center Inc$1,063,150342%
Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver$1,051,018814%
United States Catholic Conference$1,035,0005n/a
Evans Scholars Foundation$1,032,49282%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$1,032,26181%
The Attainment Network$1,025,000231%
Western Resource Advocates$1,002,30082%
Colorado Schools Fund$1,000,00018%
Construction Education Foundation of Colorado$1,000,000154%
Friends and Neighbors of Washington Park Inc$1,000,000197%
Denver Children's Advocacy Center$988,888639%
Emily Griffith Foundation$988,614833%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Denver$983,47582%
St Elizabeth's School$983,097811%
Chef Ann Foundation$974,137516%
Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church$962,9708n/a
Revision$962,410817%
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver$955,90087%
Visiontrust International Inc$954,66988%
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$948,18885%
Bayaud Enterprises Inc$930,15083%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America$915,4313n/a
Ministerio Internacional El Rey Jesus Inc$904,6616n/a
Second Chance Center Inc$896,908811%
Project Pave Inc$895,536727%
Nyu Langone Hospitals$894,22920%
Warren Village Inc$883,71883%
Invest in Kids$874,00089%
Conservation Colorado Education Fund$858,00086%
Summer Scholars$855,66388%
Colorado Mountain College Foundation Inc$850,00029%
National Immigration Forum$850,000210%
City Year Inc$849,40060%
Project Angel Heart$844,92483%
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc$840,50085%
Denver Center for the Performing Arts$832,50880%
Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities Inc$827,850767%
United for a New Economy$827,310816%
Second Chance Through Faith$817,352761%
Denver Public Schools$813,0278n/a
Bluff Lake Nature Center$810,250714%
Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning$804,64388%
Southwest Colorado Mental Health Center Inc$802,44532%
Bicycle Colorado$796,200721%
Central Denver Classical High School$790,0123n/a
University of Northern Colorado Foundation$787,00081%
Easter Seals Colorado$779,49987%
Kingdom Builders Family Life Center$778,980723%
Denver Food Rescue$772,093421%
Emergency Family Assistance Association$766,66882%
Voces Unidas for Justice$765,939624%
I Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County$763,00074%
Colorado Academy$760,94181%
The Tahirih Justice Center$750,00016%
Transforming Research Into Action to Improve the Lives of Students$749,8861n/a
Kent Denver Country Day School$746,31881%
Center for African American Health$743,229814%
Volunteers of America Colorado Branch$739,0918n/a
The Childrens Museum of Denver Inc$731,03683%
Iliff School of Theology$728,4888n/a
Colorado Skies Academy$727,00038%
Relevant Word Ministries$721,8957n/a
Generation Schools Network Inc$720,000212%
Morris Animal Foundation$719,27881%
The New Hampton School$717,77880%
Metro Community Provider Network Inc$715,99631%
Aurora Economic Opportunity Coalition Inc$711,780749%
9to5 National Association of Working Women Inc$693,80087%
Latino Cultural Arts Center$691,646538%
Young Life$687,58580%
Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative Inc$684,84988%
Denver Dumb Friends League$684,64081%
National Jewish Health$684,17580%
The Growhaus$676,876819%
Women's Bean Project$665,200811%
Voces Unidas de Las Montanas$661,800530%
St Anthony Health Foundation$661,3528n/a
Center for Health Progress$643,349618%
Colorado State University- Pueblo Foundation$630,70885%
Youth Transformation Center$629,120686%
Energy Outreach Colorado$628,86580%
Community Food Share Inc$626,13151%
Masschallenge Inc$625,00063%
The Fort Lewis College Foundation$621,05042%
Arrupe Jesuit High School$620,7508n/a
Watson Institute$620,75086%
Cornelia Connely Center for Education$615,4495n/a
Denver Hybrid College$615,000457%
Groundwork Denver Inc$614,850813%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$614,50060%
Denver Rescue Mission$613,34880%
Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores$610,500718%
Young Americans Center for Financial Education$609,789812%
Focus Points Family Resource Center$607,34985%
Juvenile Assessment Center$607,055417%
New York University$603,82140%
Next One Up Foundation Inc$600,000411%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$600,00013%
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation$600,00042%
Turing School of Software and Desig$600,00036%
University of Colorado Health$599,0401n/a
Regis University$598,17180%
The Western Way Organization$598,000555%
Caring and Sharing Community Resource Center$595,500781%
Glowmundo Creations Inc$593,040797%
Resilient Communities Resilient Futures Inc$591,447619%
Health Services District of Northern Larimer County$588,7241n/a
Zen Center of Denver$581,000440%
Hellenic College Inc$575,0852n/a
Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home$574,81481%
Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children$571,50085%
Mile High Workshop Inc$566,100713%
Montbello Organizing Committee$564,97577%
Teach for America Inc$564,75070%
Health Solutions$563,30031%
George W Clayton Trust$562,54142%
Sewall Child Development Center$556,05382%
Graland Country Day School$555,43881%
The Colorado Education Initiative$555,000314%
The Food Bank for Larimer County$551,00012%
Denver Academy Inc$548,30071%
Adelante Community Development$541,750523%
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority$538,0002n/a
Mountain Family Health Centers$536,70022%
Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation$533,50081%
So All May Eat Inc$533,110619%
Denver Zoological Foundation$530,90081%
Clayton Early Learning Trustee George W Clayton Trust$523,4664n/a
Neighborhood Development Collaborative Inc$520,725572%
Jobs for the Future Inc$520,00030%
Street Fraternity Inc$514,950725%
Together Colorado$514,400812%
New Dance Theatre Inc$511,07184%
The Trustees of Princeton University$510,00080%
Mile High Montessori Early Learning Cent$509,12182%
Careerwise Colorado$505,00037%
Education Design Lab$500,87117%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$500,00010%
American Immigration Council$500,00016%
Just Keep Livin Foundation$500,00016%
Womens Justice Initiative Inc$500,000619%
Texas Baptist Men Inc$500,0001n/a
BakerRipley$500,00010%
Peopleforbikes Foundation$500,00018%
Social Finance Inc$500,00013%
Midwestern Colorado Mental Health Center$500,00013%
Girl Scouts of Colorado$499,31881%
Swallow Hill Music Association$499,00084%
Prodigy Ventures Inc$496,025810%
The Thrive Network$495,000569%
Civic News Company$492,50043%
Summit Community Care Clinic Inc$491,93815%
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund$489,50084%
Judi's House Inc$487,39082%
Alta Vista Center for Autism$486,67954%
Colorado Cross Disability Coalition$486,325616%
Rocky Mountain World Trade Center Institute$485,000429%
Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Center$484,750416%
Growing Home Inc$475,67483%
Valley-Wide Health Systems Inc$475,00021%
The Hadanou Collective$474,91084%
Denver Kids Inc$470,00083%
Archdiocese of Denver$469,8168n/a
United States Figure Skating Association$467,57080%
Greater Colorado Council Boy Scouts of America$461,42081%
Bridge House$461,20054%
The United Way of Morgan County Colorado$460,868197%
Archbridge Institute$460,000124%
Center for Community Wealth Building$459,040518%
Trinity Episcopal School$455,00050%
Surge Institute$454,90073%
Benevolent Healthcare Foundation$454,50080%
The Trustees of the Smith College$454,10070%
Tri-County Health Network$451,779219%
St Michael's Home Inc$450,00025%
Ps Arts$450,000113%
Usta Foundation Incorporated$450,00043%
Girls in the Know$450,000251%
Youth Employment Academy$449,750618%
Global Down Syndrome Foundation$443,70082%
College Track$440,34780%
East Denver Colfax Partnership Inc$439,538424%
Mile High Ministries$438,34953%
Aurora Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center Inc$437,34051%
The Delores Project$434,700813%
Moonshot edVentures$433,75056%
Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition$430,25077%
Intercambio de Comunidades$425,84088%
Hope House of Colorado$419,91083%
The Archer Group$418,25064%
Denver Biennial of the Americas Corp$418,200816%
Pine Point School Inc$418,00053%
Colorado Open Golf Foundation Inc$415,50077%
Trinity United Methodist Church - Denver$413,0758n/a
Community Enterprise Development Services$411,000514%
PASSAGEWAYS INSTITUTE INC dba PASSAGEWORKS INSTITUTE$410,435434%
The Arc of Aurora$410,00069%
New Era Colorado Foundation$409,83585%
Impact Network$409,0003n/a
Cobbled Streets-Helping Homeless & Foster Kids Move Forward$408,500523%
Colorado Christian University$402,98280%
The Family Centerla Familia$401,930325%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$401,90060%
Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council$401,66047%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$401,52560%
Impact on Education Inc$400,622313%
Denver Tennis Park$400,0002n/a
Loyola University$400,00050%
Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association$397,92363%
Kids at Their Best Inc$394,806316%
Hope Center Inc$394,30084%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$388,13380%
Aurora Warms The Night Inc$386,000425%
Inside Out Youth Services$384,10069%
Abbott House Inc$384,00042%
Adams County Education Consortium$383,300521%
Heavy Hands Heavy Hearts Foundation$383,000684%
Colorado Village Collaborative$380,600611%
St Anne's Episcopal School Inc$380,14961%
The Urban Food Initiative Inc$380,12819%
United Way of Weld County Inc$375,00018%
Doctors Care$370,50039%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$366,35780%
Mosaic Unlimited Inc$365,000484%
The Housing Authority of the City and County of Denver$362,0004n/a
Raise the Future$360,60081%
Vega Collegiate Academy$357,4101n/a
Southeast Mental Health Services$356,50023%
Griffith Centers$355,26181%
Mental Health America of Colorado$353,00085%
The Greenway Foundation Inc$351,80087%
Operation Homefront Inc$350,33380%
Colorado Business Roundtable Partners$350,000298%
Brink Literacy Project$350,000126%
Hope Communities Inc$349,85372%
Weld Food Bank$349,55031%
Motus Theater$348,600723%
Colorado Nonprofit Association$348,60066%
Forest Heights Lodge Inc$348,090117%
Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center$348,00063%
Colorado State Patrol Family Foundation$348,00084%
Just For Kids Foundation Inc$347,500845%
Credit Counseling of Arkansas Inc$346,3051n/a
Griptape Org Inc$345,000314%
Mountain View United Church$344,7762n/a
Steadman Philippon Research Institute$343,00071%
Ball State University Foundation Inc$341,00050%
Uw-Whitewater Foundation Inc$340,67833%
Brothers Redevelopment Inc$340,10081%
Mosaic Church of Aurora$338,2504n/a
Denver School of Science and Technology Inc$338,00061%
Project VOYCE$335,00088%
Worklife Partnership$334,41374%
The Conflict Center$332,992811%
Foundation for Black Entrepreneurship$332,500612%
Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center$331,900794%
Denver Urban Gardens$330,99085%
Climate Democracy Initiative$330,000239%
Diocese of Little Rock$329,8002n/a
Redline$329,71483%
Interfaith Alliance of Colorado$329,11856%
Hospice of Metro Denver Inc$327,91180%
Chabad of California$325,0006n/a
Opera Colorado Foundation$324,500336%
Platteforum$324,000818%
Seniors' Resource Center Inc$323,39572%
Maria Droste Services of Colorado Inc$321,40073%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$321,00060%
Ars Nova Chamber Singers Inc Dba Ars Nova Singers$320,369257%
Educating Children of Color Inc$320,000645%
ACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc$317,85083%
Denver Youth Program$317,75088%
Museo de Las Americas$317,67186%
Soul 2 Soul Sisters$316,983513%
Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado$316,90886%
The Colorado College$315,64380%
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence$315,30857%
Environmental Learning for Kids$315,15585%
Boulder Valley School District$315,0403n/a
Colorado Center for the Blind$314,50083%
Wedontwaste Inc$313,94761%
Asian Pacific Development Center of COLORADO$312,65039%
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research$310,000518%
Summit County Resource Center Dba Family & Intercultural Resource Center$309,00034%
Struggle of Love Foundation$306,70557%
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center$305,34368%
Climb Hire Inc$300,00028%
Snqweylmistin$300,000367%
Avanza Latino$300,0002n/a
Oahu Resource Conservation & Development$300,000117%
Samaritan's Purse$299,11080%
Metro Crisis Services Inc$298,00035%
Sprout City Farms$297,250615%
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalit$296,125715%
The Giving Spirit$295,00087%
Thompson School District$294,9342n/a
Fremont School District Re-2$294,6441n/a
Water Street Ministries$294,00061%
Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8$293,2501n/a
New Legacy Charter School$293,20082%
La Cocina$293,186549%
Jovial Concepts$292,895520%
Angelica Village$290,487235%
Shalom Park$290,40061%
La Puente Home Inc$290,00048%
Code2college$290,00057%
Cherry Creek School District #5$290,0001n/a
Livlyme Foundation$288,500628%
Inner City Health Center$288,00065%
Family Resource Center Association$288,00035%
Lincoln Hills Cares$286,950614%
Sims-Fayola Foundation Inc$286,050625%
Space for Giants USA Inc$285,000613%
Colorado Women's Employment & Education Inc$284,00084%
Peak Vista Community Health Ctrs Foundation$282,5361n/a
Dominican Home Health Agency Inc$282,24983%
Scottish Rite Foundation of Colorado$282,00085%
Share Our Strength$281,73940%
Arkansas Justice Collective Aiding Survivors of Trafficking and Chil$281,2001n/a
Jeffco Action Center Inc the Action Center$280,70971%
Benefits in Action$280,50029%
Coalition for the Upper South Platte$278,56076%
Third Sector New England Inc$278,50050%
Sun Valley Community Center$276,272514%
Praxis Inc$275,00061%
Earthlinks Inc$274,35078%
Denver Jewish Day School$273,82430%
Young African Americans for Social and Political Activism$273,05068%
Padres Unidos Inc$272,780547%
Roots Colorado Inc$272,25057%
West Community Economic Development Corp$270,50077%
Colorado Institute of Developmental Pediatrics Inc$269,04566%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America$268,8818n/a
Juntos Community$267,906212%
Queer Asterisk$266,100315%
Big City Mountaineers$266,000514%
The Denver Waldorf School Association$265,28681%
Athletics & Beyond$264,530712%
Restoration Project International$264,200792%
Ethiopian Community Dev Council Inc$263,00960%
Denver Film Society$261,49081%
Community Dental Clinic Inc$260,900214%
Littleton Town Hall Arts Center$260,000315%
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts$258,45089%
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art$258,32878%
Progressnow Colorado Education$257,50066%
Horizons National Student Enrichment Program Inc$257,50072%
Special Olympics Colorado$255,93781%
Colorado News Collaborative$254,000712%
Attention Inc$253,97972%
Family Promise of Greater Denver Inc$253,800622%
The Bell Policy Center$253,55085%
Valley Settlement$252,65527%
Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged$251,03389%
Housing Connector$250,00012%
Mitchell Kapor Foundation$250,00010%
Fireproof Ministries Inc$250,00038%
St Clare of Assisi Catholic Parish in Edwards$250,0002n/a
Mind Springs Foundation Inc$250,0001n/a
Land O'Lakes Venture37$250,00011%
New Story Inc$250,00061%
The Capital Good Fund$250,00014%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$250,00011%
Ashoka$250,00011%
Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley Inc$250,00023%
Vail Christian School Inc$250,00023%
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc$250,00011%
Summitstone Health Partners$250,00011%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$250,00011%
The Challenge Foundation Inc$249,50077%
The Reciprocity Collective$248,500673%
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Educational and Charitable Foundation Inc$245,938611%
Cheyenne Village$245,00061%
Summit School District$244,0001n/a
Boulder Food Rescue$243,56055%
Colorado Legal Services$243,43311%
Education Quality Outcomes Standards Inc$241,500135%
National Sports Center for the Disabled Inc$241,00073%
Skill Growth$240,57013%
Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation$240,000713%
City of Colorado Springs Parks Recreation and C$239,8602n/a
Freedom Service Dogs Inc$239,82781%
Impact 100 Metro Denver$239,726549%
The Chosen & Dearly Loved Foundation$238,50048%
The Park People$236,25067%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$235,56480%
Coalition for the Common Good$235,00080%
Circulate Initiative Inc$233,33414%
Compound of Compassion$233,250457%
Morgan Community College Foundation$233,07029%
Rocky Mountain Institute$232,22140%
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence Inc$230,50073%
Solid Rock Christian Church$230,0002n/a
Western Colorado University Foundation$230,00013%
Jt District 28-J$230,0003n/a
Roundup River Ranch$229,45081%
Rocky Mountain Youth Medical and Nursing$228,20051%
Wild Bear Nature Center$228,000216%
Union Gospel Mission$228,0006n/a
Park Hill Collective Impact$226,500517%
Colorado Jobs With Justice Inc$225,950722%
The Houston Food Bank$225,00060%
Ascending to Health Respite Care Inc$225,000122%
Congregation Emanuel$224,2298n/a
Ability Connection Colorado Inc$223,59051%
The Chanda Plan Foundation$222,90059%
The ROCK Center$222,500720%
The Friendship Bridge$220,97863%
Olathe Community Clinic Inc$218,10213%
Family Learning Center$217,00066%
Centennial Mental Health Center Inc$216,30012%
Anti-Defamation League$216,13780%
Live Free Ministries$215,000517%
Feeding Denvers Hungry Inc$214,610150%
Advocates for Children$213,000216%
Peak Education$212,755212%
Colorado Dream Foundation$212,50083%
Food For Thought Denver$210,00064%
East Colfax Community Collective$209,95037%
Curious Theatre Company$208,65385%
The Springs Rescue Mission$208,50080%
St Marys Academy for the Sisters of Loretto$208,2008n/a
Community Resource Center Inc$208,19875%
Chinook Fund Inc$207,250813%
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe$207,0503n/a
Galvanize Foundation$207,0001n/a
Partnership for a Healthier America Inc$206,75011%
Literacy Council of Benton County$205,2001n/a
Lyra$205,000213%
Educators for Excellence Inc$205,00070%
Young Invincibles$205,00052%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$203,00060%
Women's Wilderness Institute$201,271419%
350 Colorado$200,961821%
Sister Carmen Community Center Inc$200,63451%
Colorado African Organization$200,500314%
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation$200,00023%
Johns Hopkins University$200,00020%
Springboard Collaborative$200,00050%
The Learning Source$200,00025%
Quechua Benefit$200,000522%
Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation$200,000228%
Claremont Graduate University$200,00010%
Credential Engine Inc$200,00023%
Hillside Learning Center$200,00027%
Roots Connected Inc$200,0001n/a
New Gate to Peace Foundation$200,00012%
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund$200,00016%
MeWe International Inc$199,000134%
Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado Inc$197,888611%
Project Restart Inc$197,00047%
Denver Inner City Parish Inc$196,15072%
Mercy Housing Mountain Plains$195,05042%
Center for Legal Advocacy$195,00072%
Christian Mission Aid Inc$194,44287%
American Opinion Foundation Inc$194,44281%
Colorado Orthodontic Foundation Aka the Cof$194,442832%
Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc$194,40781%
Heifer International Foundation$194,050713%
The For All Mankind Movement Inc$194,00073%
Fresh Food Connect$193,000489%
Kidpower of Colorado Inc$192,500617%
Council on Foundations Inc$192,25080%
School District 12 Education Foundation$192,09765%
Trauma Resource Institute Inc$190,00064%
Speak Our Minds Ending the Youth Mental Health Crisis$190,000256%
Tessa$190,00023%
Weighout Ministries$190,000372%
Aims Community College$188,7751n/a
Parent Possible$188,32473%
Family Tree Inc$188,10080%
Congregation Hebrew Educational Alliance$187,6806n/a
YMCA of the Rockies$187,65470%
The MISS Foundation Mothers in Sympathy & Support$187,00054%
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights$185,00486%
Migrant Clinicians Network Inc$185,00053%
Colorado Rural Health Center$185,00037%
Twocor Projects$184,00028%
Colorado Latino Leadership Advocacy & Research Organization$183,750816%
The Denver Homeless Voice$183,200840%
Community Living Alternatives Inc$182,06262%
Unitarian Universalist Association$182,0008n/a
Good Business Colorado$180,875614%
Front Line Farming$180,75037%
Central City Opera House Association$180,11781%
Community Access to the Arts Inc$180,00029%
Amp the Cause$180,00056%
St Mary's Hospital Foundation$179,70013%
Grid Alternatives$179,50031%
Clinica Campesina Family Health Services$178,96010%
Child Advocates - Denver Casa$178,29886%
The Arc of Colorado$177,00065%
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Inc$175,67471%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$175,58980%
Association for Community Living$175,00073%
The Community Firm$175,000524%
Rocky Mountain Conference$175,0006n/a
San Luis Valley Immigrant Resource$175,00068%
Film Society of Austin Inc$174,70041%
The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum$174,04834%
Think 360 Arts for Learning$173,60076%
Children's Diabetes Foundation$173,50052%
Kids Above Everything$172,400524%
Greenwood Community Church$171,5006n/a
Senior Support Services Inc$171,39568%
National Black Child Development Institute$170,50062%
Comitis Crisis Center Inc$170,10033%
Catalytic Impact Foundation Inc$170,00053%
Ready to Work Aurora$170,00044%
The Salvation Army$169,0003n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$168,20080%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$167,50070%
The St Francis Center$167,15071%
Smithsonian Institution$167,00010%
Integrated Family Community Services$166,87561%
Colorado Fiscal Institute$166,00066%
Show and Tell Corporation$165,000325%
Colorado Youth Congress$165,000415%
Denver Bar Foundation$165,000488%
Bravo Colorado at Beaver Creek-Vail Inc Dba Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival$164,75081%
Vibe Tribe Adventures$164,000427%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo Inc$163,19022%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$163,0007n/a
Bright Beginnings$163,00044%
Karis Community$162,650613%
Kids First Health Care$160,10052%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County$160,00029%
Blind Institute of Technology$159,50074%
Mothers in Arms$159,000112%
Colorado Springs Conservatory Foundation$158,50034%
University of Texas$155,4596n/a
Havern Center Inc$155,00023%
Camelback Ventures$155,00061%
Dress for Success Denver$155,000613%
Third Law Dancetheater$155,000222%
Montessori del Mundo Charter School$154,75051%
Minds Matter Colorado Inc$154,63667%
Mediators Foundation Inc$154,50033%
Union County Foundation Inc$154,50039%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$153,50020%
Phamaly Theatre Company$153,35057%
El Sistema Colorado$153,000310%
Texas Children's Hospital$152,81840%
Heart and Hand Center$152,56583%
Aya Foundation$152,550320%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$152,03460%
Colorado Uplift Inc$151,70061%
Aurora Community Connection$151,50065%
Right to Read of Weld County Inc John Haefeli President$151,50047%
Youth on Record$151,38274%
Grid Alternatives Colorado Inc$150,5473n/a
Colorado Young Leaders$150,500524%
Johnson Adult Day Program Inc$150,00037%
Team Wethrive Inc$150,000236%
Able Inc$150,00011%
Hey Neighbor$150,000230%
City of Big Springs Parks & Recreation$150,0001n/a
Eagle Valley Land Trust$150,00082%
Horsechart Collaborative$150,000279%
Energize Colorado Inc$150,00016%
Community Foundation of San Luis Valley$150,000126%
Philanthropy Colorado$149,595710%
Colorado Juvenile Defender Center DBA Transformative Justice Proj of Colo$149,500732%
American Heart Association Inc$149,02670%
Als United Rocky Mountain$148,851413%
Mountain Resource Center$148,78452%
Latina SafeHouse Initiative$148,250415%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$148,00040%
Special Forces Foundation$148,00046%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$147,55680%
Colorado Horse Rescue$147,39185%
Shedd Aquarium Society$145,00070%
Convivir Colorado$145,000228%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley Inc$145,00036%
Grand Canyon Conservancy$145,00060%
Epiphany Space Inc$145,000818%
Colorado Children's Chorale$144,44943%
Newsed Community Development Corp Inc$144,28054%
Colorado Judicial Institute$143,806617%
Consensus Building Institute Inc$143,70013%
Greenhouse Scholars$143,50051%
Laradon Hall Society for Exceptional Children and Adults$142,50050%
The Wild Animal Sanctuary$141,95180%
Foster Source$141,854611%
Institute for the New Man$141,24063%
Maralliance$141,000412%
New Hope Childrens Ministries$140,85877%
Strive Preparatory Schools$140,56560%
Colorado People's Alliance$140,54766%
Food Co-Op Initiative$140,000125%
North Side High School Alumni Association$139,5802n/a
Outreach United Resource Center Inc$139,14062%
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens$139,00048%
Su Teatro Inc$138,20057%
Extreme Community Makeover$138,000528%
Cultivando$137,54755%
Wonderbound$137,50082%
Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable$137,00048%
State Historical Society of Colorado the Colorado State Museum$137,0006n/a
Dreamspring$137,00041%
Colorado Ballet$136,28280%
Morgan County Family Center Inc$135,51943%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$134,89960%
Three Birds Alliance$133,80062%
Colorado State University$133,6364n/a
Jesuit Community at Santa Clara University Inc$133,5004n/a
Stepping Stone Communities Inc$133,50036%
The Pew Charitable Trusts$133,00010%
Wellshire Presbyterian Church$132,9184n/a
The YESS Institute$132,70054%
Make A Chess Move$132,500615%
The Maxfund Inc$132,06581%
American Diabetes Association$131,51770%
Denver Early Childhood Council$131,50061%
The Heritage Foundation$131,21740%
Lucky Bikes$131,00067%
Mpowered$130,075210%
First Light Foundation$130,000363%
Earthworks$130,00061%
RTL Foundation$130,000224%
Claris Health$130,00064%
Herbalife Family Foundation$130,00050%
Instep Ministries International$128,405441%
Rural Communities Resource Center$128,0002n/a
Teens Inc$127,30061%
Ges Coalition Inc$127,000225%
The Morrison Theater Company$127,00036%
Nations Ablaze International$126,956137%
Trustees of Phillips Academy$126,91080%
Drylands Agroecology Research Foundation$126,78219%
The Other Side Academy$126,75021%
Una Mano Una Esperanza$126,500419%
As You Sow$126,00081%
Blue Star Recyclers$126,00054%
Vanguard School of Lake Wales Florida Inc$126,00032%
Protect Our Winters$125,65552%
Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation$125,50071%
Mackintosh Academy$125,06081%
Montana Technological University Foundation$125,00011%
Youth Empowerment Broadcasting Org$125,000546%
University of Virginia Alumni Association$125,00020%
Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County$125,00042%
Platte Valley Healthcare Project$125,00013%
National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Inc$125,00011%
The Pinon Project$125,00014%
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc$125,00011%
Tewecado Trust Inc$125,000584%
Wish for Wheels Inc$125,000412%
Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine - Sirum$125,00060%
Full Circle Program Inc$125,00016%
Audio Information Network of Colora$124,00063%
New American Leaders Inc$123,9812n/a
Wellspring Church$122,0007n/a
The Uc Davis Foundation$121,00020%
American Cancer Society Inc$120,61780%
Black American West Museum & Herit$120,597516%
University of Baltimore Foundation Inc$120,00022%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$120,00030%
Colorado Asylum Center$120,0002n/a
Access Mode$120,000113%
Tot Lot Childcare$120,000420%
Metrovolunteers$119,94142%
Westwood Unidos$119,500319%
Maia$119,00081%
Entrepreneurship for All Inc$118,00061%
Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange$117,97531%
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities$117,00080%
The Blue Bench$116,80082%
El Centro AMISTAD$116,004715%
Denver Young Artists Orchestra Association$115,18364%
Colorado Community Health Network Inc$115,00031%
Lower East Side Tenement Museum$115,00050%
Muslim Youth for Positive Impact$115,000317%
Access Opportunity$115,00037%
Jewish Community Centers of Denver$114,00041%
Community Outreach Service Center Inc$113,650515%
World Central Kitchen Inc$113,64840%
South Central Minnesota Youth for Christ Inc$113,00034%
Princeton in Asia Inc$112,50063%
Cottonwood Institute$112,47247%
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty$112,40043%
Casa De Paz$112,37577%
Black Parents United Foundation$112,05039%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$111,89780%
Revel$111,55043%
Xavier University$110,50020%
Big Green$110,50031%
The Savings Collaborative$110,00029%
Ednium the Alumni Collective Inc$110,000310%
Boca Raton Christian School Inc$110,0002n/a
Nourish Meals on Wheels$109,88963%
The Denver Children's Foundation$109,50035%
Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgend Community Center of Colorado$109,41481%
A Little Help$108,50085%
Littleton Community Music Association$108,500726%
University of Washington Foundation$108,25070%
Great Education Colorado$108,00085%
Angel Concept Inc$108,000325%
Mile High 360$107,85574%
Colorado Rocky Mountain School Inc$107,13580%
The Hope Reformed Church$107,0378n/a
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$107,00021%
Women Donors Network$106,50021%
Cascadia College Foundation$105,00089%
Edgewater Collective$105,000411%
Logan County Economic Development Corporation$105,000216%
Civico$105,00034%
Movement 5280$105,00037%
Lewis & Clark College$105,00040%
Transformative Leadership for Change$104,500234%
Goodwill Industries of Denver$104,00030%
Bicycles for Humanity - Colorado$104,000521%
Boys and Girls Club of South Park$104,0001n/a
Peak Area Leadership in Science Inc$104,0007n/a
Colorado School of Mines Foundation$103,50080%
Youthroots$103,30056%
Denver Press Club$103,161133%
National Western Center Authority$102,6602n/a
Friends of the Colorado Talking Book Library$102,500615%
Companeros Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center$102,50038%
The Logan School For Creative Learning$102,45080%
Law SchoolYes We Can$102,200323%
Mercy Chefs Inc$101,00011%
Meagher County Senior Center$100,26688%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$100,00010%
Trinity Church$100,0001n/a
GreenLatinos$100,00032%
College Access Navigators Inc$100,000288%
Casa Marianella Inc$100,00016%
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$100,00011%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$100,00020%
University of California Santa Barbara$100,0001n/a
Houston Humane Society$100,00060%
Heart of the Valley Inc$100,00014%
Natural Capitalism Solutions Inc$100,00032%
Remount Foundation$100,000331%
Union for Reform Judaism$100,0001n/a
Integrated Community$100,00025%
International Rett Syndrome Foundation$100,00012%
Dogs Playing for Life Inc$100,00024%
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice$100,00013%
The Home Front Cares Inc$100,00026%
Kids 247$100,000145%
Mesa Developmental Services$100,00011%
California Immigrant Policy Center$100,00012%
Energy Leadership Institute Inc$100,000127%
Casa of Pueblo Inc$100,00028%
Horses for Healing Inc$100,000127%
Glenbard Township High School District 87$100,0001n/a
Temple Israel of the City of New York$100,0001n/a
Big Sky Bravery Foundation$100,00023%
Fund for Israel's Tomorrow$100,00012%
Rescue International$100,0001n/a
True Colorado$100,0001n/a
Vail Mountain School$100,00011%
Christ the King Presbyterian Church$100,0001n/a
Westchester Arc Foundation Inc$100,00013%
Momentum Advisory Collective$100,00021%
Fulcrum Communities$100,000119%
Regenerative Education Centers Inc$100,000149%
Braven Inc$100,00020%
America's Promise the Alliance for Youth$100,00012%
African Sustainable Development Foundation$100,0002n/a
Samaritan Counseling Center$99,87582%
First Descents$99,41323%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$99,00030%
Envision You Ministries Inc$98,7501n/a
Fresh Start Inc$98,562545%
Paralyzed Veterans of America Mountain States Chapter$98,41058%
National Federation of the Blind of Colorado$98,410512%
Eaton Senior Communities Foundation$97,600555%
Haven of Hope$97,52763%
Parkinson Association of the Rockies$97,30074%
Denver Children's Choir$96,93377%
Foundation for an Informed Texas$96,000327%
Mirror Image$95,500412%
Rocky Mountain Partnership Cradle to Career$95,30064%
Stanley British Primary School$95,00040%
Rachel's Network Inc$95,00081%
Beanstalk Foundation$95,000251%
Casa Treatment Center$95,00061%
Tact Kids Inc$95,00055%
Migration Policy Institute$95,00011%
One Morgan County$95,0002n/a
Playworks Education Energized$95,00070%
Rocky Mountain Welcome Center$94,700514%
Buntport Theater Company$94,00087%
Child and Family Advocacy Program$93,15062%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$93,0007n/a
Focus Reentry$92,596517%
Colorado Forum Fund Inc$92,50135%
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc$92,50030%
Cherry Creek Schools Foundation$92,04943%
Soccer Without Borders$91,75021%
From The Heart Productions$91,50031%
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$91,50070%
Feel the Beat Corp$90,900527%
Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation Inc$90,49961%
Cairn Christian Church$90,4951n/a
Denver Children's Home$90,18180%
African Food and Peace Foundation Inc$90,000510%
Mayflower Congregational Church$90,0002n/a
Michigan State University$90,0003n/a
San Juan Medical Foundation Inc$90,00036%
Reach Pikes Peak$90,000213%
City of Aurora$90,0002n/a
Northeast Transportation Connections$90,00022%
Ecole Jeunesse Bonheur$90,0004n/a
National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped$90,0005n/a
Frankie Lemmon School and Developmental Center$90,00052%
Restoring American Values Through Education Inc$90,0001n/a
Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc$90,00010%
The Tipi Raisers$90,000310%
Boulder Community Broadcast Assoc Inc$89,87472%
Clothes to Kids of Denver Inc$89,25072%
Safehouse Denver Inc$88,74861%
Art Students League of Denver$88,30124%
Seeking Common Ground Inc$88,200514%
Delta Research & Educational Foundation$88,00021%
Victim and Offender Mitigation Initiative$87,5003n/a
Global Livingston Institute$87,37043%
Developmental Fx Developmental & Fragile X Resource$87,25043%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado$86,68750%
Roots Family Center$86,30457%
The Senior Hub Inc$86,06241%
The Center for Applied Learning &$86,06065%
Friends of the Haven$86,00455%
William J Palmer Parks Foundation Inc$86,00024%
Aspen Prep Academy$85,98140%
Lincoln Academy$85,8351n/a
Colorado Skating Club$85,658717%
Colorado Urban Leadership Foundation$85,60065%
Tucson Faith Christian Church Inc$85,5495n/a
Sisters of Color United for Education$85,50028%
Feeding America$85,25030%
Duke University$85,00080%
Community Options Inc$85,00050%
Homegrown Pathways Inc$85,000129%
West Texas Food Bank$85,00020%
Elevation Athelic Performance Foundation Inc$85,000373%
Winter Wildlands Alliance Inc$85,00064%
Denver Black Reparations Council$84,250340%
Vuela for Health$84,05454%
Washington University$84,00030%
Dsst Public Schools Foundation$83,52841%
Colorado Health Network Inc$82,52840%
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative$81,50081%
Cmdance$81,25076%
Creative Strategies for Change$81,206313%
Blue Rising$81,000315%
Scd Enrichment Program$81,000578%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$81,00040%
Illuminate Colorado$80,00022%
Ehs Cougar Touchdown Club$80,0001n/a
Southwest Colorado Education Collaborati$80,00018%
Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas Inc$80,00024%
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund$80,00023%
Startup Colorado$80,000112%
Michigan State University Research Foundation$80,00040%
Colorado African Cultural Center$80,000243%
Co-Lead International$80,000219%
Foundation Communities Inc$80,00010%
Corazon de Vida Foundation$80,00042%
Single Parent Scholarship Fund of B$80,00023%
El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission$80,00011%
Immanuel Lutheran Church$80,0001n/a
Bonds of Union$80,000244%
Desert Hills Presbyterian Church Foundation$80,000241%
Grassroots Leadership Inc$80,00013%
Special Kids-Special Families Inc$80,00050%
Eye to Eye Inc Dba the Neurodiversity Alliance$80,00042%
Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center Inc$80,00022%
Public Education & Business Coalition$79,80741%
Domestic Violence Initiative for Women With Disabilities$79,600310%
Blood Cancer United Inc$79,50040%
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum$78,25084%
Lighthouse Writers Workshop Inc$78,22041%
Resource Central$78,00022%
Metro Ministries Inc$78,00016%
Access Gallery$77,10065%
Longmont Meals on Wheels Inc$77,05082%
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center$76,00032%
Valor Christian Schools$75,50020%
National Lead for America Inc$75,00011%
The Master's Apprentice Inc$75,00043%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$75,00010%
NAMI Arapahoe-Douglas Counties$75,000144%
Hba Foundation Dba Home Builders Foundation$75,00013%
Denver March Powwow Inc$75,000221%
New Roads School$75,00030%
Ehills Church$75,0003n/a
Ieg Inc$75,0002n/a

The 1,000 largest of 1,933 are listed here.

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($942k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Denver Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 148 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDenver Health and Hospitals Foundation: $15,168,961 over 8y, 43% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $14,486,640 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $13,297,277 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetWake Forest University: $10,250,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetLifespan Local Inc: $9,086,875 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $8,670,804 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetDenver Public Schools Foundation: $8,368,426 over 8y, 42% of budgetBarton Institute for Community Action: $7,526,237 over 6y, 66% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc: $6,476,123 over 8y, 21% of budgetTrailhead Institute: $5,377,328 over 7y, 25% of budgetColorado State University Foundation: $5,190,350 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetUrban Peak Denver: $5,013,326 over 8y, 15% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $4,962,379 over 8y, 24% of budgetUniversity of Denver: $4,954,251 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetOne Good Turn: $4,891,000 over 8y, 52% of budgetSaint Joseph Hospital Foundation: $4,326,492 over 8y, 55% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $4,089,500 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetPlentiful: $4,000,000 over 1y, 95% of budgetMetropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc: $3,706,167 over 8y, 11% of budgetThe Colorado Nonprofit Development Center: $3,657,649 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetDenver Art Museum: $3,474,513 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetThe Alliance For Collective Action: $3,424,551 over 8y, 45% of budgetOpportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us: $3,241,500 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado Inc: $3,221,278 over 8y, 42% of budgetNourish Colorado: $3,169,059 over 7y, 98% of budgetColorado Symphony Association: $3,138,468 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetColorado Mesa University Foundation: $3,124,280 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetThe Gathering Place a Refuge for Rebuilding Lives: $3,030,869 over 8y, 30% of budgetColorado Community College System Foundation: $3,018,269 over 6y, 39% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,972,454 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetRocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network: $2,886,171 over 8y, 19% of budgetColorado West Regional Mental Health Inc: $2,783,264 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $2,687,500 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetRocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc: $2,524,212 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetAtlas Economic Research Foundation: $2,435,000 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetCobalt Foundation: $2,356,133 over 8y, 19% of budgetKirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art C/O Denver Art Museu: $2,323,121 over 3y, 80% of budgetThe Western Stock Show Association: $2,291,938 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetMi Casa Resource Center: $2,244,325 over 8y, 33% of budgetCaring for Colorado Centennial Fund: $2,048,213 over 5y, 16% of budgetDenver Basic Income Project: $2,021,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetColorado Open Lands: $1,914,017 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetHigh Hopes Colorado: $1,900,000 over 5y, 56% of budgetHigh Line Canal Conservancy: $1,887,819 over 8y, 32% of budgetMetro Caring: $1,833,821 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: $1,800,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $1,788,688 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetYear One Inc: $1,751,531 over 8y, 17% of budget

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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 200.

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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.

Rose Community FoundationCO181.1× affinity540 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Caring for Denver Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc · Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund · The Anschutz Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · Boettcher 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 The Denver Foundation

How much does The Denver Foundation give?
The Denver Foundation reported 1,184 itemized grants totaling $131,693,864, out of $143,235,358 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 740 and 999 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Denver Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (18%), Health (15%), Philanthropy (14%).
Who are The Denver Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation ($15M), University of Colorado Foundation ($14M), Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ($13M).
Does The Denver Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Denver Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rose Community Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, Caring for Denver Foundation.
Where is The Denver Foundation based?
The Denver Foundation is based in CO.

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 2000 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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