Colorado · Public charity
Trailhead Institute
TRAILHEAD INSTITUTE advances innovation and collaboration in public and environmental health.
- $2.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 72
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 206
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,611,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 329
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Trailhead Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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 | 71 | $2.7M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 206 | $4.7M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 142 | $3.4M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 198 | $5.5M | 55% |
| FY2020 | 329 | $5.6M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $195k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Food & Nutrition$8.8MHuman Services$4.8MReligion$2.0MEducation$1.1MCommunity Improvement$941kHealth$907kHousing & Shelter$868kYouth Development$494kOther$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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding Colorado | $1,611,500 | 1 | 16% |
| Front Line Farming | $708,133 | 4 | 14% |
| E-Squared Communications Group | $370,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kaizen Food Rescue | $366,914 | 5 | 21% |
| Village Exchange Center Inc | $303,625 | 4 | 6% |
| Barton Institute for Community Action | $231,114 | 5 | 1% |
| Integrated Family Community Services | $216,136 | 5 | 1% |
| Mancos Valley Resources | $216,000 | 3 | 21% |
| Community Services of Broomfield | $209,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Regional Institute Health Environmental Leadership | $209,097 | 2 | 26% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding Colorado | $1,611,500 | 1 | 16% |
| Front Line Farming | $708,133 | 4 | 14% |
| E-Squared Communications Group | $370,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kaizen Food Rescue | $366,914 | 5 | 21% |
| Village Exchange Center Inc | $303,625 | 4 | 6% |
| Barton Institute for Community Action | $231,114 | 5 | 1% |
| Integrated Family Community Services | $216,136 | 5 | 1% |
| Mancos Valley Resources | $216,000 | 3 | 21% |
| Community Services of Broomfield | $209,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Regional Institute Health Environmental Leadership | $209,097 | 2 | 26% |
| Sister Carmen Community Center Inc | $204,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Living Water Ministry Outreach | $199,814 | 4 | n/a |
| Jeffco Action Center Inc the Action Center | $181,175 | 3 | 1% |
| Denver Sisters Circle | $181,000 | 3 | n/a |
| THE ARVADA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK dba COMMUNITY TABLE | $179,960 | 4 | 3% |
| Metro Caring | $178,550 | 4 | 1% |
| La Raza Services Inc | $173,401 | 5 | 2% |
| Fighting to Farm | $169,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Weecycle | $155,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Small Town Project | $155,000 | 5 | 36% |
| Emergency Family Assistance Association | $154,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Mountain Roots Food Project | $153,100 | 5 | 9% |
| City of Pueblo | $150,825 | 4 | n/a |
| Pueblo Cooperative Care Center | $148,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Revision | $147,450 | 4 | 4% |
| Muslim Youth for Positive Impact | $141,500 | 3 | 9% |
| Community Food Bank | $133,100 | 5 | 4% |
| Centro Cristiano Amistad de Denver | $130,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Food to Power (Fka Colorado Springs Food Rescue) | $129,450 | 5 | 2% |
| Mountain Resource Center | $126,951 | 4 | 2% |
| Denver Inner City Parish Inc | $123,089 | 5 | 2% |
| Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen | $121,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $115,948 | 3 | n/a |
| Harvest Mountain Ministries | $115,500 | 4 | 8% |
| Mountain Family Center | $115,200 | 5 | 1% |
| St George's Episcopal Church | $113,050 | 4 | n/a |
| Summit County Resource Center Dba Family & Intercultural Resource Center | $112,626 | 5 | 0% |
| Agape Christian Church | $110,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Struggle of Love Foundation | $109,450 | 4 | 5% |
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $107,375 | 4 | 0% |
| Metro Ministries Inc | $100,444 | 2 | 3% |
| Atlas Preparatory School Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Growhaus | $96,925 | 4 | 2% |
| Crosses for Losses | $96,500 | 4 | 39% |
| Hope Communities Inc | $94,965 | 5 | 1% |
| Second Chance Center Inc | $93,400 | 4 | 2% |
| Rocky Mountain Ser Jobs for Progress INC | $93,200 | 3 | 2% |
| Lift Up of Routt County | $92,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Smart Bellies | $91,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Gunnison Country Food Pantry Inc | $89,600 | 5 | 5% |
| Bayaud Enterprises Inc | $88,391 | 4 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $87,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Halo Community Outreach | $86,500 | 2 | n/a |
| La Puente Home Inc | $85,750 | 4 | 1% |
| Community Care Collective | $85,000 | 3 | 69% |
| Kids at Their Best Inc | $84,450 | 4 | 10% |
| Food for Hope | $84,375 | 4 | 5% |
| Teller Senior Coalition Inc | $82,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Ranch House Ministry Incorporated | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Lords Daily Bread | $80,000 | 4 | 12% |
| The First Church of Christ of Clifton | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rising Up | $80,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Colfax Community Network Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Homeward Alliance Inc | $78,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The Good Samaritan Center | $78,450 | 4 | 8% |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $77,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Boulder County AIDS Project | $77,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Growing Home Inc | $76,950 | 4 | 1% |
| Restoration Outreach Programs | $76,002 | 5 | 4% |
| Spirit of the Sun Inc | $76,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Community Food Share Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tri-County Health Department | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Secor | $74,700 | 5 | 1% |
| Silver Key Senior Services Inc | $73,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Fort Lewis College | $72,986 | 3 | n/a |
| Outreach United Resource Center Inc | $71,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Care and Share Inc | $70,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hanover Outreach Center Inc | $70,500 | 2 | n/a |
| K-V Homeowner's Assoc | $69,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Caring and Sharing Community Resource Center | $68,000 | 3 | 16% |
| San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition | $67,706 | 2 | 3% |
| Northwest Family Assistance Center | $66,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Movement 5280 | $65,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Onward a Legacy Foundation | $64,780 | 3 | 2% |
| Wedontwaste Inc | $64,775 | 3 | 0% |
| Fresh Foundation | $64,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Weld Food Bank | $62,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Herbal Gardens Wellness | $60,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Boulder County Farmers Market | $60,540 | 2 | 3% |
| Victim Offender Reconciliation Program dba Colorado Circles for Change | $60,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Food Research & Action Center | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Ethiopian Community | $60,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Salida Senior Citizens Inc Dba Salida Community Center | $59,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Chinook Center | $59,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Aurora Interchurch Task Force Inc | $58,250 | 4 | 2% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Denver | $58,125 | 2 | 0% |
| Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center | $56,700 | 2 | 1% |
| The Shepherd's Hand | $56,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Aspire 3d | $55,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Denver Art Museum | $55,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeward Bound of the Grand Valley | $55,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Evergreen Christian Outreach | $54,950 | 3 | 1% |
| Rural Communities Resource Center | $53,050 | 3 | 8% |
| Focus Points Family Resource Center | $52,926 | 2 | 2% |
| Sparrow House Ministries | $51,300 | 3 | 13% |
| Open Door Ministries | $51,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Hadanou Collective | $50,243 | 1 | 1% |
| San Luis Valley Immigrant Resource | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Jt District 28-J | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Solid Rock Community Developmentcorporation | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Colorado Farmers Market Association | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sun Valley Community Center | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ranch Foods Direct LLC | $49,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Dream Center Denver | $49,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Food For Thought Denver | $49,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Peak Abundance | $49,450 | 3 | 8% |
| The Family Resource Center | $49,450 | 3 | 4% |
| Prairie Family Center | $49,400 | 5 | 2% |
| Life Inter Faith Team on Unemployment and Poverty | $49,225 | 3 | 1% |
| East | $49,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Amigos de Mexico | $49,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Bountiful Ventures LLC | $49,000 | 1 | n/a |
| PTA Colorado Congress dba South High School PTSA | $48,000 | 3 | 10% |
| The Epworth Foundation | $48,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Colorado Health Network Inc | $47,824 | 4 | 0% |
| Community United Methodist Church | $47,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver | $47,310 | 2 | n/a |
| Cooperating Ministry of Logan County | $47,250 | 4 | 3% |
| Project Worthmore | $47,150 | 3 | 1% |
| Christ Executive Officer Inc | $45,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Park Hill Community Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Montbello Organizing Committee | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Daddy Bruce Randolph Legacy Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Center for Rural Outreach and Public Services Inc | $44,750 | 1 | 18% |
| Durango Food Bank | $44,650 | 2 | 3% |
| Colorado Farm to Table Inc | $43,450 | 2 | 23% |
| Longmont Food Rescue | $42,750 | 4 | 10% |
| Mo Betta Green Marketplace | $42,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Gods Will Christian Fellowship | $41,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Heart and Hand Center | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Park Hill Food Pantry | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mile High Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lifespan Local Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| First United Methodist Church | $39,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Birdseed Collective | $38,950 | 2 | 4% |
| Three Birds Alliance | $38,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Golden Backpack Program Inc | $38,700 | 3 | 6% |
| Backpack Society | $38,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Ecumenical Church | $38,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Western Colorado Food and Agriculture Co | $37,954 | 2 | 7% |
| Vivent Health Inc | $37,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Root Shoot Malting LLC | $37,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mt Carmel Wellness & Community Center | $37,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Community Coalition for Families and Children | $37,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ekar | $36,650 | 3 | 10% |
| Cloud City Conservation Center | $36,625 | 1 | 23% |
| Somebody Cares Project | $36,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Cherishing Life Youth Transformatio | $36,225 | 2 | 95% |
| A Woman's Place Incorporated | $35,874 | 3 | 1% |
| Las Animas Helping Hands | $35,500 | 3 | 20% |
| East Denver Food Hub | $35,236 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $35,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Las Animas School District Re-1 | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Center Consolidated School District 26JT | $34,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Emerald Gardens | $33,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Growing Gardens of Boulder County | $32,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Gathering Place a Refuge for Rebuilding Lives | $31,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Full Force Ministries - Sog | $31,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning | $31,400 | 3 | 1% |
| St Augustine Catholic Parish in Brighton | $31,375 | 2 | n/a |
| The Urban Farm | $30,760 | 3 | 2% |
| Urban Peak Denver | $30,392 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Farm Fresh | $30,327 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Connect Colorado | $30,314 | 3 | n/a |
| Fort Collins Food Co-Op | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Indian Center Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Colorado Potato Administrative Comm | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Newfarms Inc | $29,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home | $29,824 | 1 | 0% |
| Redeeming Love Fellowship Church | $29,574 | 2 | n/a |
| Cripple Creek-Victor School District Re-1 | $29,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gilpin County Food Pantry | $29,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Goodness Groceries | $29,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Loveland Rotary Club Foundation | $29,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Adams County Emergency Food Bank | $29,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence Inc | $28,950 | 2 | 1% |
| Brother Jeff's Cultural Center | $28,750 | 2 | 6% |
| Kids Aid Kids Aid | $28,500 | 2 | 4% |
| San Luis Valley Area Health Education Center Inc | $28,350 | 2 | 1% |
| Saguache Works Inc | $28,000 | 2 | 29% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley Inc | $27,950 | 2 | 1% |
| Boulder Food Rescue | $27,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Regis University | $27,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado | $27,750 | 3 | 0% |
| House of Neighborly Service | $27,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Colorado | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West End Family Link Center | $26,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Dove Creek Care and Share Food Pantry | $26,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alamosa School District | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Improvement Council Inc | $25,909 | 2 | 3% |
| A Cup of Faith | $25,500 | 2 | 21% |
| Loaves & Fishes Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Dorcas Circle | $25,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Church of the Rock Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Direction Agape Services | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Karis Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oasis | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendly Harbor | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
| University of Denver | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rise Up Community School | $24,650 | 1 | 1% |
| Creede School District | $24,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Northwest Colo | $23,900 | 1 | 2% |
| Colorado Baptist General Convention | $23,850 | 2 | 31% |
| Restoration Fellowship of Pagosa Springs | $23,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Valley Catholic Outreach Inc | $23,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | $23,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Karvel Community Alliance Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Jim Scharper | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Community Economic Development Corp | $22,500 | 1 | 3% |
| South Park Food Bank | $22,500 | 1 | 15% |
| Reaching Out to Community and Kids ROCK | $22,100 | 3 | 6% |
| Christ in Focus Church | $21,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Custer Cty Community Sharing Center Inc | $21,375 | 2 | 11% |
| Haven of Hope | $21,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Harvest of Hope Pantry | $21,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Longmont Youth Center | $21,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Cherry Creek School District #5 | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tara Historical Society Navajo Lake | $20,525 | 2 | 21% |
| Via Mobility Services | $20,500 | 1 | 0% |
| 5 Loaves Pantry | $20,450 | 2 | 8% |
| The Learning Council | $20,352 | 1 | 9% |
| Mutual Aid Partners | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Compound of Compassion | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
| George W Clayton Trust | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Village | $20,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Community College of Aurora | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MASA Seed Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| North 40 Mountain Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Adams State University | $19,976 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Public Schools | $19,816 | 2 | n/a |
| Mile High 360 | $19,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Amazing Grace Community Church Past | $19,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Help For Abused Partners Inc | $19,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Sharing Ministries Inc | $18,950 | 2 | 2% |
| Pikes Peak Christian Church | $18,851 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Ministry of Sw Denver | $18,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Voces Unidas for Justice | $18,750 | 1 | 3% |
| Gunnison County Department of Healt | $18,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Seniors' Resource Center Inc | $18,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Westwood Unidos | $18,750 | 1 | 4% |
| Mental Health Center of Denver | $18,750 | 1 | 0% |
| A Little Help | $18,750 | 1 | 2% |
| There With Care | $18,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Volunteers of America Colorado Branch | $18,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthy Families Colorado | $18,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Immunize Colorado | $18,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Chain of Love Corporation | $18,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Homestead Ranches Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Fort Lewis College Foundation | $18,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunnyside Meats Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Annunciation Catholic Parish in Denver | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Diamond G Poultry LLC | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Innovative Foods Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benefits in Action | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northeast Colorado Health Department | $17,926 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Welcome Center | $17,850 | 1 | 3% |
| High Plains Food Cooperative | $17,752 | 1 | n/a |
| Ithaka Land Inc | $17,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Fostering Hope Foundation | $17,700 | 1 | 2% |
| Homeless Outreach Providing Encouragement | $17,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Jeffco Public Schools | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Comitis Crisis Center Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Break Bread | $17,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Lyons Elevating All Fund | $17,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities of Central Colorado Inc | $16,875 | 2 | n/a |
| The Senior Hub Inc | $16,214 | 2 | 0% |
| Alamosa Farmers Market | $16,097 | 1 | n/a |
| Masjid Al-Shuhada | $16,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Uchealth Northern Colorado Foundation | $15,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Backyard Market | $15,398 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Castle Rock Community Inter Church Task Force | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evergreen Rotary Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Connections 4 Life Center | $15,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Mount Calvary Lutheran Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Redistribution Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Westside Cares Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nourish Meals on Wheels | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Farm Runners LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moffat Consolidated School District No 2 | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Loaves and Fishes Ministries of Fremont County Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cherry Hills Community Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Conscious Alliance | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Educational and Charitable Foundation Inc | $14,652 | 1 | 1% |
| Denver Public Library Friends Foundation | $14,018 | 1 | 0% |
| Canyon View Vineyard Church Inc | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Precious Child Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Morgan County Family Center Inc | $13,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Allied Housing Inc | $13,155 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Star Inc | $13,060 | 1 | 0% |
| Amp the Cause | $13,060 | 1 | 1% |
| Bridge House | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cafi Sustainability Center | $13,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Glowmundo Creations Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 11% |
| R Bazaar | $13,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Now Faith Christian Deliverance Center Churches International | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Oak Creek | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Delores Project | $12,973 | 1 | 1% |
| Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc | $12,728 | 1 | 0% |
| Macario's Produce | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Isabelle Farm LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Skip's Farm to Market LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| So All May Eat Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Grande Natural Meats | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Resource Center of the Roaring Fork Schools | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hayden Fresh Farm | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bee Grateful Farm LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Winter Farmers Market | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ringading Farms LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Barber's Foods | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Leaf Farm LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mouco Cheese Company | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Two Roots Farm LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Summit Hard Cider and Perry Co LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Farm Collaborative | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Texco Ranch | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fortunate Fruit LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Street Fraternity Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Green Thumb Initiative Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Senior Assistance Center | $12,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Zq Industries LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| A Diamond Brand Ltd | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Larimer County Conservation Corps | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Stites Ranch | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoenix Fiber Mill LLC | $12,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Cow LLC | $12,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Leroux Creek Food Corporation | $12,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock River Ranches LLC | $12,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Kinikin Processing LLC | $12,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Archuleta School District | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Employment Academy | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Southwest Institute for Resilience | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adams 12 Five Star Schools | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interfaith Hospitality Network of Colorado Springs | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Light of the World Catholic Parish in Littleton | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Henderson Congregational Church Incorporated | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Fremont County Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Archway Investment Corporation Inc | $11,861 | 1 | 1% |
| Nourish Colorado | $11,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Lamborn Foundation | $11,500 | 1 | 32% |
| Colorado Muslims Community Center | $11,214 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding Our Community Ourselves Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Star View Farm Ltd | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Church of the Covenant Endowment Fund Trust | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Symbiosis | $11,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Baca County Food Bank | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Casa De Paz | $10,675 | 1 | 2% |
| Table Urban Farm | $10,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Charterchoice Collaborative Sfa | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jovial Concepts | $10,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Boulder Valley School District | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Routt County Council on Aging Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Sprout City Farms | $10,500 | 1 | 2% |
| South Central Colorado Seniors Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Fort Collins Community Action Network | $10,500 | 1 | 6% |
| The Cool Choice LLC | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Joy's Kitchen Inc | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Vive | $10,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Snow Bowl Partners LLC | $10,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Savio House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley Settlement | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Kitchen | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Montezuma County Public | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Housing Mountain Plains | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keystone Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aurora Warms The Night Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Work Options for Women Dba Work Options | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grand River Hospital District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services (Boces) | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Archway Housing & Services | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Acequia Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| One Morgan County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vision Home and Community | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Denver Colfax Partnership Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arapahoe Community College Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy's Gate | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project VOYCE | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Shorter Community Ame Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dolores County EMS | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sun Valley Community Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westview Presbyterian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of South Park | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Galit Korngold | $9,652 | 1 | n/a |
| Tessa | $9,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Rios Farm LLC Inc | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Violet Ratio LLC | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Smith Family Greens | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Volberding Farms Inc | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Craft Beef LLC | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Juno Farms | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Erin's Acres LLC | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Steve Kelly Farm | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Deer Tree Farm and Agroforest LLC | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Hill Farm LLC | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| 3t Ranch LLC | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Sara's Pick of the Coop | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Ep Greens | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Frost Livestock Company | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunrise Ranch LLC | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Garlic | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Fields to Plate Produce LLC | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Topp Fruits LLC | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Summit Roots Farm | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Raisin Roots Far | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain Man Micro Farms LLC | $9,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Tri-County Health Network | $9,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Under the Umbrella Logan County Colorado | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Miguel County | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado High School Charter Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Longmont Meals on Wheels Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Denver Food Rescue | $8,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Dsst Public Schools | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Compost Collective | $8,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Sanctuary Church | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Foodshed Alliance | $8,500 | 1 | 17% |
| Opencollective Foundation | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Montbello Walks LLC | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gunnison Watershed School District Re1-J | $8,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Empowerment Agency | $8,450 | 1 | 8% |
| Grange Road Growers | $8,105 | 1 | n/a |
| Patriots Care Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Springs Rescue Mission | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Athmar Park Neighborhood Associatio | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stone Soup Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Town of Mountain Village | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| UpRoot Colorado | $8,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Vegetable Connection Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Fort Collins Delivery Network | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Casa of the Seventh Judicial District Inc | $7,600 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Greeley | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| All American Families | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mountain Flower Goat Dairy | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul Society Particular Council of Denver | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Fresh Start Center Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Starling Farm | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Innovative Ag Colorado LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain Valley School District Re- | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Trailhead Institute | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| North Conejos School District Re 1 - J | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Arickaree School District R-2 | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ditomaso Farms | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Nola Naturals | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Junction Farmstead | $7,499 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Farm and Art Market Cooper | $7,180 | 1 | n/a |
| Local Motion | $7,109 | 1 | n/a |
| Miss Penns Mountain Seeds | $7,109 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Olney Springs | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glenwood's Downtown Market | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Huerfano School District Re-1 | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| La Veta Village Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Megan's Mushrooms | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alternatives to Violence Inc | $6,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Vuela for Health | $6,780 | 1 | 0% |
| Arc of the Central Mountains | $6,500 | 1 | 3% |
| White Horse Creek Council | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Northern Colorado Foundation | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Thompson School District | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoffman Farms LLC | $6,450 | 1 | n/a |
| St Philip Lutheran Church | $6,089 | 1 | n/a |
| Shii Koeii Community | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Karis Community | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Thriving Families | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic C | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Valley Peace & Justice | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Johns Lutheran Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $5,950 | 1 | n/a |
| St Andrews Episcopal Church Of | $5,888 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton | $5,714 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope 4 Tomorrow | $5,714 | 1 | n/a |
| New Life Evangelical Free Church | $5,714 | 1 | n/a |
| Tri-Lakes Cares | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fields Foundation | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Montezuma School to Farm Project | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Renew Inc | $5,450 | 1 | 1% |
| Senior Matters Because Seniors Matter | $5,450 | 1 | 6% |
| Platteforum | $5,425 | 1 | 1% |
| Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative | $5,369 | 1 | 1% |
| Crystal River Valley Non Profit Food Coop | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
| The Peak | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Pantry and Thrift Inc | $5,100 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Trailhead Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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.
Anschutz Family FoundationCO160.5× affinity117 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Anschutz Family Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Colorado Trust · El Pomar Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Energy Outreach Colorado · Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund · Av Hunter Trust Incorporated
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 Trailhead Institute
- How much does Trailhead Institute give?
- Trailhead Institute reported 72 itemized grants totaling $2,706,743, out of $2,861,489 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 329 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Trailhead Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (40%), Human Services (21%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Trailhead Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Feeding Colorado ($1.6M), Front Line Farming ($708k), E-Squared Communications Group ($370k).
- Does Trailhead Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Trailhead Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Anschutz Family Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust.
- Where is Trailhead Institute based?
- Trailhead Institute is based in CO.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home