Colorado · Public charity
Unite for Colorado
To promote the common good and general welfare of americans by promoting public policy that strengthens the economy, promotes job growth, and supports fair and reasonable business regulations.
- $7.0M
- Granted FY2022
- 8
- Grants FY2022
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $400,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $2,710,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Total assets, FY2022
- $234k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations Unite for Colorado funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $625k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 8 | $7.0M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $7.5M | 64% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $5.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unite for Colorado Action Iec | $4,250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Defend Colorado | $3,180,000 | 3 | 86% |
| Colorado Dawn | $2,960,000 | 4 | 60% |
| Ready Colorado | $2,575,000 | 5 | 42% |
| Colorado Taxpayers' Advocate Fund Inc | $1,743,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Committee for Spending Transparency | $1,275,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cut Property Taxes | $875,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Neighborhood Coalition | $425,000 | 2 | 97% |
| Public Trust Institute | $310,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Rocky Mountain Policy Group | $250,000 | 1 | 71% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unite for Colorado Action Iec | $4,250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Defend Colorado | $3,180,000 | 3 | 86% |
| Colorado Dawn | $2,960,000 | 4 | 60% |
| Ready Colorado | $2,575,000 | 5 | 42% |
| Colorado Taxpayers' Advocate Fund Inc | $1,743,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Committee for Spending Transparency | $1,275,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cut Property Taxes | $875,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Neighborhood Coalition | $425,000 | 2 | 97% |
| Public Trust Institute | $310,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Rocky Mountain Policy Group | $250,000 | 1 | 71% |
| Independence Institute | $250,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Accountability Colorado Action Committee | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Protect Colorados Vote | $250,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Western Citizens Protecting Our Constitution | $250,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Colorado Opportunity Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Colorado Prfrs | $200,000 | 1 | 93% |
| Colorado Rising State Action | $175,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Unite for Colorado Action | $126,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Recall Priola Action Committee | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Better Jobs Coalition | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Coloradans for Civil Liberties Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Restore Colorado Leadership Fund Iec | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Unite for Colorado supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Ready Colorado · Colorado Opportunity Foundation · Our Community Our Future
How this is measured
About Unite for Colorado
- How much does Unite for Colorado give?
- Unite for Colorado reported 8 grants totaling $6,995,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Unite for Colorado fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Public Benefit (31%), Education (28%), Civil Rights (22%).
- Who are Unite for Colorado's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Unite for Colorado Action Iec ($4.3M), Defend Colorado ($3.2M), Colorado Dawn ($3.0M).
- Does Unite for Colorado fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Unite for Colorado?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ready Colorado, Colorado Opportunity Foundation, Our Community Our Future.
- Where is Unite for Colorado based?
- Unite for Colorado is based in CO.
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