How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Colorado?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Colorado, currently The Colorado Health Foundation, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, March on Maryland. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Colorado?

$285M reached 227 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado, from 1,065 funders. 34% came from funders also based in Colorado.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Colorado · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Colorado

Colorado's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$285M

granted

227

organizations

34%

from in-state

The short version

1,065 funders gave $285M to 227 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
34% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Colorado is The Colorado Health Foundation, at $28M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Native American Rights Fund Inc, at $43M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Colorado

The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Colorado Health Foundation$28M 2The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$18M 3March on Maryland$16M 4Sixteen Thirty Fund$13M 5The Denver Foundation$11M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$10M 7North Fund$8M 8Hopewell Fund$8M 9Tides Foundation$8M 10The Ford Foundation$7M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

217 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$131M

Native American Rights Fund Inc$43M Cobalt Foundation$19M Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights$18M March On$18M Movement Advancement Project$15M ACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc$8M Colorado Families First$7M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Colorado

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Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Colorado are The Colorado Health Foundation, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, March on Maryland. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
66% of civil rights and advocacy money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Colorado, currently The Colorado Health Foundation, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, March on Maryland. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Colorado?: The Colorado Health Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado, $28M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Colorado?: $285M reached 227 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado, from 1,065 funders. 34% came from funders also based in Colorado.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.