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 Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Colorado Health Foundation. 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?

$112M reached 82 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado, from 660 funders. 30% 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 8 funders each.

$112M

granted

organizations

30%

from in-state

The short version

660 funders gave $112M to 82 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
30% 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 Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, at $8M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Native American Rights Fund Inc, at $20M.

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 Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$8M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 3The Colorado Health Foundation$5M 4Arc Thrift Stores Inc$4M 5Sixteen Thirty Fund$4M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 7National Philanthropic Trust$3M 8Rose Community Foundation$2M 9Colorado Gives Foundation$2M 10The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation$2M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado that draw the most

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

72 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$42M

Native American Rights Fund Inc$20M Cobalt Foundation$10M Movement Advancement Project$9M New Era Colorado Foundation$5M Compassion & Choices$5M Colorado Opportunity Foundation$5M The Arc - Jefferson Clear Creek$4M

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 Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Colorado Health Foundation. 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
70% 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 Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Colorado Health Foundation. 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 Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Colorado?: $112M reached 82 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Colorado, from 660 funders. 30% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.