How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Colorado?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Colorado, currently The Colorado Health Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the community development 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 community development in Colorado?

$579M reached 677 community development organizations in Colorado, from 1,577 funders. 46% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Colorado

$579M reached 677 community development organizations in Colorado, from 1,577 funders, with no single one dominating.

$579M

granted

677

organizations

46%

from in-state

The short version

1,577 funders gave $579M to 677 community development organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
46% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Colorado is The Colorado Health Foundation, at $59M.
The community development organization drawing the most is First Nations Development Institute, at $124M.

Largest funders of community development in Colorado

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

1The Colorado Health Foundation$59M 2The Denver Foundation$23M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$21M 4Margaret a Cargill Foundation$16M 5Colorado Gives Foundation$14M 6National Philanthropic Trust$11M 7Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$11M 8The Chicago Community Trust$10M 9Servant Foundation$10M 10Caring for Denver Foundation$9M

Community development organizations in Colorado that draw the most

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

667 other community development organizations$267M

First Nations Development Institute$124M The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center$51M Oweesta Corporation$28M Crosspurpose$24M Barton Institute for Community Action$19M Project Angel Heart$15M

How to find community development funders in Colorado

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Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to community development in Colorado are The Colorado Health Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
54% of community development money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Colorado, currently The Colorado Health Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Colorado?: The Colorado Health Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in Colorado, $59M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Colorado?: $579M reached 677 community development organizations in Colorado, from 1,577 funders. 46% 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.