How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Colorado?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Colorado, currently Legal Services Corporation, Colorado Lawyer Trust Account Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in Colorado?

$126M reached 122 crime and legal organizations in Colorado, from 565 funders. 47% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Colorado

Colorado's crime and legal organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$126M

granted

122

organizations

47%

from in-state

The short version

565 funders gave $126M to 122 crime and legal organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
47% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Colorado is Legal Services Corporation, at $19M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Colorado Legal Services, at $39M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Colorado

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

1Legal Services Corporation$19M 2Colorado Lawyer Trust Account Foundation$17M 3The Colorado Health Foundation$4M 4Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado$4M 5Caring for Denver Foundation$3M 6Catena Foundation$3M 7Colorado Gives Foundation$3M 8National Philanthropic Trust$3M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 10National Institute for Trial Advocacy$3M

Crime and legal organizations in Colorado that draw the most

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

112 other crime and legal organizations$41M

Colorado Legal Services$39M Western Resource Advocates$23M

How to find crime and legal funders in Colorado

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Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Colorado are Legal Services Corporation, Colorado Lawyer Trust Account Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
53% of crime and legal money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Colorado, currently Legal Services Corporation, Colorado Lawyer Trust Account Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Colorado?: Legal Services Corporation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Colorado, $19M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Colorado?: $126M reached 122 crime and legal organizations in Colorado, from 565 funders. 47% 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.