How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Colorado?

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Colorado, currently Goodwill of Colorado Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, The Denver Foundation. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.

Who is the largest employment funder in Colorado?

Goodwill of Colorado Foundation gives the most to employment organizations in Colorado, $21M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Colorado?

$221M reached 306 employment organizations in Colorado, from 629 funders. 51% 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 · Employment

Who funds employment in Colorado

$221M reached 306 employment organizations in Colorado, from 629 funders, with no single one dominating.

$221M

granted

306

organizations

51%

from in-state

The short version

629 funders gave $221M to 306 employment organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
51% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in Colorado is Goodwill of Colorado Foundation, at $21M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Goodwill of Colorado, at $53M.

Largest funders of employment in Colorado

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

1Goodwill of Colorado Foundation$21M 2National Philanthropic Trust$21M 3The Denver Foundation$14M 4Energy Outreach Colorado$10M 5The Morgridge Family Foundation$10M 6United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe$8M 7The Chicago Community Trust$7M 8Gates Foundation$7M 9Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc$7M 10The Colorado Health Foundation$6M

Employment organizations in Colorado that draw the most

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

296 other employment organizations$85M

Goodwill of Colorado$53M Careerwise Colorado$26M Worklife Partnership$11M Women's Bean Project$8M

How to find employment funders in Colorado

1
Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to employment in Colorado are Goodwill of Colorado Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, The Denver Foundation. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment 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
49% of employment money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Colorado, currently Goodwill of Colorado Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, The Denver Foundation. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Colorado?: Goodwill of Colorado Foundation gives the most to employment organizations in Colorado, $21M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Colorado?: $221M reached 306 employment organizations in Colorado, from 629 funders. 51% 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.