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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Colorado, currently Mercy Housing California, Community Foundation Boulder County, Mercy Housing Calwest. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in Colorado?

Mercy Housing California gives the most to housing organizations in Colorado, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Colorado?

$206M reached 145 housing organizations in Colorado, from 519 funders. 80% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Colorado

$206M reached 145 housing organizations in Colorado, from 519 funders, with no single one dominating.

$206M

granted

145

organizations

80%

from in-state

The short version

519 funders gave $206M to 145 housing organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
80% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Colorado is Mercy Housing California, at $18M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Colorado Affordable Catholic, at $35M.

Largest funders of housing in Colorado

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

1Mercy Housing California$18M 2Community Foundation Boulder County$18M 3Mercy Housing Calwest$14M 4Cathedral Plaza Inc$12M 5Pikes Peak Community Foundation$11M 6Marian Plaza Inc$9M 7The Colorado Health Foundation$8M 8Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$7M 9Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$6M 10Higgins Plaza Inc$6M

Housing organizations in Colorado that draw the most

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

135 other housing organizations$71M

Colorado Affordable Catholic$35M Impact Development Fund$24M Mercy Housing California$20M Mercy Housing Inc$20M Pikes Peak Real Estate Foundation$11M Urban Peak Denver$9M The Gathering Place$5M

How to find housing funders in Colorado

1
Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to housing in Colorado are Mercy Housing California, Community Foundation Boulder County, Mercy Housing Calwest. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
20% of housing money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Colorado, currently Mercy Housing California, Community Foundation Boulder County, Mercy Housing Calwest. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Colorado?: Mercy Housing California gives the most to housing organizations in Colorado, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Colorado?: $206M reached 145 housing organizations in Colorado, from 519 funders. 80% 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.