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, The Colorado Health Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation. 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, $44M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Colorado?

$753M reached 512 housing organizations in Colorado, from 1,581 funders. 61% 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

Housing funding in Colorado is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Mercy Housing Inc leads, and the money reaches 512 groups.

$753M

granted

512

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

1,581 funders gave $753M to 512 housing organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
61% 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 $44M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Mercy Housing Inc, at $71M.

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$44M 2The Colorado Health Foundation$37M 3Colorado Gives Foundation$31M 4Allen Family Philanthropies$29M 5Franciscan Ministries Inc$27M 6National Philanthropic Trust$27M 7The Denver Foundation$25M 8Colorado Coalition for the Homeless$20M 9Mercy Housing Inc$19M 10Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$19M

Housing organizations in Colorado that draw the most

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

502 other housing organizations$418M

Mercy Housing Inc$71M Mercy Housing California$56M Mercy Housing Northwest$42M Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc$38M

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, The Colorado Health Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation. 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
39% 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, The Colorado Health Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation. 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, $44M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Colorado?: $753M reached 512 housing organizations in Colorado, from 1,581 funders. 61% 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.