Funding · Colorado · Human services
Who funds human services in Colorado
Human services funding in Colorado is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Come Near Media Inc leads, and the money reaches 1,266 groups.
The short version
- 3,499 funders gave $1.4B to 1,266 human services organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 58% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of human services in Colorado is The Signatry Charitable Trust, at $131M.
- The human services organization drawing the most is Come Near Media Inc, at $131M.
Largest funders of human services in Colorado
The funders giving the most to human services organizations in Colorado, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Human services organizations in Colorado that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find human services funders in Colorado
- 1Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to human services in Colorado are The Signatry Charitable Trust, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
42% of human services money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Colorado?
- Start with the funders already giving to human services in Colorado, currently The Signatry Charitable Trust, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
- Who is the largest human services funder in Colorado?
- The Signatry Charitable Trust gives the most to human services organizations in Colorado, $131M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to human services in Colorado?
- $1.4B reached 1,266 human services organizations in Colorado, from 3,499 funders. 58% 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
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.