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

Start with the funders already giving to religion in Colorado, currently Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.

Who is the largest religion funder in Colorado?

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Colorado, $70M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in Colorado?

$289M reached 437 religion organizations in Colorado, from 1,124 funders. 33% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in Colorado

$289M reached 437 religion organizations in Colorado, from 1,124 funders, with no single one dominating.

$289M

granted

437

organizations

33%

from in-state

The short version

1,124 funders gave $289M to 437 religion organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
33% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in Colorado is Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, at $70M.
The religion organization drawing the most is Focus on the Family, at $66M.

Largest funders of religion in Colorado

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

1Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$70M 2Christian Community Foundation Inc$61M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$23M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$21M 5Servant Foundation$5M 6Christian Community Foundation Of$4M 7The Catholic Foundation No Colorado$3M 8Dignity Health$3M 9New Horizons Ministries Inc$3M 10National Philanthropic Trust$3M

Religion organizations in Colorado that draw the most

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

427 other religion organizations$94M

Focus on the Family$66M Hexagon Foundation$51M Fellowship of Catholic University$28M The Word for the World USA$15M

How to find religion funders in Colorado

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Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to religion in Colorado are Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
67% of religion money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in Colorado, currently Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in Colorado?: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Colorado, $70M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Colorado?: $289M reached 437 religion organizations in Colorado, from 1,124 funders. 33% 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.