How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in Colorado?

Start with the funders already giving to social science in Colorado, currently The Nita Foundation, Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation, Adolph Coors Foundation. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.

Who is the largest social science funder in Colorado?

The Nita Foundation gives the most to social science organizations in Colorado, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to social science in Colorado?

$9M reached 11 social science organizations in Colorado, from 89 funders. 55% 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 · Social science

Who funds social science in Colorado

Three organizations take 74% of all social science funding in Colorado, led by Common Sense Institute. Colorado's social science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 8 funders each.

$9M

granted

organizations

55%

from in-state

The short version

89 funders gave $9M to 11 social science organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
55% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of social science in Colorado is The Nita Foundation, at $1M.
The social science organization drawing the most is Common Sense Institute, at $3M.

Largest funders of social science in Colorado

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

1The Nita Foundation$1M 2Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation$1M 3Adolph Coors Foundation$1M 4The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$755k 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$435k 6Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$325k 7Pema Foundation Inc$324k 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$306k 9Colorado Opportunity Foundation$288k 10Amg Charitable Gift Foundation$208k

Social science organizations in Colorado that draw the most

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

Common Sense Institute$3M Earth Law Center Inc$2M National Institute for Trial Advocacy$2M Colorado Forum Fund Inc$1M Endow$662k The Institute for Cultural Evolution$421k

How to find social science funders in Colorado

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Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to social science in Colorado are The Nita Foundation, Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation, Adolph Coors Foundation. A funder already writing social science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the social science 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
45% of social science money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national social science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to social science in Colorado, currently The Nita Foundation, Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation, Adolph Coors Foundation. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest social science funder in Colorado?: The Nita Foundation gives the most to social science organizations in Colorado, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in Colorado?: $9M reached 11 social science organizations in Colorado, from 89 funders. 55% 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.