How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Colorado?

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

How much grant money goes to youth development in Colorado?

$1.1B reached 712 youth development organizations in Colorado, from 3,849 funders. 41% 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 · Youth development

Who funds youth development in Colorado

Colorado's youth development organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$1.1B

granted

712

organizations

41%

from in-state

The short version

3,849 funders gave $1.1B to 712 youth development organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
41% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of youth development in Colorado is Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, at $75M.
The youth development organization drawing the most is Young Life, at $420M.

Largest funders of youth development in Colorado

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

1Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$75M 2Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$56M 3The Colorado Health Foundation$41M 4Silicon Valley Community Foundation$32M 5Lilly Endowment Inc$31M 6Greater Houston Community Foundation$29M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$27M 8Caring for Denver Foundation$25M 9Colorado Gives Foundation$25M 10National Philanthropic Trust$25M

Youth development organizations in Colorado that draw the most

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

Young Life$420M

702 other youth development organizations$416M

Junior Achievement USA$81M Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc$47M United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$31M

How to find youth development funders in Colorado

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Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to youth development in Colorado are Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, The Colorado Health Foundation. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the youth development 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
59% of youth development money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Colorado, currently Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, The Colorado Health Foundation. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Colorado?: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to youth development organizations in Colorado, $75M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Colorado?: $1.1B reached 712 youth development organizations in Colorado, from 3,849 funders. 41% 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.