Colorado · Nonprofit
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,850 to it, the largest being GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION ($35,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $814k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $63k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Alliance Francaise de Denver does
Mission
To promote french language and culture in colorado
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
We provide french language educational programs for adults and children across four instructional sessions throughout the year, with offerings available during the daytime, afternoon, evening, and on weekends. All educational programs are led by native or fluent french speakers. Our program catalogue includes foundation-level language programs, one-week intensive programs, workshops, conversation programs, and accelerated learning programs. We also offer private language instruction to groups and individuals. Our educational programs follow the common european framework of reference for languages (cefr).
$380,315 spent$490,778 earned by the program81% of program spendingIn addition to structured educational programs, the alliance franaise de denver offers continued learning opportunities through a variety of cultural and social programs for 700 members as well as the general public, for a total of 1,400 participants. These programs include lectures, art exhibitions, film screenings, wine tastings, traditional celebrations, culinary programs, and book clubs. We continually develop new programs to engage the community.
$84,934 spent18% of program spendingMembership in the alliance franaise de denver provides additional educational and cultural benefits that support continued engagement with the french language and francophone cultures. Member benefits include discounted admission to cultural programs and events, exclusive access to french-language film screenings and cultural content, and discounts with partner organizations that promote language learning and cultural exchange.
$6,606 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $471,855.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.3M to $1.5M (+12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 8% · 2018 7% · 2020 6% · 2021 13% · 2022 20% · 2023 37% · 2024 6% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $2k → $116.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 88% · 2022 100% · 2023 86% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
90% of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER?
- ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,850 to it, the largest being GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION ($35,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $62,850 in grants to ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER?
- GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DENVER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing