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CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION

CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being WOODFORD FOUNDATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$10k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$6k
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Campaign Constitution does

Mission

Campaign Constitution was established in 2009 to promote the adoption of process amendments by a convention of states under Article 5 of the constitution. In 2020 we changed the mission to assist the states to obtain a convention of states and became a 501c(3) organization.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Campaign Constitution Problem Overview John M. Cogswell, a fifth generation Coloradoan and practicing lawyer for 48 years, believes the method of federal government decision-making which has evolved under the Constitution has given us leaders who have diminished our unalienable rights of "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" envisioned by the Founding Fathers. He argues that the only way to recover this vision is to change the character of our leaders by changing the way decisions are made. To do this, he recommends process amendments to the Constitution initiated by the States under their Article V power because Congress, which has the most to lose by needed changes, will never fix the system. In furtherance of his recommendations, he has proposed 44 amendments to the Constitution and written a short commentary on each of them and other essays for public discussion. He has also outlined a method for realizing these changes under the leadership of Campaign Constitution, a nonprofit corporation, whose business plan details necessary action. Those who share his view will find a workable method for reforming the Constitution with changes needed to recapture the spirit of…

    $0 spent

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $5k.

Funder
'18
'19
'22
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION’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

CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

60%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.

“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

100% of CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

CO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’22
Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−17% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,247 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION: 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 CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION?
CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being WOODFORD FOUNDATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,500 in grants to CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION?
WOODFORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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