Colorado · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE
CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE (Colorado) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,377,674 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($1,072,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What Center for Improving Value in Health Care does
Mission
To equip partners and communities in colorado and across the nation with the resources, services and unbiased data needed to improve health and health care. We help communities, organizations and individuals identify opportunities to develop and advance innovative approaches to improve health and health care. Our work is grounded in the communities we serve. We build collaborative relationships and focus on addressing the needs of our partners. Service: our work is grounded in the communities we serve. We build collaborative relationships and focus on addressing the needs of our staff and our partners. Stewardship: we are conscientious stewards of the colorado all payer claims database. Through data expertise and partnership, we ensure exceptional data quality and create innovative health care analytics resulting in actionable, data-driven insights. Integrity: we are objective, solution-oriented, and maintain the highest integrity in the work we do. We aim to be a trusted, credible, re
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Colorado all payer claims database in 2010, the executive director of the colorado department of health care policy and financing (hcpf) appointed civhc the administrator of the co apcd. The co apcd is a state-legislated, secure health care claims database compliant with all federal privacy laws. The complexity and scale of the database continually grows with between millions of claims submitted by payers each month, reflecting over 5 million lives and nearly 1 billion claims. It is the only claims repository in the state that represents the vast majority of insured lives in colorado, with over ten years of data from commercial health insurance payers, medicaid, and medicare. Analysis of these claims provide valuable insights on ways to improve the health of coloradans, make care more accessible and affordable, and improve the quality of the care being delivered. Civhc makes this information available publicly via civhc.org, and non-publicly via a data release process to multiple change agents including consumers, providers, employers, payers, researchers, state agencies, non-profits and others working to improve health and health care, and lower costs for colorado residents.…
$7,731,005 spent$817,564 earned by the program88% of program spendingResearch, partnerships, and innovation civhc's research and program evaluation teams are focused on providing research support, program evaluation, community engagement, and collaboration to address the needs of low-income, bipoc, and marginalized or underserved communities. The program evaluation team conducts in-depth evaluations of health care programs, offering critical insights into their effectiveness and areas for improvement. These services help inform decision-making for partners, driving innovation and enhancing the quality of care in colorado. Additionally, civhc hosts and promotes the use of the medical orders for scope of treatment (most) form, which allows individuals to document their preferences for life-sustaining treatments. This initiative is part of a broader effort to support patient-centered care and ensure that individual health care preferences are respected across all settings.
$1,027,228 spent$134,457 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,758,233.
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 2022 to 2023, from $5.4M to $8.2M (+50%).
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 5% · 2020 83% · 2021 83% · 2022 82% · 2023 82% · 2024 80% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Kristin Paulson
CEO
Board chair
William Wright
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $986k → $237k.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE’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
CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 67% — 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
78% of CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE is better cushioned than half of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $204k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$131k
- Federal Trade Commission$60k
- Environmental Protection Agency$13k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE?
- CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE (Colorado) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,377,674 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($1,072,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,377,674 in grants to CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE?
- THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,072,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CARE 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 3 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