Colorado · Nonprofit
Central Colorado Conservacy
Central Colorado Conservacy (Colorado) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,107,353 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($390,101). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Central Colorado Conservacy does
Mission
Protecting the lands, waters and quality of life of Central Colorado as our communities face pressure and rapid growth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization owns roughly 345-acres in Lake County, called the Arkansas River Community Preserve, holds roughly 6674 acres of conservation easements, and has agreements with XX agricultural producers to conserve agricultural and conservation values on roughly 3,400 acres in Chaffee County. Finalized the Arkansas River Community Preserve Management Plan. Purchased roughly 75 acres in Lake County that was incorporated into the Arkansas River Community Preserve. Entered a letter of intent to place a 558.47-acre conservation easement on a ranch located in Park and Fremont counties. Entered a letter of intent to place a conservation easement on 447-acres of agricultural land in Chaffee County. Continued to implement virtual fencing program with 7 participating ranchers; 1000 cows were collared and managed through virtual fencing. Implemented projects as part of the Upper Arkansas Watershed Partnership, aimed at improving watershed health.
$440,600 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $440,600.
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 2020 to 2021, from $650k to $1.7M (+157%).
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: 2021 1% · 2022 43% · 2023 56% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of Central Colorado Conservacy’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 7 funders, grant income rose $15k → $73k.
7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 Central Colorado Conservacy’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
Central Colorado Conservacy leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Central Colorado Conservacy.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 69% · 2021 100% · 2022 90% · 2023 41% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of Central Colorado Conservacy's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Central Colorado Conservacy draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $420k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Central Colorado Conservacy runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Central Colorado Conservacy receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $723k on record.
- Department of the Interior$630k
- Department of Agriculture$94k
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 Central Colorado Conservacy
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
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Central Colorado Conservacy: 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 Central Colorado Conservacy?
- Central Colorado Conservacy (Colorado) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,107,353 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($390,101). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Central Colorado Conservacy have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,107,353 in grants to Central Colorado Conservacy, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Central Colorado Conservacy?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $390,101 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Central Colorado Conservacy 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 18 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