Colorado · Nonprofit
CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER
CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER (Colorado) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $980,764 to it, the largest being ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO ($350,360). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $981k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Cloud City Conservation Center does
Mission
Cloud City Conservation Center fosters pathways to a healthier planet and community through initiatives that inspire the conservation of our natural environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
C4s energy program works to decrease energy consumption, reduce local ghg emissions and increase opportunities for renewable energy in lake county. In 2024, we directly assisted 216 lake county households both in making their homes safer, warmer, and more energy efficient, and in reducing their energy costs and usage.
$471,723 spent49% of program spendingC4s works to increase waste diversion opportunities and reduce local ghg emissions through our community composting program, zero waste event services and support for the lake county recycling center. In 2024, c4 diverted over 55,000 pounds of waste from landfills to recycling and composting programs.
$58,042 spent6% of program spendingCloud city farm & community garden, lake countys sole produce farm & community garden, provides local, fresh produce for our community through a weekly donation-based farm market and food donations to community partners. At 10,152 feet above sea level we are the highest farm in north america. Located on school district property we provide educational opportunities for both adults and youth connected to farming, the food system and sustainability on the farm. In 2024, we grew and distributed over 4,000 pounds of produce and engaged 25% of county residents (including 75% of youth).
$143,125 spent15% of program spendingIn 2024, c4s programs served 3,800 individuals, or 51% of lake countys residents across our programming focused on energy efficiency, environmental education, sustainable food and waste diversion.
$285,569 spent30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $958,459.
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 2023 to 2024, from $260k to $1.3M (+399%).
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 26% · 2018 35% · 2019 32% · 2020 28% · 2021 26% · 2022 28% · 2023 37% · 2024 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% 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.
Board chair
Erin Allaman
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $60k → $212k.
6 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER’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
CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
87% 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 CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 71% · 2019 56% · 2020 44% · 2021 41% · 2022 47% · 2023 58% — 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
50% of CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
93% of CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $260k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $132k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$132k
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 CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER?
- CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER (Colorado) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $980,764 to it, the largest being ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO ($350,360). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $980,764 in grants to CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER?
- ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO is the largest funder on record, with $350,360 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 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