Colorado · Nonprofit
COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE
COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $351,517 to it, the largest being MEDTRONIC COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION ($211,310). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $267k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $352k
- Net assets
- $231k
What Colorado Bioscience Institute does
Mission
Colorado Bioscience Institute cultivates and diversifies the state's life sciences workforce, from classroom, to campus, to career. We nurture a love of science with stem education, engage students and teachers with hands-on experiences, and empower employees with professional development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Classroom - stem education for k-12 students: teacher programs: the institute connects teachers to immersive stem programs and experiences (biotechnology experiences and research experience for teachers) to make the broadest possible impact onstudents. The institute reaches more than 2,500 students each year through student and teacher programs. Student programs: the institute encourages an understanding and love of science by introducing information on career paths in life sciences (p-tech and biogeneius).
$30,031 spent12% of program spendingCampus undergraduate, graduate, ph.d. And post-doc: the institute bridges academic experiences to career opportunities connecting colorado life sciences companies to colorado university talent (mentor program and life sciences industry showcase).
Career - professional development: the institute supports career growth with life sciences-specific professional development with a focus on peer-to-peer learning and coaching, expanding professional networking, and building connectionswith leaders from our ecosystem (foundations of leadership and executive leadership programs).
$53,724 spent$224,433 earned by the program21% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$174,509 spent68% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $258,264.
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 $430k to $263k (−39%).
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.
16% of COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Michael Mestek
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $223k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE’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
COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 86%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2021 57% · 2022 59% · 2023 95% — 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
COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Colorado Bioscience Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE: 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 COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE?
- COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $351,517 to it, the largest being MEDTRONIC COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION ($211,310). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $351,517 in grants to COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE?
- MEDTRONIC COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $211,310 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLORADO BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE 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 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