Colorado · Nonprofit
COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC
COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,600,604 to it, the largest being The Morgridge Family Foundation ($800,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $922k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $399k
What Colorado Food Cluster Inc does
Mission
Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization designed and began the initial phases of implementation for the food utility/universal basic food program. Designed research and evaluation proposal, developed core technology infrastructure for housing and securing data (data commons) and identified and secured partnerships for recruitment of participants.
$352,295 spent43% of program spendingThe child adult care food programs (cacfp) are administered by the colorado department of health and environment. There are three program types, cacfp-centers, cacfp-home care providers, and cacfp at-risk afterschool programs. The cacfp is a usda federal entitlement program that supplements meal costs for child care service providers. Currently, cfc has a contract with cdphe as a sponsor of cacfp-centers. We are in the process with the state to also be a sponsor of cacfp-home care providers. They are both paid to cfc by cdphe so we have to keep our programmed reimbursements codes seperate for the two cacfp programs.
$270,367 spent33% of program spendingIn 2023 our summer food service program launched in five new rural counties in colorado. We provided 41,620 free meals and meal delivery to 575 school aged children during the summer months which students were not in school. The program served 41,620 meals from june through august. In january, cfc was recognized by a national entity as a best practice for our implementation of non-congregate usda meal programs.
$196,630 spent$161,798 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $819,292.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $215k to $637k (+196%).
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 39% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
Kristen Collins
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $800k → $765k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 FOOD CLUSTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. 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 FOOD CLUSTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 94% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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 FOOD CLUSTER INC draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $903k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$903k
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 COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC: 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 FOOD CLUSTER INC?
- COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,600,604 to it, the largest being The Morgridge Family Foundation ($800,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,600,604 in grants to COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC?
- The Morgridge Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLORADO FOOD CLUSTER INC 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 2021–2024), 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