Colorado · Nonprofit
COLORADO FORUM FUND INC
COLORADO FORUM FUND INC (Colorado) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,597,376 to it, the largest being TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Colorado Forum Fund Inc does
Mission
The Fund's purpose is to (1) educate the public on issues of significance to the State of Colorado and its citizens and (2) advance progress on issues that the Colorado Forum has identified as priorities. The Fund strives to create measurable impact on identified issues over a defined time period, with an identified end-goal and exit strategy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
TechHubNow!: The Forum Fund acts as the Fiscal Sponsor for TechHubNow!, a statewide collaboration to showcase Colorado as a leader in advanced industries through equitable and inclusive partnerships. TechHubNow! Works in collaboration with the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade to energize technology ecosystems across the state by securing federal designation as a Tech Hub from the Economic Development Administration.
$95,122 spent30% of program spendingCOLORADO SCIENCE & ENGINEERING POLICY FELLOWSHIP (CSEPF): The Forum Fund acts as the Fiscal Sponsor for the Colorado Science and Engineering Policy Fellowship, a program ran by Senators Hansen and Rankin to educate STEM students on the policy making process. This is an annual summer fellowship. The 2024 fellowship concluded at the end of the summer and saw great success in educating students.
$78,909 spentof which $52,000 as grants25% of program spendingColorado Informed is a nonpartisan Civic Information Project which strives to educate Coloradans on objective truths. This innovative platform serves as an independent, centralized hub for proven research and facts. We empower individuals, organizations, and communities with the information they need to make informed decisions about some of the most important issues facing Coloradans. line 4d, program service ------------------------- The CFF education project is currently partnering with three Colorado school districts-Pueblo District 70, Mesa District 51, and Genoa-Hugo-to support transformative educational change. Each district is working with its board and community to identify a critical issue and develop an innovative, sustainable solution to enhance student learning. The goal is to create a model that can inspire systemic change across Colorado's entire K- 12 education system. inspire systemic change across Colorado's entire K- 12 education system.
$63,000 spent20% of program spendingCFF Education
$40,442 spent13% of program spendingCff policy fellowship
$39,588 spentof which $35,000 as grants12% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $317,061.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $197k to $1.8M (+805%).
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: 2023 19% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of COLORADO FORUM FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
David Younggren
chair of board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $30k → $170k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 FORUM FUND INC’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 FORUM FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 75%; 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 100% · 2018 81% · 2019 64% · 2020 93% · 2021 97% · 2022 45% · 2023 59% — 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
17% of COLORADO FORUM FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% 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
98% of COLORADO FORUM FUND INC's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $298k 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
COLORADO FORUM FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 174 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COLORADO FORUM FUND 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
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 FORUM FUND 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 FORUM FUND INC?
- COLORADO FORUM FUND INC (Colorado) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,597,376 to it, the largest being TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLORADO FORUM FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,597,376 in grants to COLORADO FORUM FUND INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLORADO FORUM FUND INC?
- TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLORADO FORUM FUND 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 19 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