Colorado · Nonprofit
Colorado Head Start Association
Colorado Head Start Association (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $126k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $41k
What Colorado Head Start Association does
Mission
Colorado Head Start Assocation: support Head Start programs across Colorado
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The purpose of this organization is to promote communication cooperation and an action network between Head Start programs staff and families; provide professional development and learning communities; improve the quality of child care in Colorado. Membership: 44 Head Start programs in Colorado
$21,610 spentof which $10,000 as grants18% of program spendingIncrease Early Head Start access by addressing how state investments in the EHS model would benefit more families throughout the state.
$100,000 spentof which $100,000 as grants82% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $121,610.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $91k to $41k (−55%).
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.
100% of Colorado Head Start Association’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Heather Frenz
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $25k.
From the IRS filings of Colorado Head Start Association’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Colorado Head Start Association's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 Head Start Association receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $75k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Colorado Head Start Association
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.
Public support
100%
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 Head Start Association: 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 Head Start Association?
- Colorado Head Start Association (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Colorado Head Start Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $75,000 in grants to Colorado Head Start Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Colorado Head Start Association?
- TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Colorado Head Start Association 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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