Colorado · Nonprofit
COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC
COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC (Colorado) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,924,333 to it, the largest being EL POMAR FOUNDATION ($1,644,579). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.5M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $7.9M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Colorado Springs Child Nursery Centers Inc does
Mission
THE COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS, INC. DBA EARLY CONNECTIONS LEARNING CENTERS (THE CENTER)OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND cognitive development for children in the Pikes Peak Region. This includes education with an emphasis on literacy and language development, nutrition and health, all in partnership with families. The Centers' goal is to help each child grow physically, mentally and cognitively in an atmosphere of acceptance that helps build feeling of confidence and independence. Every effort is made to consider the whole child in all environmental experiences. Home Network of the Pikes Peak Region, LLC (the Home Network) is an affiliated program providing professional development, coaching and business support to improve quality of the early childhood education programs of its members.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The colorado springs child nursery centers was established in 1897 to deliver high quality, comprehensive early care and education services to children from families of limited means and we remain true to our mission. A sliding scale, based on income, is used to determine parent fees. Our student population is both ethnically and socio-economically diverse. 80% of our children qualify for the colorado child care assistance program, 69% qualify for free or reduced cost meals through the child and adult care food program and 98% of families receive tuition assistance.
$5,621,437 spent$4,602,494 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,621,437.
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 $4.8M to $7.2M (+49%).
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 29% · 2018 35% · 2019 34% · 2020 30% · 2021 43% · 2022 10% · 2023 5% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% 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.
Chief executive
Elizabeth Denson
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $538k → $1.2M.
10 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.2M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Colorado Springs Child Nursery Ctr Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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 SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
51% 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 COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 71% · 2019 54% · 2020 63% · 2021 34% · 2022 30% · 2023 48% — 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
48% of COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
89% of COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS 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. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Home Network of the Pikes Peak Region · disregarded
- Colorado Springs Child Nursery Centr Fdn · exempt
- CNC-Chelton Building Corp · exempt
- Day Nursery Building Corp · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC?
- COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC (Colorado) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,924,333 to it, the largest being EL POMAR FOUNDATION ($1,644,579). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $7,924,333 in grants to COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC?
- EL POMAR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,644,579 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 54 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing