Colorado · Nonprofit
COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION
COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION (Colorado) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $689,120 to it, the largest being DANIELS FUND ($300,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $689k
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Colorado Springs Sports Corporation does
Mission
To inspire and advance colorado springs, olympic city usa, and the pikes peak region through sport and community events. As the heart of sports and community events in olympic city usa, Colorado Springs Sports Corporation creates meaningful experiences that bring people together, enhance community pride, support youth development, and generate positive economic impact throughout the region. Through event management, sports tourism, community programming, and strategic partnerships, the organization works to elevate colorado springs, olympic city usa, and the pikes peak region as a premier destination for sport and community engagement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Event management - Colorado Springs Sports Corporation develops, manages, and supports world-class sport and community events that inspire participation, celebrate achievement, and strengthen community connections throughout colorado springs, olympic city usa, and the pikes peak region. Notable events include the broadmoor cycle to the summit, colorado springs sports hall of fame, pikes peak regional airshow, downtown summer & winter fest, pikes peak apex, rocky mountain state games, colorado senior games, colorado springs labor day lift off, and other community-centered events. Through these experiences, sports corp showcases the region, enhances community pride, attracts visitors, and contributes to the economic vitality of colorado springs, olympic city usa, and the pikes peak region.
$1,485,570 spent$549,946 earned by the program64% of program spendingSports commission - as the sports commission for colorado springs, olympic city usa, Colorado Springs Sports Corporation works to attract, support, and retain major sporting events, championships, conferences, and governing body partnerships. Through strategic relationships across the sport industry, the organization helps position colorado springs, olympic city usa, and the pikes peak region as a premier destination for sport. These events bring athletes and visitors from around the world, generate significant economic impact for local businesses, and further strengthen the region's reputation as a leading sports community.
$633,109 spentof which $337,712 as grants$291,460 earned by the program27% of program spendingCommunity and sports programming - through programs such as the rocky mountain state games, the colorado senior games, and the youth, education, and sport (yes) program, Colorado Springs Sports Corporation provides opportunities for individuals of all ages and abilities to participate in sport and community activities. These programs promote physical activity, healthy lifestyles, teamwork, inclusion, and sportsmanship throughout the entire life cycle of sport while creating meaningful connections among participants, families, schools, and community organizations. From youth development initiatives to adaptive sports opportunities, sports corp advances a healthier, more engaged, and more connected community throughout colorado springs, olympic city usa, and the pikes peak region through the power of sport.
$125,808 spent5% of program spendingOlympic & paralympic movement - as the steward of the official colorado springs brandolympic city usaColorado Springs Sports Corporation champions the olympic and paralympic movement by fostering connections among athletes, national governing bodies, other sport organizations, community partners, and residents. Through strategic partnerships, community engagement initiatives, national governing body retention and relocation efforts, and support of olympic and paralympic events and activities, sports corp helps celebrate and advance the city's unique role as a global hub for sports and sports business. These efforts strengthen community pride, elevate the olympic and paralympic legacy, and reinforce colorado springs' position as a premier destination for athletes and sport organizations.
$62,460 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,306,947.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.5M to $4.7M (+33%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 4% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Walt Glover
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $98k → $138k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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: $2.2M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest El Pomar Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION raised.
From the IRS filings of COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION’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 SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
33% 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 SPORTS CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 93% · 2022 54% · 2023 54% — 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
50% of COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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 SPORTS CORPORATION's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $60k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 SPORTS CORPORATION's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
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
- Sports Climb Holding LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION?
- COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION (Colorado) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $689,120 to it, the largest being DANIELS FUND ($300,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $689,120 in grants to COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION?
- DANIELS FUND is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLORADO SPRINGS SPORTS CORPORATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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