Colorado · Nonprofit
County Sheriffs of Colorado
County Sheriffs of Colorado (Colorado) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,377 to it, the largest being MCINNES S AND J CHAR TR ($30,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $54k
- Net assets
- $436k
What County Sheriffs of Colorado does
Mission
To promote charitable, educational, civic and social activities in connection with the values, concerns, rights, obligations, privileges and social responsibilities of county sheriffs throughout the State of Colorado.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Statewide training to peace officers to meet continuing education requirements and to acquire and maintain skills to be successful in the profession. Management of statewide victim notification system (VINE) to include implementation of upgrades to the system and coordination with Victim Advocates and Sheriffs Offices. Implementation of jail standards program to include creating policies and procedures, training assessors, communication with stakeholders, and data management.
$2,070,702 spentof which $779,307 as grants$1,565,170 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,070,702.
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 $830k to $1.4M (+72%).
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 41% · 2019 41% · 2020 40% · 2021 49% · 2022 17% · 2023 10% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of County Sheriffs of Colorado’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Amy Nichols
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $60 → $5k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 County Sheriffs of Colorado’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
County Sheriffs of Colorado leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
39% 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 County Sheriffs of Colorado.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“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
40% of County Sheriffs of Colorado's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 30% 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
County Sheriffs of Colorado draws 98% 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. $21k 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
County Sheriffs of Colorado's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding County Sheriffs of Colorado receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $923k on record.
- Department of Justice$923k
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 County Sheriffs of Colorado
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for County Sheriffs of Colorado: 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 County Sheriffs of Colorado?
- County Sheriffs of Colorado (Colorado) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,377 to it, the largest being MCINNES S AND J CHAR TR ($30,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does County Sheriffs of Colorado have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $54,377 in grants to County Sheriffs of Colorado, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of County Sheriffs of Colorado?
- MCINNES S AND J CHAR TR is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like County Sheriffs of Colorado 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 10 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