Colorado · Nonprofit
DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR
DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR (Colorado) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $721,509 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($318,908). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $752k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $722k
- Net assets
- $295k
What Denver Children's Choir does
Mission
To provide a challenging environment where children can reach their full potential by enhancing their musical talents, forging diverse meaningful friendships, and sharing their joy of music with others.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Vocal instruction and music theory education provided to 270 children, multicultural choral performances provided to 8,000 plus people in the denver metro community. The organization also receives donated services and the use of facilities the value of which has not been recognized for financial statement purposes. During the year 36 volunteers donated 1,022 hours to various programs.
$562,245 spentof which $88,461 as grants$408,183 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $562,245.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $247k to $307k (+24%).
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: 2018 13% · 2019 9% · 2020 27% · 2021 23% · 2022 39% · 2023 42% · 2024 24% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Eric Lentz
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $55k → $69k.
6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR’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
DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
78% 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 DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 50% · 2019 52% · 2020 41% · 2021 44% · 2022 39% · 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
50% of DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
76% of DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $174k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $547k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR's revenue grew 52% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR
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
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR?
- DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR (Colorado) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $721,509 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($318,908). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $721,509 in grants to DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $318,908 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 18 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