Colorado · Nonprofit
DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,758,338 to it, the largest being CITY FUND ($2,600,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $310k
What Denver Families for Public Schools does
Mission
To reimagine an equitable public education system in denver by increasing civic engagement, shaping education policy, and developing the next generation of grassroots and civic leaders.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
Denver Families for Public Schools (denver families) is dedicated to democratizing education policy in denver by ensuring that all voices in the community are heard and valued. Our mission is to reimagine an equitable public education system in denver by increasing civic engagement, shaping education policy, and developing grassroots and civic leaders. Our focus includes community organizing, leadership development, and education ecosystem leadership. Through programs like learn, advocacy ambassadors, and lead 101 we empower denverites with the knowledge, training, and opportunities to shape the future of public education.by organizing the community, developing future education leaders, and aligning the denver education ecosystem with a vision of community-driven change, denver families strives to transform denver's public education system to meet every child in denver with a public education that is responsive to their individual greatness.
$1,064,540 spentof which $640,190 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,064,540.
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
Clarence Burton Jr
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Dani Morello
Chairwoman/director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $300k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Denver Families for Public Schools Action). These are real filings, and they are not money DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS raised.
From the IRS filings of DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS’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 FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
“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.
Where its funders are
DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 2 states in all.
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.
Organizations like DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Denver Families for Public Schools Action · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 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 DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
- DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,758,338 to it, the largest being CITY FUND ($2,600,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,758,338 in grants to DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
- CITY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 2 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