Colorado · Nonprofit
DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,600,440 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($308,751). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation does
Mission
Better leaders create a better colorado. Through immersive programs, civic engagement, and lifelong connection, the leadership foundation helps people and businesses unlock their potential and use it to drive meaningful change. We develop passionate leaders with the right skills to make colorado a better place for every coloradan.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership exchange: leadership exchange is an annual city-to-city exchange that brings denver's prominent business and civic leaders together to discuss the innovations and best practices of another city facing relevant business and policy issues while strengthening the collective vision and collaboration in our own community. Inclusive of contributions made to the program in fiscal year 2025, this program generated total revenue of 878,150 and expenses of 660,958 for a program net of 217,192.
$660,958 spent$605,150 earned by the program41% of program spendingB:civic provides companies of all types and sizes the information, insight and a network to learn more about how to be civic-minded while meeting business goals. Inclusive of contributions made to the program in fiscal year 2025, this program generated total revenue of 303,159. There were program expenses of 210,643 with additional expenses covering fundraising of 47,849 and mg&a of 21,562. Total net revenue for b:civic was 23,105.
$210,643 spent$119,797 earned by the program13% of program spendingLeadership denver is an 11-month program for active leaders focused on assuming civic leadership roles in the denver metro community. Leadership denver is a balance of in-depth issues seminars, retreats, and a group community service project. Inclusive of contributions made to the program in fiscal year 2025, this program generated total revenue of 269,275 and expenses of 201,306 for a program net of 67,969.
$201,306 spent$176,794 earned by the program12% of program spendingLeadership denver, access denver, leadership alumni network, leadership fellows, colorado leadership alliance,community partnerships, and other programs are designed to prepare and connect leaders from the business and civic communities to strengthen colorado's future. Impact denver builds confidence and leadership skills for young professionals while introducing them to topics of significance to the region. Inclusive of contributions made to the program in fiscal year 2025, this program generated total revenue of 188,794 and expenses of 150,826 for a program net of 37,968. Access denver exposes senior-level denver executives to the influential people and critical issues of the denver area, providing an exclusive two- day introduction to the city's business and community landscape. Inclusive of contributions made to the program in fiscal year 2025, this program generated total revenue of 64,320 and expenses of 79,976 for a program net loss of (15,656). Leadership alumni network ties together over 5,000 alumni of the leadership foundation's programs, who represent the denver metro region's business, civic, and community leaders. Inclusive of contributions made to the program in…
$544,008 spentof which $150,030 as grants$353,857 earned by the program34% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,616,915.
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 $9.2M to $4.6M (−50%).
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: 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $19k → $163k.
10 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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: $983k from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce). These are real filings, and they are not money DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION’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 METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 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 DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 69% · 2019 57% · 2020 24% · 2021 19% · 2022 43% · 2023 50% — 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
44% of DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
59% of DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $779k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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
- Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION?
- DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,600,440 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($308,751). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,600,440 in grants to DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $308,751 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DENVER METRO CHAMBER LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION 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 25 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