Colorado · Nonprofit
EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY
EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY (Colorado) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,067,643 to it, the largest being TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION ($563,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $638k
What Early Childhood Council of Boulder County does
Mission
To expand and improve the comprehensive system of quality early childhood services for families in boulder county. The organization acts as the countywide convener for strategic planning for early childhood programs and services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Systems Building Program:Served as county-wide convener for the early childhood collective impact collaboration; developed funding strategies; influenced policy; built public awareness; provided community accountability.
$254,308 spentof which $88,798 as grants$335,198 earned by the program26% of program spendingQuality improvement program: provided licensed child care centers and.family child care homes with resources to improve: 1) the quality of the learning environment; 2) professional development for staff; and 3) family .partnerships - and the opportunity to participate colorado shines quality rating assessment at no cost.
$519,989 spent$685,803 earned by the program54% of program spendingChild care resource & referral program: supported the information needs of local families that need child care referral services; supported the recruitment and retention of the local early childhood workforce and programs; and ensured accurate local child care data in colorado shines licensing system.
$190,400 spent$239,664 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $964,697.
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 $414k to $665k (+61%).
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 81% · 2018 74% · 2019 69% · 2020 74% · 2021 66% · 2022 82% · 2023 83% · 2024 89% · 2025 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Kaycee Headrick
CEO
Board chair
Shela Blankinship
Ac chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $30k → $166k.
10 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 of 15 funders by total. 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
EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
42% 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 EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 69% · 2019 56% · 2020 70% · 2021 62% · 2022 74% · 2023 66% — 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
33% of EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
100% of EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $410k 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
EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY: 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 EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY?
- EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY (Colorado) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,067,643 to it, the largest being TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION ($563,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,067,643 in grants to EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY?
- TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $563,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY 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 15 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