Colorado · Nonprofit
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY (Colorado) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,288,080 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($693,420). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $482k
What Education Foundation of Eagle Cnty does
Mission
The education foundation of eagle county (efec) is committed to education and students intellectual and emotional growth through equitable access to in-school enrichment programs, mental health supports, and efforts to recognize and retain top teacher talent.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Efecs mental health programs identify and activate solutions for students and educators mental health. Efec seeks to ensure that every eagle county school is staffed with a mental health professional and the resources they need to be effective. Additionally, efec funds and coordinates non-profits providing mental health support services and social-emotional learning in k-12 schools called the behavioral education providers. Included in the expenses, $36,399 was spent on teacher appreciation and educator mental health supports and $337k was paid to outside helpers to relieve teachers of supervising recess and lunch periods. See schedule o for more exciting info about this program.
$393,831 spentof which $550 as grants$329,942 earned by the program47% of program spendingThe equitable classrooms program provides funding to schools through a grant application process. Principals, teachers, and students request funds to meet specific needs of their classrooms. Grants are awarded in three categories: stem, arts & music, and equity. The education foundation of eagle county (efec) granted the eagle county school district $110k of which $14,412 was for stem, $6,334 was for arts/music and $23,500 was for equity. Efec also provided $64k to the schools for supplies, classroom projects, and educational trips. Additionally, efec distributed significant funding of $86,000 to 9 local elementary schools and 1 pre-school through a subprogram called wild west day.
$277,994 spentof which $194,525 as grants$30,174 earned by the program33% of program spendingEfecs effective teachers program focuses on recognizing and retaining top teacher talent which is critical to student success. Efec provides grants to educators for continuing education, awards outstanding educators on a monthly basis, and hosts recognition events. This fiscal year, at the annual evening of stars ceremony, 29 educators from 10 different schools were awarded scholarships totaling $51,707 to assist them financially to advance their professional knowledge and skills in educational areas and obtain advanced degrees or certificates. On a monthly basis, parents, students, and colleagues are given the opportunity to nominate teachers who have gone above and beyond to positively impact students. This year, 27 teachers from 15 schools received $500 each.
$139,667 spentof which $67,085 as grants17% of program spendingCommunity engagement encompasses projects such as advocacy, leadership development, and project graduation for battle mountain high school. It includes eagle county gives, a coalition of 60 local nonprofits designed to enhance the quality of life in eagle county by increasing philanthropy, fostering collaboration, and boosting local awareness,
$34,797 spentof which $1,199 as grants$22,287 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $846,289.
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 2024 to 2025, from $218k to $499k (+129%).
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: 2019 16% · 2020 2% · 2021 9% · 2022 6% · 2023 12% · 2024 17% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Wendy Rimel
President & executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $42k → $164k.
11 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
43% 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 EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 37% · 2019 65% · 2020 71% · 2021 44% · 2022 50% · 2023 40% — 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
47% of EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
68% of EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $687k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY
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
81%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY?
- EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY (Colorado) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,288,080 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($693,420). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $2,288,080 in grants to EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY?
- THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $693,420 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY 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 34 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