Colorado · Nonprofit
ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC
ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,006 to it, the largest being COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $952k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $186k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Elevations Foundation Inc does
Mission
We bring people and resources together to strengthen our communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Funding of $120,000 in scholarships to 24 deserving students.
$177,434 spentof which $120,000 as grants$6,000 earned by the program64% of program spendingSupport was given to various organizations which benefit the local community.
$70,000 spentof which $70,000 as grants25% of program spendingFhlb affordable housing grant program
$30,000 spentof which $30,000 as grants11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $277,434.
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 $2.4M to $3.2M (+32%).
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 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Jennifer Hinderliter
Executive director
Board chair
Charlene Moser
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $30k → $29k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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: $2.5M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Elevations Credit Union). These are real filings, and they are not money ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC’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
ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
72% 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 ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 82% · 2022 57% · 2023 35% — 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.
Where its funders are
58% of ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC
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
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
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
- Elevations Credit Union · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC: 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 ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC?
- ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,006 to it, the largest being COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $186,006 in grants to ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC?
- COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC 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 17 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