Colorado · Nonprofit
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO (Colorado) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,474,613 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($354,193). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado does
Mission
The Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado & wyoming leads the fight to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy and to accelerate therapies to stop seizures, find cures, and save lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Patient services - in 2025 we provided a variety of programs and services to people living with epilepsy and their families, including support groups throughout the region, a toll-free information and referral line, toolkits for newly diagnosed patients, and direct financial assistance to individuals and families in crisis. We distributed 700 "newly diagnosed" information kits, engaged hundreds of attendees in educational programs on epilepsy-related topics, held virtual and in-person camps for kids, teens, young adults, and families with epilepsy, and offered specialized mental health services.
$595,071 spent$39,109 earned by the program60% of program spendingProfessional education - in 2025 we provided education and seizure first aid training to the medical community and healthcare providers, including, but not limited to, first responders, school nurses and school personnel, and neurology offices. We also offered continuing medical education opportunities for healthcare professionals focused on epilepsy-specific topics.
$198,357 spent20% of program spendingPublic health - in 2025, we trained more than 6,000 individuals in seizure first aid, including families impacted by epilepsy, employers, first responders, school nurses, school personnel, and the general public. We engaged in ongoing efforts to protect the rights of people with epilepsy and promote public policies that benefit people with chronic illness such as access to medication and specialty healthcare services, patient safety and mental health. Our public policy agenda is promoted through grassroots efforts and regular communication with policy makers.
$198,356 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $991,784.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.4M to $1.7M (+17%).
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: 2020 11% · 2021 11% · 2022 8% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Sara Prevost
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $26k → $200k.
14 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
76% 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 EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 33% · 2019 34% · 2020 30% · 2021 36% · 2022 33% · 2023 19% — 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
67% of EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
69% of EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $454k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Organizations like EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO?
- EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO (Colorado) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,474,613 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($354,193). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $1,474,613 in grants to EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $354,193 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO 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.
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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 39 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