Colorado · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER
FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,619,788 to it, the largest being MORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION INC ($975,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $83k
What Friends of Levitt Pavilion Denver does
Mission
The mission of levitt pavilion denver is to build community through music, presenting 50+ free concerts and events each year in an accessible, all-ages outdoor setting.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Friends of Levitt Pavilion Denver introduced a new paid internship program in the 2024 season, with a focus on building the music industry and nonprofit management pipelines. Six interns participated in the program in 2024, gaining hands-on experience and guidance from industry professionals in stage production, video and front of house operations, in a large scale venue setting.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Friends of Levitt Pavilion Denver (flpd) presented 46 free concerts during the 2024 season, welcoming more than 110,000 visitors to the venue from early may to early october 2024. Among the season highlights was a nonpartisan voter registration drive paired with a concert headlined by big gigantic, which closed the season and drew a crowd of more than 6,500. Flpd also continued its commitment to celebrating culture and collaborating with local nonprofit organizations and community leaders through programs such as the viva southwest mariachi festival, a music education resource fair with a concert headlined by flobots, a first time partnership with denver film to present family-friendly movie screenings on the lawn, and more.
$2,613,267 spent$829,807 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,613,267.
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 2020 to 2021, from $595k to $1.5M (+148%).
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 16% · 2022 11% · 2023 3% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Meghan Mcnamara
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $8k → $325k.
8 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER’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
FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 61% · 2021 79% · 2022 69% · 2023 62% — 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
33% of FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $263k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER?
- FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,619,788 to it, the largest being MORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION INC ($975,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,619,788 in grants to FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER?
- MORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $975,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 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