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GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC

GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $429,584 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($134,093). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$1.5M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$430k
Net assets
$4.5M
10/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What Golden Civic Foundation Inc does

Mission

To invest in the economic and cultural vitality of the golden community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Issue grants to nonprofit organizations located in and benefitting golden, colorado. In 2024 golden civic foundation provided grants to 41 nonprofit or civic organizations.

    $249,660 spentof which $175,550 as grants
    83% of program spending
  2. Provide loans and collect interest on loans made to local businesses that help support the downtown business community in golden, colorado.

    $30,334 spent$26,564 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  3. Other foundation programs and projects

    $22,323 spent
    7% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $302,317.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($334k) Expenses 100 ($242k) Net assets 100 ($3.6M)2018 Revenue 127 ($424k) Expenses 149 ($360k) Net assets 91 ($3.3M)2019 Revenue 61 ($202k) Expenses 110 ($265k) Net assets 105 ($3.8M)2020 Revenue 105 ($350k) Expenses 127 ($308k) Net assets 111 ($4.0M)2021 Revenue 116 ($389k) Expenses 147 ($356k) Net assets 122 ($4.4M)2022 Revenue 128 ($428k) Expenses 203 ($491k) Net assets 98 ($3.5M)2023 Revenue 217 ($724k) Expenses 193 ($466k) Net assets 106 ($3.8M)2024 Revenue 457 ($1.5M) Expenses 191 ($461k) Net assets 125 ($4.5M)
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Revenue (457)Expenses (191)Net assets (125)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4.5M to $3.6M (−20%).

$3.6M
$3.3M
$3.8M
$4.0M
$4.5M
$3.6M
$3.9M
$4.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

42% of GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,052 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$92k
’17
$64k
’18
−$63k
’19
$42k
’20
$33k
’21
−$64k
’22
$258k
’23
$1.1M
’24
6.9
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed8991415151514
Joined·+1+1+7+1+2+3+0
No longer listed·0120231
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose $28k → $38k.

8 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 GOLDEN CIVIC 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

GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

84% 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 GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC.

31%
largest funder
66%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 61% · 2019 54% · 2020 34% · 2021 59% · 2022 34% · 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

38% of GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

84% of GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC'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 $69k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 4 states.

WI
NY
CO
AR

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’20
’22
Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $361k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin70% · top quartile
Months of reserve6.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)24% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like GOLDEN CIVIC 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 13%Fundraising 22%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

66%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CO

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Questions and answers

Who funds GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC?
GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $429,584 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($134,093). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $429,584 in grants to GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GOLDEN CIVIC FOUNDATION INC?
COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $134,093 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GOLDEN CIVIC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing