Colorado · Nonprofit
Hey Neighbor
Hey Neighbor (Colorado) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $372,801 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($150,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $242k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $373k
- Net assets
- $194k
What Hey Neighbor does
Mission
Hey Neighbor inspires neighbors to create a vibrant community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
NEIGHBORHOOD UNIVERSITY Hey Neighbor's civic education program runs as a 12-week cohort offered twice a year. Participants learn how local government actually works so they are prepared to advocate effectively for change in their own neighborhoods. The goal is to graduate informed, constructive, solution-oriented neighbors who stay engaged long after the program ends. In 2025, 63 residents completed the program across two cohorts.
$77,245 spentof which $96,800 as grants$24,250 earned by the program50% of program spendingHey Neighbor lowers the barrier for neighbors to gather and build relationships. We provide toolkits, event permits,and hands-on support so residents can host block parties, neighborhood cafes, planting parties, and shared meals. In 2025 this work centered on the 1000 Gatherings, a citywide initiative to host 1000 neighborhood gatherings from May through September, culminating on National Good Neighbor Day. Success is measured by the relationships that form and last, not attendance alone.
$38,622 spentof which $48,400 as grants$12,125 earned by the program25% of program spendingNEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK Hey Neighbor builds and supports a network of Neighborhood Leaders and Community Coordinators who create trusted, two-way communication between residents and the City of Colorado Springs. As a neutral and nonpartisan bridge, the Network keeps neighbors informed and gives the City a reliable way to hear directly from residents. 85 leaders and coordinators are active across 46 neighborhoods.
$38,622 spentof which $48,400 as grants$12,125 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $154,489.
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 $125k to $197k (+58%).
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 72% · 2020 98% · 2021 94% · 2022 88% · 2023 80% · 2024 79% · 2025 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Hey Neighbor’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% 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
Kelly Bull
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income fell $20k → $13k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 Hey Neighbor’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
Hey Neighbor leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 Hey Neighbor.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 56% · 2019 48% · 2020 43% · 2021 100% · 2022 80% · 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
18% of Hey Neighbor's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
53% of Hey Neighbor'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 $174k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $199k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Hey Neighbor runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Hey Neighbor
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hey Neighbor: 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 Hey Neighbor?
- Hey Neighbor (Colorado) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $372,801 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($150,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Hey Neighbor have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $372,801 in grants to Hey Neighbor, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Hey Neighbor?
- THE DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hey Neighbor 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 14 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