Colorado · Nonprofit
Illuminate Colorado
Illuminate Colorado (Colorado) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,845,047 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($1,268,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.3M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Illuminate Colorado does
Mission
Illuminate Colorado strengthens families, organizations, and communities to prevent child maltreatment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In December 2023, Illuminate Colorado acquired the Safe Babies Program and all associated funding and personnel.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Family Support, Home Visitation, Safe Babies: Illuminate coordinates and oversees multiple programs offering direct support to families across Colorado, including: Circle of Parents and Children's Circle, Illuminating Child Care, FASD Navigation, Safe Babies Court Teams and Best for Babies, Healthy Families America (Colorado), and Family Connects Colorado. These programs focus on providing information, education, and skills-building opportunities to individuals. By offering targeted services, we empower parents and caregivers with the tools and resources they need to create safe, nurturing environments for their children.
$1,719,935 spentof which $306,520 as grants$91,909 earned by the program47% of program spendingEducation, Training, Technical Assistance: Illuminate offers community and professional education and support through conferences, trainings, consultations, and publications including the Colorado Child Welfare Training System, the Colorado Strengthening Families Network, the Colorado Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Network, Child Abuse and Neglect Expert Staffing, the Colorado Youth Thrive Collaborative, and other partnerships. These programs and initiatives focus on training and educating communities and professionals who work with children and families. By sharing knowledge and best practices, we're equipping communities and professionals with the skills to safeguard children.
$603,735 spent$35,021 earned by the program16% of program spendingStrategic Initiatives, Advocacy: Illuminate leads collaborative approaches, develops research-based recommendations, and increases federal, state and local commitment to policies that strengthen families. In addition to conducting legislative advocacy, Illuminate's Strategic Initiatives teams serve as the backbone support for statewide multi-disciplinary coalitions including: the Colorado Infant Safe Sleep Partnership, the Colorado Partnership for Thriving Families, and the Colorado Substance Exposed Newborns Steering Committee.These programs emphasize the importance of collaboration and networking among different organizations and community stakeholders. By working together, we amplify our impact and coordinate efforts across the state to prevent child maltreatment.
$734,484 spent$44,541 earned by the program20% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$620,777 spent$44,057 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,678,931.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.2M to $1.9M (+54%).
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: 2018 39% · 2019 36% · 2020 53% · 2021 64% · 2022 82% · 2023 84% · 2024 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Illuminate Colorado’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Kathryne Woodard
Executive Director
Board chair
Jenna Seigel
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $1k → $576k.
5 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 Illuminate Colorado’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
Illuminate Colorado leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
35% 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 Illuminate Colorado.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 75% · 2019 73% · 2020 40% · 2021 68% · 2022 33% · 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
32% of Illuminate Colorado's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
84% of Illuminate Colorado's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $235k 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
Illuminate Colorado has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Illuminate Colorado receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$6.7M
- Department of Justice$749k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Illuminate 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Illuminate Colorado: 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 Illuminate Colorado?
- Illuminate Colorado (Colorado) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,845,047 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($1,268,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Illuminate Colorado have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $3,845,047 in grants to Illuminate Colorado, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Illuminate Colorado?
- THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,268,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Illuminate 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.
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 31 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