Colorado · Nonprofit
IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION
IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION (Colorado) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,471 to it, the largest being DISABLING BARRIERS ($124,446). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $400k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $375k
- Net assets
- $360k
What In Colorado Initiative for Inclusive Higher Education does
Mission
Develop college pathways for students with intellectual disabilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In supports the development of inclusive higher education pathways (ihe) for students with intellectual disability. A decade into ihe in colorado, in has helped establish and sustain eight inclusive college programs at acc, unc, uccs, regis, csu, msu denver, ppsc, and lcc with over 115 students enrolled annually. Programs focus on 4 areas: academic growth, social development, independence, and career advancement. To date, 109 students have graduated earning a comprehensive higher education certificate with a focus in a variety of fields such as healthcare, early childhood education, and advocacy.
$171,051 spentof which $141,000 as grants46% of program spendingThe education and outreach program focuses on collaborations with prospective students, families, k-12 educators and community partners to redefine expectations for students with intellectual disability (id) and break down stereotypes that students with id cannot attend college. The program works to raise awareness that college is possible for students with id, highlighting the options now available in colorado. The program puts an emphasis on informing about the college programs in colorado and what the needed steps are to prepare for college, including early inclusion, academic preparation, self-advocacy, and social independence.
$108,314 spentof which $30,000 as grants29% of program spendingIn oversees and leads the colorado inclusive higher education consortium. The group is made up of key stakeholders who are working to promote inclusive college access in colorado. This group meets to share progress and continue to develop best practices, work towards accreditation standards, conduct program evaluation and onboard new colleges and universities looking to establish inclusive higher education themselves. With the graduate number increasing, an evaluation of graduates was completed and showed an 84% employment rate along with 88% of responses agreeing that their inclusive higher education program prepared them for employment. Along with employment rates, the survey showed positive outcomes associated with increased socialization and independent living.
$91,621 spent25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $370,986.
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 2019 to 2020, from $71k to $326k (+357%).
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 8% · 2022 21% · 2023 78% · 2024 71% · 2025 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
107% of IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION’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. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $59k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION’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
IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% 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 IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 79% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 79% · 2023 75% — 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
25% of IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
98% of IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $49k 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
IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION?
- IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION (Colorado) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,471 to it, the largest being DISABLING BARRIERS ($124,446). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $375,471 in grants to IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION?
- DISABLING BARRIERS is the largest funder on record, with $124,446 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IN COLORADO INITIATIVE FOR INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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