Colorado · Nonprofit
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC (Colorado) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,797 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($162,508). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $823k
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $237k
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Junior League of Denver Inc does
Mission
The junior league of denver is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Programs and community outreach: for the past several years, the jld has been working to improve literacy rates in the denver metro area for children through the third grade. The jld participates in several key community programs in this area by providing financial resources as well as volunteer participation. Notable among these programs are the league's signature programs, kids connect and read2kids. These programs focus on providing book rich environments for all children, while reinforcing the message that getting children ready to read is of the utmost importance. The jld also provides similar resources for other initiatives through our partnership programs with community organizations such as the gathering place. (continued on sch. O)another of jld's initiatives is l.u.v.s., leaders united in volunteer service. On this annual day of service, members volunteer for a number of local nonprofits to complete projects united by a common focus. Also, our members endorse the expansion of our impact area to include women and families experiencing systemic poverty. Through our community programs, we plan to expand our touchpoints within the denver community to support this initiative.…
$257,199 spentof which $30,000 as grants$9,816 earned by the program69% of program spendingTraining and education: the junior league of denver has, over the years, acquired a reputation as the leading women's organization in developing leaders who impact the community positively. The league believes in the power of trained volunteers and is resolute in providing training for women to be effective volunteers and leaders in the community throughout their lives. As such, the league is focused on providing an effective environment that incorporates skills in managing resources, values challenging experiences and, in the process, assimilates community awareness of the needs of families with young children.
$118,232 spent31% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $375,431.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.1M to $3.4M (−15%).
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.
91% of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $17k → $26k.
5 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.8M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Junior League of Denver Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC raised.
From the IRS filings of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER 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
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 70% · 2019 91% · 2020 73% · 2021 58% · 2022 51% · 2023 79% — 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
31% of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC'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
79% of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER 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 $49k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $188k 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
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
51% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Junior League of Denver Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC?
- JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC (Colorado) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,797 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($162,508). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $236,797 in grants to JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $162,508 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing