Colorado · Nonprofit
LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER
LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,041 to it, the largest being TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION ($197,800). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $939k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $328k
- Net assets
- $317k
What Little Giants Learning Center does
Mission
Our mission is to serve the community by providing the best quality care in a safe environment, whereby each child is enriched with experiences that are conductive to their social-emotional, physical, cultural, and cognitive development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child Care Services: Little Giants Learning Center provides high-quality early childhood education and care for children in our community. Approximately 98% of our enrolled students receive subsidized care through the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP) and the State of Colorados Universal Preschool Program. Our center is proud to be rated a Level 4 out of 5 by the Colorado Shines Quality Rating and Improvement System, recognizing our commitment to excellence in early learning environments, curriculum, and family engagement. These programs make it possible for families with limited income to access affordable, reliable, and nurturing child care, ensuring that every child regardless of financial circumstances has the opportunity to learn and grow in a safe, developmentally appropriate environment.
$743,925 spent$838,034 earned by the program86% of program spendingTuition Assistance Program: For families who earn above the CCCAP income threshold or whose children are ineligible for CCCAP due to citizenship requirements, Little Giants offers a Tuition Assistance Program. This program provides partial discounts to help bridge the affordability gap for working families who do not qualify for state-funded assistance but still need support. Through this initiative, Little Giants continues to uphold its mission of making early education accessible to all children in ourcommunity.
$90,928 spentof which $70,432 as grants$68,469 earned by the program11% of program spendingSummer Program: The Little Giants Summer Program offers a variety of enriching experiences for children during the summer months. Designed to promote continued learning and engagement outside the traditional school year, the program includes hands-on educational activities, creative projects, field trips, and community outings. It provides a fun, safe, and stimulating environment that supports both academic retention and social-emotional development while families continue towork throughout the summer.
$29,648 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $864,501.
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 $221k to $406k (+84%).
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 26% · 2022 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% 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.
Board chair
Armando Guardiola
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $12k → $108k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER’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
LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
36% 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 LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 72% · 2022 100% · 2023 53% — 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
50% of LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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 LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k 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
LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER has grown faster than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER?
- LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,041 to it, the largest being TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION ($197,800). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $328,041 in grants to LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER?
- TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $197,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LITTLE GIANTS LEARNING CENTER 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 8 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