Colorado · Nonprofit
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE (Colorado) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,181,380 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($625,932). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $986k
What National Civic League does
Mission
The mission of the National Civic League is to advance inclusive civic engagement and promote innovations in democracy to make decision-making more participatory, equitable, and effective.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community assistance National Civic League facilitates strategic planning processes, community engagement training, and development of local engagement plans and materials helping local governments and institutions engage and involve residents in ways that lead to tangible outcomes. National Civic League's community assistance philosophy encourages communities to view civic engagement as more than presenting information or distributing questionnaires (though both are important)? Instead, we promote listening to, and learning from, residents consistently and using those insights to shape how programs are administered, designed and executed. We set a different expectation for engagement.
$514,923 spent$359,293 earned by the program51% of program spendingAll america city award (since 1949) the National Civic League has recognized and celebrated the best in american civic innovation with the prestigious allamerica city award. The award, bestowed yearly on 10 communities (more than 500 in all) recognizes the work of communities in using inclusive civic engagement to address critical issues and create stronger connections among residents, businesses and nonprofit and government leaders. The allamerican city award shines a spotlight on the incredible work taking place in communities across the country. By celebrating the best in local innovation, civic engagement and crosssector collaboration, the allamerica city awards remind us of the potential within every community to tackle tough issues and create real change.
$296,903 spent$161,252 earned by the program30% of program spendingMembership in the National Civic League provides access to a broad network of government, civic, and business leaders
$193,290 spent$70,563 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,005,116.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.2M to $1.4M (−33%).
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 14% · 2023 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $276k → $300k.
4 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE’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
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
28% 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 NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 34% · 2020 61% · 2021 78% · 2022 73% · 2023 42% — 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 NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $163k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE has grown faster than half of the 4,206 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,206 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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 NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE: 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 NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE?
- NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE (Colorado) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,181,380 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($625,932). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $2,181,380 in grants to NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $625,932 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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