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Pikes Peak Marathon Inc

Pikes Peak Marathon Inc (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$891k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$533k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Pikes Peak Marathon Inc does

Mission

To provide exceptional races in outstanding venues that promotes physical fitness, gives back to the community and environment in which they occur, as well as allowing runners to test their physical limits through competition.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon - Our premiere race promoting fitness and allowing runners to test their physical activity limits by climbing Americas Mountain. Approximately 800 runners for the Marathon and 1,800 runners compete for the Ascent. Race starts in Manitou Springs, Colorado and runners climb the Barr Trail to the top of Pikes Peak for the Ascent and make the full round trip for the Marathon.

    $558,487 spentof which $36,886 as grants$731,504 earned by the program
    85% of program spending
  2. Garden of the Gods 10 Mile - Three race options, the 10-Mile, 10k and trail race promoting fitness and allowing runners to test their physical limits through the scenic Garden of the Gods. Approximately 2,200 runners take on one of the three challenging and beautiful courses through the park.

    $77,433 spentof which $5,207 as grants$103,271 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  3. Barr Trail Mountain Race - Trail race promoting fitness and allowing runners to test their physical limits along the Barr Trail. Approximately 400 runners run a 12.6 mile course at the COG Railway Station (6,750 ft.) in Manitou Springs, Colorado and ascend Pikes Peaks iconic Barr Trail to Barr Camp (10,200 ft.) before turning, descending and finishing at the Barr Trailhead.

    $19,358 spentof which $1,302 as grants$25,818 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $655,278.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($675k) Expenses 100 ($688k) Net assets 100 ($466k)2018 Revenue 106 ($716k) Expenses 97 ($666k) Net assets 111 ($515k)2019 Revenue 108 ($732k) Expenses 118 ($811k) Net assets 97 ($451k)2020 Revenue 20 ($137k) Expenses 52 ($358k) Net assets 51 ($236k)2021 Revenue 124 ($834k) Expenses 104 ($717k) Net assets 76 ($353k)2022 Revenue 122 ($820k) Expenses 118 ($810k) Net assets 78 ($363k)2023 Revenue 128 ($864k) Expenses 121 ($831k) Net assets 85 ($396k)2024 Revenue 132 ($891k) Expenses 110 ($755k) Net assets 115 ($533k)
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Revenue (132)Expenses (110)Net assets (115)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $505k to $353k (−30%).

$469k
$518k
$470k
$505k
$353k
$364k
$396k
$533k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$13k
’17
$50k
’18
−$79k
’19
−$221k
’20
$117k
’21
$10k
’22
$33k
’23
$137k
’24
8.5
months of
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

John Garner

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed87777797
Joined·+3+1+3+0+0+3+0
No longer listed·4130012
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'18
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Pikes Peak Marathon 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.

Where its funders are

100% of Pikes Peak Marathon Inc's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

CO

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Pikes Peak Marathon 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds Pikes Peak Marathon Inc?
Pikes Peak Marathon Inc (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Pikes Peak Marathon Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to Pikes Peak Marathon Inc.
Who is the largest funder of Pikes Peak Marathon Inc?
Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Pikes Peak Marathon 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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