Colorado · Nonprofit
PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE
PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,904 to it, the largest being Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau ($85,775). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $277k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $216k
- Net assets
- $56k
What Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance does
Mission
To strengthen the outdoor recreation industry for the pikes peak region through leadership and collaboration.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Pikespeakoutdoors.org, industry and tourism promotion, job fair and other events in 2024, we continued to update & improve the website designed for locals & tourists alike to find all the information needed to safely & responsibly recreate in our region. We attended and hosted various industry events to promote the pikes peak region to attendees, outdoor businesses, and industry leaders, handing out hundreds of visitor and family adventure guides. We hosted the annual ppora outdoor industry job fair and had our biggest one yet with 13 employers and over 200 job seekers in attendance.
$44,506 spent$46,216 earned by the program17% of program spendingColorado outdoor regional partnership ppora has been awarded a series of grants from the state to conduct planning for conservation and recreation priorities for the pikes peak region. We lead a task force, maintain a partnership and fund with uccs to create and host a pikes peak outdoor economy data hub, evaluated prior planning documents for the region, investigated innovative land and recreation management models, conducted public outreach throughout el paso, teller, and fremont counties and met with other regional partnerships across colorado. In 2024 this work continued with a final round of targeted community engagement on planning pillars, prioritization of strategies and action items, and the beginning of early wins implementation. This work continues into 2025.
$185,397 spentof which $91,800 as grants$190,776 earned by the program71% of program spendingPPORA Stewardship Fund Through the Pikes Peak APEX,and other small fundraising events, Collaborating with land managers & like-minded advocacy groups, the PPORA Stewardship Fund brings attention and action to the Pikes Peak regions trail system & surrounding lands for multiple uses & users. The Fund supports both the existing & the potential system with priority given to ensure race venue areas & trails emerge more sustainable & better connected for enjoyment by all users in the greater community.
$0 spent$5,069 earned by the program0% of program spendingVarious other projects serving the citizens of & visitors to the pikes peak region
$32,164 spentof which $30,000 as grants$34,818 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $262,067.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $15k to $81k (+430%).
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: 2018 52% · 2019 36% · 2020 13% · 2021 11% · 2022 47% · 2023 18% · 2024 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE’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. 4 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.
Chief executive
Rebecca Leinweber
Executive director
Board chair
Jeff Mosher
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $21k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE’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
PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 37% · 2021 53% · 2022 44% · 2023 48% — 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
83% of PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% 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
100% of PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k 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
PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE?
- PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,904 to it, the largest being Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau ($85,775). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $215,904 in grants to PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE?
- Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau is the largest funder on record, with $85,775 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PIKES PEAK OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE 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 2018–2024), 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