Colorado · Nonprofit
PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO
PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO (Colorado) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,281,279 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO ($1,616,879). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $965k
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Project Self-Sufficiency of Northern Colorado does
Mission
Our mission is to assist low-income, single parents in their efforts to achieve economic independence and become free from community and government assistance while building and maintaining strong, healthy families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Project self-sufficiency assisted 141 single parents during the year ended december 31, 2024. Each program participant was matched with an advisor from the project self-sufficiency staff who helps with goal setting, career planning, problem solving, barrier removal, access to education, counseling, and employment. Expenses to provide these services include salaries and benefits for program staff and program management, as well as supplies, postage, printing, office space, and other expenses related to program execution. Additional expenses related to program activities and resources that directly remove barriers to self-sufficiency are included in the categories below. See the annual program report at www.bringthepower.org for further information. Look in the "about us" section.
$1,000,247 spent61% of program spendingThe healthy families program addresses the top barriers that single-parent families face by stabilizing them in areas of houseing, transportation, childcare, and mental health that impede a single parents' ability to engage in post-secondary education and training by providing financial resources and community partnerships in key areas. Supports include housing and eviction prevention, car repairs, and funding for mental health services, to name just a few. The safety net provided by the healthy families program mitigates the cycle of crisis that many families face when living in poverty and sustains momentum and focus toward the pursuit of education and career goals.
$566,260 spentof which $566,260 as grants35% of program spendingThe cars for families program provides vehicles purchased by the organization and donated vehicles to families enrolled in the program. Donated cars are safety inspected and necessary repairs are made. Car titles are transferred from the donors to the organization and then to the families who are selected to receive a car. Volunteer and donated car repair is also available to families. The value of donated vehicles during the twelve months ended december 31, 2024 totaled 22,226.
$68,854 spentof which $68,854 as grants4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,635,361.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.5M to $4.4M (+23%).
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 7% · 2019 7% · 2020 11% · 2021 8% · 2022 9% · 2023 14% · 2024 8% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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 23 funders to 27 funders, grant income fell $402k → $397k.
20 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 funders by total. 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
PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
76% 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 PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 23% · 2019 17% · 2020 21% · 2021 12% · 2022 23% · 2023 14% — 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
58% of PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
73% of PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO'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 $1.4M that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO's revenue fell 35% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,850 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO?
- PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO (Colorado) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,281,279 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO ($1,616,879). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $5,281,279 in grants to PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO is the largest funder on record, with $1,616,879 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 61 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