Colorado · Nonprofit
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER (Colorado) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,630,963 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($305,343). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 64
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $530k
What Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center does
Mission
To advocate for children and youth, drive systemic reeform, and boldly challenge the status quo so every young person who has experienced trauma or instability has the opportunity to thrive.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Legal representation and advocacy on behalf of children: the organization provides legal representation and advocacy for children who have been exposed to various types of trauma, including abuse, neglect, poverty or instability. Programs include children exposed to domestic violence, caregivers of children at risk, education needs of children at risk, youth empowerment, safe babies court team model, and young adult legal advocacy.
$1,125,432 spent$61,250 earned by the program90% of program spendingInnovation and systemic reform: the children's law center is at the forefront of improving options and outcomes related to children and families in the state of colorado. The organization has been diligent in identifying existing systemic gaps in meeting the needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children in our community. Through this exploration of identifiable needs and mission-appropriate opportunities the children's law center is regularly at work on both new and ongoing initiatives.
$124,504 spent10% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,249,936.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $781k to $652k (−17%).
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: 2019 23% · 2020 42% · 2021 46% · 2022 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Anna Reinert
Board chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 18 funders, grant income fell $197k → $168k.
9 of 64 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 64 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
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
52% 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 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 38% · 2019 27% · 2020 24% · 2021 16% · 2022 21% · 2023 30% — growing more concentrated.
“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
30% of ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
75% of ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW 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. $839k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $2.6M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,208 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2022
Government funding ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.5M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW 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
82% 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 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER?
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER (Colorado) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,630,963 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($305,343). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 64 organizations giving $2,630,963 in grants to ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER?
- THE DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $305,343 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW 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 FY2022 (financials across 2019–2022), and the filings of 64 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