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SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC

SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,245,670 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($875,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.1M
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$838k
4/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 44%
01What it does

What Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership Inc does

Mission

Our mission is to promote curiosity, environmental awareness, and community health through stewardship and experiences with an urban greenspace that offers equitable access and connection to the diverse habitats, communities, places, and cities thriving along the sand creek regional greenway.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. In 2024, the sand creek regional greenway partnership (scrgp) continued to advance its mission of connecting communities to nature through education, stewardship, wellness, and equity-focused engagement. . Environmental education - spark.inspire.embrace. Scrgp's environmental education initiative provided free opportunities for 2,515 youth and 174 adults through collaborations with local schools and organizations. Programs were offered consistently throughout the year, with nearly half of all activities taking place directly on the greenway. These experiences created meaningful opportunities for outdoor learning and strengthened community connections to nature. . Volunteer program scrgp organized 29 volunteer events (18 public, 11 private) that engaged 467 volunteers who contributed an estimated 35,642 in service value. Volunteers removed 1,448 pounds of litter and 867 pounds of invasive weeds. A highlight of the year was the greenway's fourth mural installation, completed during the inaugural mural festival, where more than 150 volunteers helped paint the base layer of a 250-foot mural. . Outdoor wellness program (owp) designed to promote physical, social, and emotional…

    $430,914 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $430,914.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($172k) Expenses 100 ($267k) Net assets 100 ($143k)2018 Revenue 113 ($194k) Expenses 73 ($195k) Net assets 99 ($142k)2019 Revenue 107 ($184k) Expenses 66 ($176k) Net assets 104 ($148k)2020 Revenue 116 ($199k) Expenses 73 ($195k) Net assets 107 ($153k)2021 Revenue 120 ($206k) Expenses 62 ($167k) Net assets 135 ($192k)2022 Revenue 201 ($345k) Expenses 97 ($260k) Net assets 196 ($280k)2023 Revenue 216 ($371k) Expenses 131 ($351k) Net assets 213 ($304k)2024 Revenue 657 ($1.1M) Expenses 223 ($595k) Net assets 588 ($838k)
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Revenue (657)Expenses (223)Net assets (588)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $304k to $840k (+177%).

$555k
$144k
$149k
$178k
$192k
$280k
$304k
$840k
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2017 53% · 2018 51% · 2021 62% · 2022 33% · 2023 44% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

101% of SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$95k
’17
−$875
’18
$9k
’19
$5k
’20
$39k
’21
$85k
’22
$20k
’23
$535k
’24
17
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.

201720182021202220232024
Listed161717131011
Joined·+6·+2+2+7
No longer listed·5·656
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $111k.

5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP 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.

How concentrated its funding is

SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

70%
largest funder
85%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 79% · 2021 58% · 2022 83% · 2023 68% — 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

100% of SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

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

88% of SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

MN
CO
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $200k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin47% · top quartile
Months of reserve16.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)31% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.

Federal$5k
grants $5kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$5k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 20%Fundraising 8%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

53%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CO

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Questions and answers

Who funds SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC?
SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,245,670 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($875,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,245,670 in grants to SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC?
THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $875,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP INC find more funders?
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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 9 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