Colorado · Nonprofit
SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG
SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,900 to it, the largest being TEAM UP ($22,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $37k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $48k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Southwest Colorado Accelerator Prog does
Mission
Scape is the Southwest Colorado Accelerator Program for entrepreneurs. Our mission is to help create more high growth, job creating companies in southwest colorado; through offering an accelerator program which provides access to funding, education and intense mentoring to startups and early stage companies.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024 forty-fivenew companies applied to scape's program, demonstrating continued entrepreneurial demand and excitement. These companies were all vetted, referred to appropriate providers, utilized the new scape online video library, and connected withmentors. Scapeparticipated in and hosted many regional trainings and workshops for all stages of entrepreneurs. The companies that scape has invested in over the years continue to expand and grow,and the investment funds continue to attract new investors that are excited to support their community.
$223,911 spent$38,100 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $223,911.
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.
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 $779k to $1.4M (+77%).
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: 2017 51% · 2019 33% · 2020 33% · 2021 9% · 2022 10% · 2023 78% · 2024 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG’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. 2 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.
Board chair
John Wolgamott
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG’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
SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% 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 SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
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.
Against its field
SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG is better cushioned than half of the 14,851 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Government funding SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$50k
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 SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG?
- SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,900 to it, the largest being TEAM UP ($22,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $47,900 in grants to SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG?
- TEAM UP is the largest funder on record, with $22,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHWEST COLORADO ACCELERATOR PROG 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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