Colorado · Nonprofit
Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection
Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,623 to it, the largest being COALITIONS & COLLABORATIVES INC ($61,423). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $195k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $87k
- Net assets
- $110k
What Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection does
Mission
The mission of the Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection is to collaboratively protect the Spanish Peaks area of Colorado, the wildlife, and precious water resources from the impact of destructive fire events. Our objectives are to use a Master Plan to identify critical areas of mitigation, education of the public, secure funding for training and professional expertise and to secure matching grants for property and homeowners to create defensible space. In addition, we collaborate with county, state, and federal agencies to obtain funding to mitigate wildfire risks, protect watersheds, protect wildlife, create healthy forests, and evaluate risks to evacuation routes to permit safe evacuation in case of wildfire.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Through the Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation (FRWRM) grant, administered by the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), our organization was able to assist with one-to-one matching funding for community-level actions to reduce risk to people, property, and infrastructure from wildfire. Specifically, helping landowners to recover approved expenses incurred to mitigate areas on land targeted as wildfire risk. Total persons benefited 350.
$173,529 spentof which $120,129 as grants93% of program spendingSPAWP was awarded funds from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) andState Farm Insurance Agency for a Wildfire Community Preparedness campaign. Thisprogram encourages individuals and organizations to come together to proactivelyreduce wildfire risks in their communities by providing grants to support preparedness projects. Total persons benefited 750.
$10,000 spentof which $20,000 as grants5% of program spendingReceiving the SPAWP Neighborhood Wildfire Outreach Grant, our organization will grant funds to establish 17 Neighborhood Ambassador Programs in 6 Colorado counties to conduct public informational meetings to promote wildfire mitigation by providing Home Ignition Zone (HIZ) assessments. Total persons benefited 870.
$2,429 spentof which $4,934 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $185,958.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $67k to $110k (+65%).
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: 2024 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Lisa Garrison
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $40k → $25k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection’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
Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55k on record.
- Department of the Interior$55k
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 Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection
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
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection: 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 Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection?
- Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,623 to it, the largest being COALITIONS & COLLABORATIVES INC ($61,423). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $86,623 in grants to Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection?
- COALITIONS & COLLABORATIVES INC is the largest funder on record, with $61,423 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 2 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