Colorado · Nonprofit
SPIRIT OF AURORA
SPIRIT OF AURORA (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,690 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($180,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $227k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $199k
- Net assets
- $224k
What Spirit of Aurora does
Mission
The Spirit of Aurora exists to promote quality of life in aurora. The organization provides a means for foundations, corporations, and individuals to contribute to municipal programs of the city of aurora which provide a wide range of services to our community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Aurora animal shelter: this program helps our furry friends find safe, loving forever homes by supporting the aurora animal shelter. Donations support veterinary needs, medical treatment, food and shelter for homeless animals; investigation and prosecution of cruelty violations; and prevention/educational programs. All contributions directly benefit the animals.
$0 spent0% of program spendingChild and youth service programs: these various programs offer opportunities to aurora youth throughout the city to get/keep them involved in healthy, active, and safe activities.aurora scholars: recognizes students who contribute to their school and community through school athletics, being a terrific citizen of the city, a high academic achiever, or a dedicated volunteer.library summer reading program: gives the gift of reading and learning and is funded solely through gifts and donations, which is used to purchase supplies, books, and prizes for participants.compass: provides after-school academic and enrichment programs to young people attending aurora public schools.water for life: promotes water safety and increases basic knowledge of swimming skills for youth via scholarships.youth services: helps build positive life-enhancing skills, attitudes, and behaviors in youth. Shots for tots: provides free and low-cost vaccination clinics to ensure children are ready to go back to school and be safe.
$3,567 spentof which $3,567 as grants6% of program spendingCommunity support services: these programs provide support for other areas of the city, the community, and the individuals that reside.aurora asian/pacific community partnership: the steering committee consists of leaders from the greater metropolitan community who have an interest in promoting the wellbeing, cultures, and businesses of aurora's diverse aanhpi communities. Aurora center for active adults: serves active 50+ adults with programs and services. Donations help fund classes in fitness, health, dance, computers, arts, crafts, and other hobbies. Additionally, day trips, hikes, social activities, events are also funded. Aurora fox arts center: the historic center is home to a professional equity theater company that hosts the area's top performing arts and shows. Donations support programming and capital improvements. Homelessness services: outreach to individuals experiencing homelessness is provided through acot and amrt. Proceeds go towards items such as socks, hygiene kits, nonperishable food, and coats. Give real change: the campaign aims to curb panhandling in aurora and supports those in need in a meaningful way that fosters long-term change toward self-sufficiency.…
$51,244 spentof which $51,244 as grants93% of program spendingAurora police department support services: donations provide support to various units within the department that serve the community. Victim services: provides timely, effective crisis intervention, support, information, and resources to victims of crime within the city. Mobile food pantry: the community relations section hosts a wide range of mobile food events to benefit seniors, community members experiencing homelessness, school children, victims of crime, and immigrants and refugees in partnership with secorcares.
$138 spentof which $138 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $54,949.
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 2023 to 2024, from $52k to $274k (+427%).
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.
100% of SPIRIT OF AURORA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Heather Dearman
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $10k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 SPIRIT OF AURORA’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
SPIRIT OF AURORA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
95% of SPIRIT OF AURORA's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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
SPIRIT OF AURORA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,356 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,356 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SPIRIT OF AURORA
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SPIRIT OF AURORA: 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 SPIRIT OF AURORA?
- SPIRIT OF AURORA (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,690 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($180,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPIRIT OF AURORA have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $198,690 in grants to SPIRIT OF AURORA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPIRIT OF AURORA?
- THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $180,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPIRIT OF AURORA 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.
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 5 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