Colorado · Nonprofit
SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER
SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER (Colorado) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,313,338 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($276,272). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $873k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $747k
What Sun Valley Community Center does
Mission
Sun Valley Community Center's mission is to support, connect, and empower the sun valley community so that all residents can thrive as the neighborhood grows and transforms. Grounded in five guiding values-nourish, enrich, educate, unite, and employ-we take a holistic approach to meeting the diverse needs of our community. Our work is driven by four core pillars: food access through our no-cost grocery program and food-based initiatives; youth empowerment through cooking classes, athletics, job training, and employment; holistic health through culturally responsive care, mental health support, and wellness programming; and community building through annual events like the viaduct night market, fall harvest fest, and inclusive seasonal celebrations that bring neighbors together.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
No-cost grocery program: svcc's no-cost grocery program provides groceries,toiletries, diapers, and hot meals for families in sun valley twice perweek, on wednesdays and saturdays. In 2024, the program distributed 130,485 pounds of food and 12,568 hot meals to 4,683 duplicated families and 10,464 duplicated individuals. Svcc partners with denver food rescue and other local organizations, such as denver botanic gardens, to distribute rescued food from local grocery stores, gardens, and farms. Svcc also purchases additional food staples to supplement the donated items.
$212,962 spent30% of program spendingSun valley kitchen is a social enterprise restaurant that provides employment, workforce development, and mentorship opportunities for adults and youth in sun valley.
$152,137 spent$105,177 earned by the program22% of program spendingYouth employment & professional development program: in 2024, svcc's youth employment & professional development program employed 10 youth from sun valley. This program focuses on workforce development, training, mentorship, food safety training, time management, goal setting, and other personal and professional development activities the program also includes mental health support to ensure the well-being of youth employees. Svcc youth employees assist with the organization's no-cost grocery program and food distribution efforts, weeknight community dinners for youth and families, and other community center programs and activities
$153,865 spent22% of program spendingThe sun valley viaduct night market is a bold, joyful celebration of west denver's culture, creativity, and community power. Held beneath the colfax viaduct on the edge of the sun valley neighborhood, the market transforms an overlooked industrial corridor into a vibrant, welcoming hub filled with food, music, art, and connection. This flagship community event brings together over 70 local vendors, artists, and small businesses-many of them westside-based-to showcase their work and generate real economic opportunity. With food trucks, artisan goods, live music, dance performances, roller skating, games, and family-friendly activities, the event draws over 3,000 attendees from sun valley and across the denver metro area. Youth enrichment program: the youth enrichment program provides cooking and other enrichment activities for elementary and middle school students in sun valley. In 2024, svcc served 131 duplicated youth through 48 cooking classes, with 41 returning youth. With guidance from an instructor and volunteers, the youth learned techniques, skills, and recipe literacy to cook healthy meals confidently in the kitchen. Westside athletics: westside athletics provides weekly…
$188,369 spent$48,576 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $707,333.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $294k to $685k (+133%).
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.
75% of SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Aaron Martinez
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $62k → $287k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER’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
SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
69% 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 SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 60% · 2020 27% · 2021 44% · 2022 26% · 2023 45% — 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
43% of SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $510k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER is better cushioned than half of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $400k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$400k
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 SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY 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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Sun Valley Kitchen · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER?
- SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER (Colorado) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,313,338 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($276,272). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,313,338 in grants to SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER?
- THE DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $276,272 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 22 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