Colorado · Nonprofit
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,271 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($60,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $268k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $154k
- Net assets
- $-74996
What Urban League of Metropolitan Denver does
Mission
The league's primary function is to engage in programs that advance & promote, opportunities of minorities, females, handicapped & the disadvantaged & to help these individuals attain social and economic equality and self-reliance.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
The urban league established workforce development program to re-skill unemployed adults for high-demand career opportunities in the cable and broadband industry. The urban league also established an educational center(nulites)to improve the graduation rates of denver public school children in northeast denver.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $57k → $12k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER’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
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 100% · 2020 68% · 2021 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
63% of URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $57k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $97k 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
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $154k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,286 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017
Organizations like URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER
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
29% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER: 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 URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER?
- URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,271 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($60,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $154,271 in grants to URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER?
- THE DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN DENVER 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 7 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