Colorado · Nonprofit
WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO
WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO (Colorado) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $677,089 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($383,065). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $501k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $677k
- Net assets
- $233k
What Western Colorado Food and Agriculture Co does
Mission
Connecting local agriculture and local people on the western slope of colorado through education, access, technical assistance and community building.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cultivating farmers and ranchers that thrive (cfrt) provides beginning farmers and ranchers the opportunity to learn and develop their skills to become a food and produce provider through education, business training, mentorship, and land access.
$26,000 spent$200 earned by the program12% of program spendingRegional food system partnership promotes, supports, and coordinates regional food supply stakeholders to increase the viability and resilience of our regional food system.
$8,360 spent4% of program spendingLocal farmacy and food access ensures local, fresh food is available to all members of our community regardless of economic status.
$62,342 spent$908 earned by the program28% of program spendingRoots of renewal - an educational conference that benefits area farmers, ranchers, gardeners & community members the montrose farmers market (mfm) supports and promotes only local producers,artisans and businesses which operate on the western slope of colorado. The 4 main focuses of the mfm are to support local businesses with capacity building, support food access for low-income consumers, community building, and connecting local producers directly to consumers. Food guide/directory provides education on the local foods available and promotes local producers in the community.
$123,864 spent$126,552 earned by the program56% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $220,566.
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 2019 to 2020, from $299k to $200k (−33%).
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: 2020 77% · 2021 62% · 2022 56% · 2023 57% · 2024 59% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $6k → $24k.
9 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO’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
WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
29% 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 WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 68% · 2020 31% · 2021 49% · 2022 66% · 2023 41% — 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
22% of WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
99% of WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $107k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,059 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,059 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $947k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$947k
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 WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO
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
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO: 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 WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO?
- WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO (Colorado) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $677,089 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($383,065). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $677,089 in grants to WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO?
- THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $383,065 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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