Colorado · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Colorado

Imperigo has identified 498 funders that made 6,990 grants totaling $520.9M to 737 arts & culture organizations in Colorado, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Colorado

Total granted $520.9M
Funders 498
Grants 6,990
Organizations funded 737

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Denver Art Museum Foundation
10 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.7M · through 2024 · 83.8% of their giving
$38.2M
2. Clyfford Still Museum Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$25.7M
3. Dmns Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$24.4M
4. Colorado Symphony Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$12.6M
5. Colorado Gives Foundation
1,009 grants to 302 organizations · largest $537K · through 2024 · 7.4% of their giving
$30.1M
6. Aspen Art Museum Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$10.1M
7. Richmond American Foundation
29 grants to 11 organizations · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 52.0% of their giving
$8.8M
8. Aspen Community Foundation
205 grants to 27 organizations · largest $433K · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$8.1M
9. The Denver Foundation
301 grants to 131 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$20.8M
10. The Helen G Bonfils Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.5M
11. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
149 grants to 14 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2025 · 1.2% of their giving
$42.6M
12. Lincoln Hills Cares Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $726K · through 2025 · 51.6% of their giving
$2.1M
13. Southern Colorado Community Foundat
26 grants to 5 organizations · largest $300K · through 2025 · 19.2% of their giving
$1.9M
14. Coloradan Community Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $805K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
15. Rose Community Foundation
139 grants to 61 organizations · largest $521K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$6.1M
16. Opera Colorado Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $569K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
17. Cmf Endowment Fund
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $759K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
18. Pikes Peak Regional Airshow
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $921K · through 2024 · 94.7% of their giving
$1.0M
19. Caring for Denver Foundation
39 grants to 18 organizations · largest $516K · through 2025 · 3.0% of their giving
$6.4M
20. Kirkpatrick Family Affiliated Fund of Occf Inc
22 grants to 6 organizations · largest $967K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$3.2M
21. Bucksbaum Family Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 29.3% of their giving
$720K
22. Community Foundation of Northern Colorado
71 grants to 31 organizations · largest $285K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$2.6M
23. Boulder Historical Society Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $308K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$610K
24. The Summit Foundation
45 grants to 13 organizations · largest $164K · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$1.5M
25. Community Foundation Boulder County
133 grants to 40 organizations · largest $209K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$3.2M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Colorado, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 16 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Colorado. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Colorado, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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