Colorado · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Colorado

Imperigo has identified 436 funders that made 2,496 grants totaling $283.7M to 271 community improvement organizations in Colorado, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Colorado

Total granted $283.7M
Funders 436
Grants 2,496
Organizations funded 271

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Christian Community Foundation Inc
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $13.1M · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$31.7M
2. Caring for Denver Foundation
48 grants to 12 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2025 · 7.4% of their giving
$15.9M
3. Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 99.0% of their giving
$5.7M
4. Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $608K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.4M
5. Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association DBA Iowa Beef Industry Council
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $592K · through 2022 · 32.9% of their giving
$2.1M
6. Junior League of Denver Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $362K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.9M
7. Rose Community Foundation
72 grants to 34 organizations · largest $565K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$5.1M
8. The Denver Foundation
130 grants to 46 organizations · largest $915K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$10.1M
9. Colorado Gives Foundation
186 grants to 60 organizations · largest $489K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$9.2M
10. Bside Capital
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $796K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$997K
11. Durango Industrial Development Found
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $939K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$939K
12. Weld Community Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $727K · through 2025 · 11.8% of their giving
$1.5M
13. 640 Improvement Corporation C/O John M Mullins
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $725K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$725K
14. Caring for Colorado Foundation
50 grants to 13 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$2.9M
15. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado
21 grants to 12 organizations · largest $574K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$2.7M
16. Southwest Colorado Leverage Lender Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $289K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$289K
17. Aspen Community Foundation
20 grants to 7 organizations · largest $608K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$1.9M
18. Mile High United Way Inc
65 grants to 32 organizations · largest $375K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$2.7M
19. Tennessee Beef Industry Council Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $47K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$231K
20. Energy Outreach Colorado
30 grants to 10 organizations · largest $931K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$2.5M
21. Prosperity Denver Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$1.1M
22. Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc
17 grants to 6 organizations · largest $180K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$950K
23. Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2025 · 15.6% of their giving
$210K
24. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union 7R Local
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $41K · through 2025 · 42.3% of their giving
$158K
25. Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund
22 grants to 12 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$848K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 13 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Colorado, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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