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 2 of 4

26. Pikes Peak Community Foundation
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $502K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$1.3M
27. Chinook Fund Inc
20 grants to 8 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 12.4% of their giving
$206K
28. Beaver Creek Property Owners Association
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$121K
29. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
34 grants to 12 organizations · largest $6.3M · through 2024
$15.7M
30. Community Foundation Boulder County
44 grants to 17 organizations · largest $203K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$1.3M
31. Kiwanis Club of Skyline
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $59K · through 2024 · 25.2% of their giving
$105K
32. Impact 100 Metro Denver
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $63K · through 2024 · 13.1% of their giving
$140K
33. The Chicago Community Trust
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $7.0M · through 2023
$10.9M
34. Adams County Foundation Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $185K · through 2020 · 5.5% of their giving
$255K
35. Lifespan Local Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $61K · through 2025 · 17.3% of their giving
$81K
36. United Way of Larimer County
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $142K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$423K
37. Colorado Assessors Association
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$61K
38. Arvada Economic Development Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2020 · 11.5% of their giving
$100K
39. Village Thrift Shop Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2025 · 10.9% of their giving
$104K
40. Beanstalk Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2021 · 21.5% of their giving
$50K
41. Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc
17 grants to 6 organizations · largest $103K · through 2025 · 1.7% of their giving
$563K
42. American Gas Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $57K · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$157K
43. UNeMed Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$40K
44. Impactassetsinc
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $918K · through 2024
$3.0M
45. Fort Collins Lions Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2023 · 14.8% of their giving
$44K
46. Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $643K · through 2024
$1.1M
49. The Civil Justice Reform Group
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$231K
50. Moriah Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $215K · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$303K
52. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $458K · through 2023
$1.5M
55. Rocky Mountain Health Foundation
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $100K · through 2021 · 1.2% of their giving
$254K

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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