Colorado · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Colorado

Imperigo has identified 1,418 funders that made 13,364 grants totaling $3.1B to 1,060 education organizations in Colorado, with a median grant of $21K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Colorado

Total granted $3.1B
Funders 1,418
Grants 13,364
Organizations funded 1,060

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Air Force Academy Foundation
19 grants to 4 organizations · largest $30.7M · through 2025 · 64.5% of their giving
$42.6M
2. Prosperity Denver Fund
36 grants to 19 organizations · largest $9.8M · through 2023 · 78.5% of their giving
$29.1M
3. The Denver Foundation
423 grants to 187 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$51.3M
4. National Center for Women and Information Technology
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $4.2M · through 2024 · 70.8% of their giving
$17.2M
5. Colorado Gives Foundation
964 grants to 311 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 8.6% of their giving
$34.8M
6. Poudre Valley Health Care Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.5M · through 2024 · 7.6% of their giving
$29.0M
7. Graland Country Day School Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$9.9M
8. Caring for Denver Foundation
70 grants to 29 organizations · largest $2.8M · through 2025 · 9.2% of their giving
$19.7M
9. City Fund
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $8.5M · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$24.8M
10. The Avalon Network Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 13.8% of their giving
$8.1M
11. Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc
42 grants to 16 organizations · largest $625K · through 2024 · 20.2% of their giving
$5.5M
12. Medical Center of the Rockies
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.2M · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$22.5M
13. Rose Community Foundation
206 grants to 100 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$10.8M
14. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.1M
15. Caring for Colorado Foundation
81 grants to 26 organizations · largest $3.3M · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$8.4M
16. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
194 grants to 67 organizations · largest $23.7M · through 2024
$104.0M
17. Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.9M · through 2024 · 8.8% of their giving
$10.5M
18. Aspen Community Foundation
208 grants to 31 organizations · largest $472K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$7.6M
19. Regis Jesuit Holding Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.7M
20. University of Colorado Property Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.6M · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.6M
21. The Weld Trust
45 grants to 24 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 11.5% of their giving
$6.1M
22. The Charlou Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.5M
23. Community Foundation of Northern Colorado
102 grants to 37 organizations · largest $840K · through 2024 · 11.5% of their giving
$5.9M
24. Mile High United Way Inc
264 grants to 110 organizations · largest $425K · through 2024 · 6.8% of their giving
$9.8M
25. Colorado Schools Fund
11 grants to 11 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 93.3% of their giving
$3.2M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 18 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 education 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 education funding in Colorado, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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