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 3 of 4

51. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
40 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$13.2M
52. The Summit Foundation
58 grants to 16 organizations · largest $289K · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$1.9M
53. Durango Industrial Development Found
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $938K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$938K
54. Colorado 4-H Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $823K · through 2024 · 96.3% of their giving
$916K
55. Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc
60 grants to 23 organizations · largest $321K · through 2025 · 7.5% of their giving
$2.4M
56. University of Colorado Childrens Diabetes
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $525K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$900K
57. Ent Credit Union
19 grants to 12 organizations · largest $174K · through 2024 · 14.4% of their giving
$1.2M
58. Arapahoe Community College Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $381K · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$1.5M
62. Gary Sinise Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2023 · 5.2% of their giving
$2.8M
66. Community Foundation Boulder County
105 grants to 37 organizations · largest $781K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$3.3M
77. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$7.8M
97. Charter Fund Inc D/B/a Charter School Growth Fund
16 grants to 10 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$5.0M
118. Impactassetsinc
51 grants to 27 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024
$6.7M
153. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
72 grants to 29 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2025
$5.9M
164. Charities Aid Foundation America
99 grants to 43 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$5.0M
188. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
15 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024
$3.2M
217. Tides Foundation
15 grants to 9 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$3.5M
221. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
103 grants to 62 organizations · largest $368K · through 2024
$3.0M
233. National Collegiate Athletic Association
25 grants to 5 organizations · largest $794K · through 2023
$3.5M
322. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
44 grants to 23 organizations · largest $905K · through 2024
$4.3M
674. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
1,168 grants to 444 organizations · largest $25.3M · through 2024
$259.5M
675. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
761 grants to 258 organizations · largest $8.0M · through 2024
$134.4M
676. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
327 grants to 122 organizations · largest $6.0M · through 2024
$41.1M
677. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
216 grants to 91 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024
$15.5M
678. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
242 grants to 104 organizations · largest $5.1M · through 2024
$24.9M

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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