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 4 of 4

679. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
590 grants to 220 organizations · largest $509K · through 2024
$16.3M
680. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
197 grants to 87 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$8.9M
681. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
106 grants to 46 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024
$11.0M
683. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
62 grants to 34 organizations · largest $332K · through 2024
$3.1M
684. Network for GoodDonor-advised
93 grants to 38 organizations · largest $255K · through 2024
$3.6M
692. University of Colorado FoundationRegrantor
18 grants to 6 organizations · largest $229.0M · through 2024 · 98.3% of their giving
$985.9M
693. Pac-12 ConferenceRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $36.9M · through 2023 · 8.0% of their giving
$187.1M
694. Dsst Public Schools FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $9.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$40.8M
695. Denver School of Science and Technology IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $12.8M · through 2024 · 80.5% of their giving
$18.6M
696. RootedRegrantor
88 grants to 33 organizations · largest $3.6M · through 2024 · 61.1% of their giving
$14.4M
697. Animas High SchoolRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.2M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.1M
698. Mountain West ConferenceRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.1M · through 2024 · 7.8% of their giving
$20.4M
699. Breakthrough T1dRegrantor
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.7M · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$23.5M
700. Johns Hopkins UniversityRegrantor
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $13.8M · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$54.6M
701. Colorado Community College System FoundationRegrantor
54 grants to 9 organizations · largest $317K · through 2024 · 56.0% of their giving
$5.9M
702. Children's Diabetes FoundationRegrantor
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.4M
703. Alliance for Choice in EducationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $4.9M · through 2024 · 86.1% of their giving
$4.9M
704. Cancer League of Colorado IncRegrantor
9 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 80.7% of their giving
$4.9M
705. The Kempe FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.9M
706. Early Milestones ColoradoRegrantor
83 grants to 43 organizations · largest $341K · through 2024 · 21.4% of their giving
$4.6M
707. Yampa Valley Medical CenterRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $951K · through 2024 · 54.1% of their giving
$4.3M
708. Advance ColoradoRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 69.2% of their giving
$3.4M
709. Boulder Crest FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2022 · 11.0% of their giving
$6.2M
710. Global Down Syndrome FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 87.0% of their giving
$3.0M
711. Unite for ColoradoRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.7M · through 2022 · 22.0% of their giving
$2.7M

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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