Colorado · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Colorado

Imperigo has identified 524 funders that made 4,553 grants totaling $366.0M to 360 environment & conservation organizations in Colorado, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Colorado

Total granted $366.0M
Funders 524
Grants 4,553
Organizations funded 360

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

147. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
17 grants to 8 organizations · largest $372K · through 2024
$637K
229. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
462 grants to 154 organizations · largest $7.0M · through 2024
$77.3M
230. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
101 grants to 42 organizations · largest $18.0M · through 2024
$31.0M
231. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
313 grants to 100 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024
$19.2M
232. Network for GoodDonor-advised
63 grants to 36 organizations · largest $366K · through 2024
$2.6M
233. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
120 grants to 50 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$5.7M
234. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
190 grants to 57 organizations · largest $669K · through 2024
$4.9M
235. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
29 grants to 14 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$4.6M
236. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
63 grants to 29 organizations · largest $155K · through 2024
$1.1M
237. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
46 grants to 23 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024
$806K
243. Denver Botanic Gardens EndowmentRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.8M
244. Denver Botanic Gardens IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.3M
245. Colorado Open LandsRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.2M
246. Thousand CurrentsRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 7.8% of their giving
$7.6M
247. National Forest FoundationRegrantor
55 grants to 23 organizations · largest $250K · through 2023 · 7.9% of their giving
$4.6M
248. Col FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $423K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.2M
249. Breakthrough Energy FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$7.6M
250. Conservative Energy NetworkRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $575K · through 2024 · 13.7% of their giving
$1.6M
251. Year One IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $395K · through 2024 · 98.7% of their giving
$874K
252. Thorne Ecological InstituteRegrantor
23 grants to 5 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024 · 60.7% of their giving
$795K
253. Environment California IncRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024 · 43.7% of their giving
$710K
254. The Neighborhood Recycling CorporationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $211K · through 2025 · 50.3% of their giving
$683K
255. Western Conservation FoundationRegrantor
34 grants to 12 organizations · largest $183K · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$2.2M
256. New Jersey Student Public Interest Research Group IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2022 · 99.0% of their giving
$600K
257. Tides AdvocacyRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.6M · through 2019 · 3.1% of their giving
$3.6M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation 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. 14 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 environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation funding in Colorado, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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