Colorado · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Colorado

Imperigo has identified 274 funders that made 2,144 grants totaling $325.8M to 176 housing & shelter organizations in Colorado, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Colorado

Total granted $325.8M
Funders 274
Grants 2,144
Organizations funded 176

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Community Foundation Boulder County
25 grants to 7 organizations · largest $12.1M · through 2024 · 28.3% of their giving
$23.6M
2. Mercy Housing Wheaton Nfp
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $13.7M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$16.9M
3. Cathedral Plaza Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10.5M · through 2023 · 76.2% of their giving
$11.9M
4. Pikes Peak Community Foundation
34 grants to 16 organizations · largest $9.5M · through 2025 · 17.8% of their giving
$11.3M
5. Marian Plaza Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.4M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.8M
6. Higgins Plaza Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.1M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.9M
7. Habitat for Humanity of Colorado Inc
15 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 26.9% of their giving
$4.2M
8. Colorado Springs Health Foundation
38 grants to 13 organizations · largest $500K · through 2025 · 13.0% of their giving
$5.3M
9. The Weld Trust
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$5.8M
10. Francis of Assisi Community
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $642K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.6M
11. Immaculata Plaza Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
12. Caring for Denver Foundation
31 grants to 9 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2025 · 3.9% of their giving
$8.4M
13. Barton Institute for Community Action
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $982K · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$3.0M
14. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
39 grants to 7 organizations · largest $670K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$13.0M
15. Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc
28 grants to 7 organizations · largest $436K · through 2025 · 8.6% of their giving
$2.8M
16. South of Market Mercy Housing
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $655K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
17. Eaton Senior Communities Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2021 · 97.6% of their giving
$970K
18. Colorado Gives Foundation
195 grants to 60 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$8.7M
19. The Denver Foundation
58 grants to 27 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$8.9M
20. The Recovery Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2025 · 19.5% of their giving
$750K
21. Marin Housing Corporation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $237K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$653K
22. Mile High United Way Inc
84 grants to 33 organizations · largest $246K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$3.5M
23. Armstead Academic Project
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2022 · 73.9% of their giving
$375K
24. Women with a Cause Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $353K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$353K
25. Front Porch Investments
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $894K · through 2023 · 6.1% of their giving
$894K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to housing & shelter 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. 11 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 housing & shelter 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 housing & shelter funding in Colorado, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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