Colorado · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Colorado

Imperigo has identified 832 funders that made 12,836 grants totaling $910.4M to 1,037 human services organizations in Colorado, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Colorado

Total granted $910.4M
Funders 832
Grants 12,836
Organizations funded 1,037

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Signatry Charitable Trust
14 grants to 14 organizations · largest $130.7M · through 2024 · 19.5% of their giving
$131.0M
2. Colorado Gives Foundation
1,221 grants to 353 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 15.0% of their giving
$61.0M
3. Caring for Denver Foundation
110 grants to 46 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2025 · 13.8% of their giving
$29.6M
4. Arc Thrift Stores Inc
30 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 23.9% of their giving
$19.8M
5. Rose Community Foundation
260 grants to 126 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 16.6% of their giving
$18.9M
6. Caring for Colorado Foundation
203 grants to 65 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 19.5% of their giving
$13.9M
7. Mile High United Way Inc
314 grants to 178 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 13.5% of their giving
$19.4M
8. The Denver Foundation
430 grants to 186 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 7.2% of their giving
$33.1M
9. Developmental Pathways Inc
49 grants to 21 organizations · largest $3.6M · through 2024 · 58.9% of their giving
$11.6M
10. Impact Charitable
6 grants to 6 organizations · largest $10.7M · through 2024 · 51.3% of their giving
$10.8M
11. Energy Outreach Colorado
174 grants to 40 organizations · largest $994K · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$14.3M
12. The New Horizons Foundation Inc
25 grants to 12 organizations · largest $3.6M · through 2024 · 12.7% of their giving
$11.2M
13. Pikes Peak Community Foundation
139 grants to 47 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 13.7% of their giving
$7.9M
14. Community Foundation of Northern Colorado
137 grants to 50 organizations · largest $684K · through 2024 · 13.9% of their giving
$7.1M
15. United Way of Weld County Inc
106 grants to 17 organizations · largest $869K · through 2024 · 49.1% of their giving
$4.9M
16. JEWISHColorado
40 grants to 11 organizations · largest $819K · through 2023 · 16.2% of their giving
$5.8M
17. Community Foundation Boulder County
161 grants to 47 organizations · largest $991K · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$8.6M
18. Colorado Springs Health Foundation
88 grants to 32 organizations · largest $436K · through 2024 · 16.2% of their giving
$5.4M
19. Foundation Properties Charitable Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.8M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.8M
20. Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc
68 grants to 30 organizations · largest $260K · through 2024 · 16.3% of their giving
$4.4M
21. Bslc II
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.4M · through 2020 · 89.6% of their giving
$3.4M
22. United Way of Larimer County
82 grants to 30 organizations · largest $174K · through 2024 · 24.3% of their giving
$3.4M
23. Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund
118 grants to 50 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 16.9% of their giving
$3.9M
24. Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc
93 grants to 33 organizations · largest $401K · through 2025 · 14.2% of their giving
$4.6M
25. Colorado Youth Corps Association
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 12.7% of their giving
$4.6M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 15 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 human services 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 human services funding in Colorado, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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