Colorado · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Colorado

Imperigo has identified 421 funders that made 3,898 grants totaling $1.7B to 379 recreation & sports organizations in Colorado, with a median grant of $19K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Colorado

Total granted $1.7B
Funders 421
Grants 3,898
Organizations funded 379

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. International Olympic Committee
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $321.2M · through 2024 · 97.2% of their giving
$845.1M
2. USA Hockey Foundation
44 grants to 1 organization · largest $11.2M · through 2024 · 95.5% of their giving
$56.1M
3. The United States Olympic and Paralympic Endowment
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $12.0M · through 2024 · 99.3% of their giving
$55.8M
4. National Collegiate Athletic Association
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $13.4M · through 2023 · 2.7% of their giving
$81.2M
5. Adaptive Spirit
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 96.6% of their giving
$3.2M
6. Colorado Gives Foundation
345 grants to 105 organizations · largest $714K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$12.7M
7. San Antonio Bowl Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $4.3M · through 2024 · 8.8% of their giving
$4.3M
8. USA Basketball Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
9. Pikes Peak Community Foundation
18 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$3.5M
10. USA Volleyball Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $183K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$888K
11. United States Amateur Boxing Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $313K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$882K
12. National Archery Association Foundation C/O USA Archery
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $230K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$852K
13. United States Field Hockey Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $218K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$849K
14. The Summit Foundation
72 grants to 17 organizations · largest $82K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$1.8M
15. Kroenke Sports Charities Inc
17 grants to 9 organizations · largest $91K · through 2024 · 13.2% of their giving
$684K
16. Richmond American Foundation
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 6.8% of their giving
$1.1M
17. The Denver Foundation
87 grants to 40 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$5.7M
18. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
16 grants to 10 organizations · largest $25.0M · through 2024
$30.1M
19. USA BMX Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $390K · through 2024 · 12.9% of their giving
$500K
20. The Athlete Assistance Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $307K · through 2023 · 71.1% of their giving
$307K
21. Las Vegas Events Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$900K
22. National Strength and Conditioning Assoc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$248K
23. Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $150K · through 2025 · 18.3% of their giving
$247K
24. US Men's Field Hockey Foundation C/O Lenny McCaigue
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $124K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$218K
25. Weld Community Foundation
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $400K · through 2025 · 4.8% of their giving
$612K

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

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