GrantmakersColorado

Colorado Grantmaking Charities Making Grants of $5,000 - $25,000

These 110 organizations are based in Colorado and reported a median grant between $5,000 and $25,000 on their most recent Form 990 Schedule I filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of an organization's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

110organizations in this range
$2.0Bgranted between them
16,499funding relationships mapped

A median grant in this range covers a meaningful program cost without asking for the multi-year commitment a capital campaign needs. A lot of general-operating and single-program requests land in this range.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific organization is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Colorado Gives FoundationArvada$17,4922,743$354.8M
Christian Community Foundation IncColorado Springs$19,2002,101$427.9M
Mile High United Way IncDenver$15,0001,006$65.0M
Colorado Enterprise FundDenver$14,329786$10.4M
First Nations Development InstituteLongmont$18,500709$55.5M
Community Foundation Boulder CountyBoulder$16,315572$67.3M
Aspen Community FoundationBasalt$16,550489$59.5M
The New Horizons Foundation IncColorado Springs$13,250461$57.5M
Community Foundation of NorthernFort Collins$16,937397$36.4M
Pikes Peak Community FoundationColorado Springs$14,737332$44.9M
Western Colorado CommunityGrand Junction$15,000259$20.0M
Trailhead InstituteDenver$16,050256$16.4M
The Catholic Foundation No ColoradoGreenwood Village$21,855242$68.6M
Denver Broncos FoundationEnglewood$10,000239$11.2M
Cars for Charity IncGolden$13,304237$15.6M
JewishcoloradoDenver$15,000231$24.5M
The Women's Foundation of Colorado IncDenver$18,000213$10.7M
Western States Arts FederationDenver$8,887204$5.9M
The Summit FoundationBreckenridge$15,000149$11.8M
Developmental Pathways IncAurora$18,000148$15.5M
Colorado Restaurant FoundationDenver$9,000142$2.5M
The Longmont Community FoundationLongmont$10,250132$5.1M
USA Swimming Foundation IncColorado Springs$9,350122$7.5M
Telluride FoundationTelluride$15,000113$8.5M
Kroenke Sports Charities IncDenver$15,000111$4.9M
Richmond American FoundationGreenwood Village$10,000106$14.0M
Giving BrandsSuperior$9,150100$1.1M
Impact CharitableDenver$20,00099$10.7M
Ent Credit UnionColorado Springs$11,00097$6.1M
Portercare Adventist Health SystemGreenwood Village$19,25095$5.5M
River NetworkBoulder$9,10595$1.4M
The Denver Children's FoundationDenver$10,00094$5.0M
Nourish ColoradoDenver$15,00092$5.8M
Moriah FoundationColorado Springs$22,95091$18.8M
Colorado Garden Show IncLakewood$10,00091$1.4M
IndygiveColorado Springs$15,13290$4.4M
Weld Community FoundationGreeley$13,11089$7.9M
Save the StorksColorado Springs$16,00088$5.0M
Pikes Peak United WayColorado Springs$16,10087$5.9M
National Wilderness Stewardship AllianceDel Norte$11,51683$2.2M
Community Foundation of theGunnison$15,10083$4.7M
Conservation Lands FoundationDurango$20,00081$7.4M
Colorado Grand IncLafayette$11,50081$2.9M
Big GreenDenver$21,00080$2.2M
March onDenver$13,13072$1.4M
RedlineDenver$20,00071$1.6M
Delta Dental of ColoradoCentennial$17,13771$10.9M
Exponential ImpactColorado Springs$20,00070$1.8M
National Center for Women andBoulder$14,37568$15.0M
Southern Colorado Community FoundatPueblo$13,10065$4.8M
Lena FoundationLouisville$18,87658$2.0M
United Way of Weld County IncGreeley$15,00058$6.0M
The Colorado Education InitiativeDenver$10,00055$1.3M
Colorado Rural Health CenterCentennial$11,28155$7.6M
Global Greengrants FundBoulder$20,00052$2.4M
The Colorado Nonprofit DevelopmentDenver$24,00049$4.0M
USA Swimming IncColorado Springs$10,00048$1.5M
Canvas Credit UnionLone Tree$12,18746$3.2M
Alpha Phi Foundation IncDenver$11,50044$8.9M
Commonspirit Mountain RegionCentennial$15,50043$2.5M
Chinook Fund IncDenver$10,00042$880K
USA Hockey FoundationColorado Springs$15,00041$37.5M
Home Neighborly Service of DenverDenver$15,80141$2.2M
Children's Hospital ColoradoAurora$13,00039$2.7M
United Way of Pueblo CountyPueblo$20,00038$1.8M
Colorado Association of RealtorsEnglewood$10,00038$805K
Chaffee County Community FoundationBuena Vista$8,50037$1.9M
Vail Valley CaresEdwards$10,00036$1.1M
GreenlatinosBoulder$20,00036$3.3M
United Way of the Yampa ValleySteamboat Springs$15,00035$1.6M
Shift EventsLakewood$10,00035$939K
Broomfield Community FoundationBroomfield$10,00034$1.3M
With God All Things Are PossibleColorado Springs$14,00033$1.2M
Volunteers Inspiring & Encouraging Positive Attitude Resilience & SerWheat Ridge$11,60933$738K
National Council for State AuthorizationBoulder$7,50033$406K
Seeds of Hope of Northern ColoradoDenver$11,75033$1.1M
Realities for Children CharitiesFort Collins$10,87332$1.1M
Pema Chodron FoundationSteamboat Springs$20,00030$3.5M
United Way of Southwest ColoradoDurango$9,77130$600K
Youth for Christusa IncEnglewood$12,00030$1.2M
Nathan Yip FoundationGreenwood Village$10,00030$573K
Denver Film SocietyDenver$17,80030$8.3M
Arvada Economic Development AssociationArvada$10,00030$451K
Intermountain Front Range IncBroomfield$15,00030$8.7M
Core Electric CooperativeSedalia$9,80029$442K
International Association of LionsGrand Junction$10,00028$500K
Denver Area EducationalFort Collins$22,50028$1.3M
Cancer League of Colorado IncEnglewood$10,00028$4.0M
Mediators Foundation IncBoulder$20,00027$941K
Yampa Valley Medical Center FoundationSteamboat Springs$20,00027$5.2M
Wet Mtn Valley Community FoundationWestcliffe$12,27927$1.5M
Durango Area Tourism Office IncDurango$12,96526$393K
United Way of Mesa County IncGrand Junction$12,06326$1.3M
Colorado Watershed AssemblyGlendale$19,80226$520K
National Strength and ConditioningColorado Springs$14,96825$538K
Brighton Community Hospital AssociationBrighton$20,00025$2.2M
Unbridled ActsDenver$18,70725$1.2M
Vail Valley FoundationAvon$19,39224$7.7M
Invest in KidsDenver$21,73724$4.5M
Colorado State University FoundationFort Collins$10,00023$279.2M
United States Public Int Research Grp Edu Fund IncDenver$22,50023$1.2M
Easter Seals ColoradoLakewood$18,29023$658K
Riverfront Park Community FoundationDenver$15,00023$1.2M
American College of VeterinaryEnglewood$13,50122$351K
Aspen Skiing Company EnvironmentAspen$10,00022$721K
Telluride Mountain Village OwnersMountain Village$20,00021$2.5M
Colorado Knights of Columbus CharitiesColorado Springs$22,90620$672K
Onward a Legacy FoundationCortez$20,00020$1.7M
Denver Civic Ventures IncDenver$15,00020$2.2M
Safari Club Int'l Colorado ChapterWoodland Park$15,11320$1.5M
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Every median grant on this page describes the grants reported, not all of them, so the real typical grant is likely lower than shown. This is also why these figures cannot be compared to the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site.

Other grant sizes in Colorado

$25,000 - $100,000Grantmaking Charities in Colorado

Foundations report their grants differently, so their median grants are not directly comparable to the ones on this page -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so a private foundation's median reflects every grant it made, while the Schedule I figures on this page do not. See foundations in the same range anyway.

New Colorado organizations, as they file

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