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

These 119 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.

119organizations in this range
$31.1Bgranted between them
113,784funding 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
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncLone Tree$17,09096,047$28.0B
Colorado Gives FoundationArvada$17,4922,743$354.8M
Christian Community Foundation IncColorado Springs$19,5302,580$589.7M
Mile High United Way IncDenver$15,0001,006$65.0M
Colorado Enterprise FundDenver$13,007810$10.6M
First Nations Development InstituteLongmont$18,500709$55.5M
Community Foundation Boulder CountyBoulder$16,315572$67.3M
Aspen Community FoundationBasalt$16,550489$59.5M
Community Foundation of NorthernFort Collins$17,484470$52.5M
The New Horizons Foundation IncColorado Springs$13,250461$57.5M
Pikes Peak Community FoundationColorado Springs$14,650386$51.4M
Western Colorado CommunityGrand Junction$15,000309$28.0M
JewishcoloradoDenver$14,833275$30.4M
Trailhead InstituteDenver$16,050256$16.4M
Creative WestDenver$10,000243$6.8M
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
The Women's Foundation of Colorado IncDenver$18,000213$10.7M
Developmental Pathways IncAurora$20,000160$19.8M
The Summit FoundationBreckenridge$15,000159$15.9M
Colorado Restaurant FoundationDenver$9,000142$2.5M
The Longmont Community FoundationLongmont$10,250132$5.1M
River NetworkBoulder$10,000128$4.6M
USA Swimming Foundation IncColorado Springs$9,350122$7.5M
Giving BrandsSuperior$8,500122$1.4M
Colorado Garden Show IncLakewood$10,000122$2.0M
Weld Community FoundationGreeley$15,000115$11.7M
Telluride FoundationTelluride$15,000113$8.5M
Kroenke Sports Charities IncDenver$15,000111$4.9M
Richmond American FoundationGreenwood Village$10,000106$14.0M
Impact CharitableDenver$20,00099$10.7M
Ent Credit UnionColorado Springs$11,00097$6.1M
Pikes Peak United WayColorado Springs$16,43896$7.1M
IndygiveColorado Springs$14,72595$5.2M
Portercare Adventist Health SystemGreenwood Village$19,25095$5.5M
Community Foundation of theGunnison$14,55094$5.6M
The Denver Children's FoundationDenver$10,00094$5.0M
Nourish ColoradoDenver$15,00092$5.8M
Moriah FoundationColorado Springs$22,95091$18.8M
Colorado Grand IncLafayette$12,00087$3.8M
National Wilderness Stewardship AllianceFort Collins$11,37684$2.2M
Global Greengrants FundBoulder$22,40084$5.8M
Southern Colorado Community FoundatPueblo$14,35882$7.2M
Big GreenDenver$21,00080$2.2M
March onDenver$13,13074$1.8M
Chinook Fund IncDenver$10,00073$1.3M
RedlineDenver$20,00071$1.6M
Delta Dental of ColoradoCentennial$17,13771$10.9M
National Center for Women andBoulder$14,37570$18.4M
Exponential ImpactColorado Springs$20,00070$1.8M
Colorado Rural Health CenterCentennial$9,85559$7.8M
United Way of Weld County IncGreeley$15,00059$6.2M
Lena FoundationLouisville$18,87658$2.0M
East Denver Colfax Partnership IncDenver$15,00058$754K
The Colorado Education InitiativeDenver$10,00055$1.3M
Chaffee County Community FoundationBuena Vista$9,00052$4.4M
Broomfield Community FoundationBroomfield$10,00052$2.2M
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
Denver Civic Ventures IncDenver$15,00044$2.6M
USA Hockey FoundationColorado Springs$15,00043$49.6M
Home Neighborly Service of DenverDenver$15,80141$2.2M
Denver Film SocietyDenver$23,50041$11.7M
Volunteers Inspiring & Encouraging Positive Attitude Resilience & SerWheat Ridge$11,97540$1.1M
Children's Hospital ColoradoAurora$13,00039$2.7M
United Way of Pueblo CountyPueblo$20,53539$2.8M
Team UpDurango$9,57738$978K
Colorado Association of RealtorsEnglewood$10,00038$805K
Arvada Economic Development AssociationArvada$10,00037$546K
Vail Valley CaresEdwards$10,00036$1.1M
GreenlatinosBoulder$20,00036$3.3M
Think 360 Arts for LearningDenver$20,00035$876K
United Way of the Yampa ValleySteamboat Springs$15,00035$1.7M
Shift EventsLakewood$10,00035$939K
Core Electric CooperativeSedalia$9,00034$655K
With God All Things Are PossibleColorado Springs$14,00033$1.2M
Realities for Children CharitiesFort Collins$11,49433$1.4M
Youth for Christusa IncEnglewood$12,00033$1.5M
National Council for State AuthorizationBoulder$7,50033$406K
Seeds of Hope of Northern ColoradoDenver$11,75033$1.1M
International Association of LionsGrand Junction$10,00032$629K
Denver Area EducationalFort Collins$22,50032$1.6M
Cancer League of Colorado IncEnglewood$10,00032$5.3M
Pema Chodron FoundationSteamboat Springs$20,00030$3.5M
Nathan Yip FoundationGreenwood Village$10,00030$573K
Intermountain Front Range IncBroomfield$15,00030$8.7M
Poudre Valley Health Care IncFort Collins$15,47830$294.8M
United Way of Mesa County IncGrand Junction$11,60129$1.6M
Denver Broncos Alumni CharitiesDenver$15,00028$648K
Yampa Valley Medical Center FoundationSteamboat Springs$21,80028$6.9M
Wet Mtn Valley Community FoundationWestcliffe$12,86628$2.1M
Mediators Foundation IncBoulder$20,00027$941K
Durango Area Tourism Office IncDurango$13,10627$453K
Colorado Watershed AssemblyGlendale$19,80226$520K
Professional Association of TherapeuticWestminster$8,81325$688K
National Strength and ConditioningColorado Springs$14,96825$538K
Vail Valley FoundationAvon$19,17725$10.6M
Brighton Community Hospital AssociationBrighton$20,00025$2.2M
Unbridled ActsDenver$18,70725$1.2M
Invest in KidsDenver$21,73724$4.5M
Colorado State University FoundationFort Collins$10,00023$358.5M
Colorado Knights of Columbus CharitiesEnglewood$22,75023$836K
United States Public Interest ResearchDenver$20,59423$1.9M
Young LifeColorado Springs$22,75723$111.6M
Craig HospitalEnglewood$15,00023$1.2M
Easter Seals ColoradoLakewood$18,29023$658K
Colorado League of Charter SchoolsDenver$17,15123$2.7M
Riverfront Park Community FoundationDenver$15,00023$1.5M
Medical Center of the RockiesFort Collins$14,92722$338.7M
American College of VeterinaryEnglewood$13,50122$351K
Aspen Skiing Company EnvironmentAspen$10,00022$721K
Colorado Springs Convention and VisitorsColorado Springs$10,00021$955K
Telluride Mountain Village OwnersMountain Village$20,00021$2.5M
Onward a Legacy FoundationCortez$20,00020$1.7M
Early Childhood Council of Boulder CountyLongmont$13,70420$668K
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.

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