Foundations
Private foundations in Colorado
1,690 private foundations based in Colorado gave $1.4 billion in 26,423 grants in their latest year, and 354 of them accept applications.
Foundations that fund causes in Colorado
These count grants to recipients in Colorado, including from foundations based elsewhere.
Foundations by city in Colorado
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Colorado foundations that accept applications
- The Colorado Health Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $114 million a year · typical grant $80,000 · Youth programs - Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield
Accepts applications $108 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Education - Daniels Fund · Denver
Accepts applications $69.5 million a year · typical grant $14,091 · Education - The Anschutz Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $55.4 million a year · typical grant $70.4 million - The Ryan Foundation · Greenwood Village
Accepts applications $54.0 million a year · typical grant $307,286 · Faith communities - Gates Family Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $36.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - El Pomar Foundation · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $20.4 million a year · typical grant $20.4 million - Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $19.8 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - Charles Schwab Foundation · Lone Tree
Accepts applications $19.7 million a year · typical grant $9.8 million - Bohemian Foundation · Fort Collins
Accepts applications $15.8 million a year · typical grant $15.8 million - Gill Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $11.8 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - Nextfifty Initiative · Denver
Accepts applications $10.4 million a year · typical grant $54,175 · Seniors - Adolph Coors Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $10.3 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education - Boettcher Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $10.2 million a year · typical grant $10.2 million - The Cielo Foundation · Boulder
Accepts applications $8.8 million a year · typical grant $4,885 · Education - Louis Calder Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $8.2 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Education - The Galena Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $6.3 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Health - The Norwood Foundation · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $6.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health - Henry P & Susan C Crowell Trust · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $5.0 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Faith communities - Bonfils-Stanton Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $4.7 million a year · typical grant $4.7 million - The Fullerton Family Charitable Fund · Aspen
Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education - Singer Family Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $18,000 · Faith communities - Sachs Foundation · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $3.3 million a year · typical grant $484,312 - Kenneth Kendal King Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $2.9 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Youth programs - Anschutz Family Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $8,500 · Human services - The Strandberg Family Foundation · Avon
Accepts applications $2.6 million a year · typical grant $39,160 · Education - Isaiah 5812 Foundation Inc · Parker
Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Faith communities - Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation · Steamboat Springs
Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education - Nagel Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education - Greenwald Foundation · Aspen
Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $6,572 · Education - Kane Family Foundation Inc · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $38,401 · Education - Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation · Pueblo
Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $8,575 · Education - Foundation for Educational Excellence · Denver
Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $53,815 · Education - Outcalt Foundation · Alamosa
Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Health - The Ball Foundation · Broomfield
Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $51,250 · Education - Monfort Family Foundation · Eaton
Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $228,000 · Education - The Seay Foundation · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $1.3 million a year · typical grant $657,458 · Education - The Antero Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Health - Matt Ryd All-Stars Foundation Ltd · Erie
Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Faith communities - Dwight A Merriman Charitable Foundation · Boulder
Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $512,500 · Education - Hewit Family Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Environment and conservation - The Myron Stratton Home · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $967,000 a year · typical grant $20,000 · Housing and homelessness - Maudeen & E L Hanson Foundation · Beulah
Accepts applications $965,205 a year · typical grant $4,500 · Education - MB Glassman Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $912,170 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Faith communities - Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation · Grand Junction
Accepts applications $887,611 a year · typical grant $7,000 · Education - Kitzmiller-Bales Trust · Brush
Accepts applications $875,680 a year · typical grant $50,048 · Community development - Marion Esser Kaufmann Foundation · Evergreen
Accepts applications $875,000 a year · typical grant $40,000 · Health - The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $869,760 a year · typical grant $1,200 · Education - Alchemy Charitable Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $794,000 a year · typical grant $17,500 · Environment and conservation - Libertygives Foundation · Englewood
Accepts applications $789,736 a year · typical grant $1,560 · Faith communities
Largest foundations in Colorado
- The Colorado Health Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $114 million a year · typical grant $80,000 · Youth programs - Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield
Accepts applications $108 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Education - Ahimsa Foundation · Niwot
Preselected only $73.1 million a year · typical grant $9.7 million · Animals - Daniels Fund · Denver
Accepts applications $69.5 million a year · typical grant $14,091 · Education - The Anschutz Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $55.4 million a year · typical grant $70.4 million - The Ryan Foundation · Greenwood Village
Accepts applications $54.0 million a year · typical grant $307,286 · Faith communities - Gates Family Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $36.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - The Colorado Trust · Denver
Preselected only $28.8 million a year · typical grant $14.4 million - Catena Foundation · Carbondale
Preselected only $27.2 million a year · typical grant $171,912 · Environment and conservation - Zoma Foundation Inc · Denver
Preselected only $23.0 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Environment and conservation - Avenir Foundation Inc · Lakewood
Preselected only $20.8 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million · Arts and culture - El Pomar Foundation · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $20.4 million a year · typical grant $20.4 million - Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $19.8 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - Charles Schwab Foundation · Lone Tree
Accepts applications $19.7 million a year · typical grant $9.8 million - Redhill Foundation - Rothberg Family Charity Trust · Estes Park
Preselected only $17.8 million a year · typical grant $17.8 million - Bohemian Foundation · Fort Collins
Accepts applications $15.8 million a year · typical grant $15.8 million - Gill Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $11.8 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - Margulf Foundation · Glendale
Preselected only $10.7 million a year · typical grant $53,750 · Education - Nextfifty Initiative · Denver
Accepts applications $10.4 million a year · typical grant $54,175 · Seniors - Adolph Coors Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $10.3 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education - Boettcher Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $10.2 million a year · typical grant $10.2 million - Foundation 180 · Englewood
Preselected only $9.5 million a year · typical grant $4.8 million · Community development - The Cielo Foundation · Boulder
Accepts applications $8.8 million a year · typical grant $4,885 · Education - Richard and Joan Ringoen Family Foundation Inc · Boulder
Preselected only $8.4 million a year · typical grant $3,000 · Faith communities - Louis Calder Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $8.2 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Education - NNF Foundation · Centennial
Preselected only $8.1 million a year · typical grant $254,940 · Faith communities - Gary Philanthropy · Denver
Preselected only $7.7 million a year · typical grant $5.6 million - Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan · Littleton
Preselected only $7.0 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Environment and conservation - Schlessman Foundation Inc · Denver
Preselected only $6.8 million a year · typical grant $17,500 · Education - Pema Foundation Inc · Denver
Preselected only $6.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Faith communities - The Armstrong Foundation · Denver
Preselected only $6.4 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - The Galena Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $6.3 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Health - The Norwood Foundation · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $6.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health - Leo Hill Charitable Trust · Denver
Preselected only $5.9 million a year · typical grant $262,352 · Youth programs - Hadley & Marion Stuart Foundation · Longmont
Preselected only $5.9 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - The Solich Fund · Denver
Preselected only $5.7 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health - Peierls Foundation · Golden
Preselected only $5.7 million a year · typical grant $69,500 · International - Find Us Faithful Foundation · Parker
Preselected only $5.5 million a year · typical grant $195 - Stewart Family Foundation Inc · Denver
Preselected only $5.1 million a year · typical grant $22,500 · Youth programs - The Merlin Foundation · Boulder
Preselected only $5.1 million a year · typical grant $87,500 · Environment and conservation - The Anna and John J Sie Foundation · Denver
Preselected only $5.1 million a year · typical grant $7,312 · Disability - Henry P & Susan C Crowell Trust · Colorado Springs
Accepts applications $5.0 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Faith communities - Society of Family Planning · Denver
Preselected only $5.0 million a year · typical grant $53,927 · Education - Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Grand Junction
Preselected only $4.9 million a year · typical grant $13,675 · Health - Bonfils-Stanton Foundation · Denver
Accepts applications $4.7 million a year · typical grant $4.7 million - The Lewis Foundation · Aspen
Preselected only $4.7 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million - The Wana Brands Foundation · Boulder
Preselected only $4.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Seisolo Foundation · Boulder
Preselected only $4.4 million a year · typical grant $60,000 · Education - Ladybug Foundation Inc · Louisville
Preselected only $4.4 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Sturm Family Foundation · Denver
Preselected only $4.2 million a year · typical grant $37,500 · Health
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