Community Development grants for nonprofits in Colorado
374 private foundations reported 934 community development grants to organizations in Colorado on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $42.6M in all. 135 of them are based in Colorado.
Foundations374
Grants on record934
Total granted$42.6M
Their typical grant$6,264
Foundations that fund community development in Colorado
20 of the 374: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of community development grants to Colorado organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Project Angel Heart, Denver - General support$1,162
- Living Out Loud Inc, Craig - General support$650
- Colorado 4X4 Rescue and Recovery, Hghlnds Ranch - General support$630
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Gave $102.2M in 2024
The Colorado Health Foundation
Denver, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, Denver - Adult recovery; advocacy; capacity building; community solutions; primary care; thriving young people;…$1,677,121
- Ges Coalition, Denver - Advocacy; affordable housing$1,200,000
- Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center, Denver - Community solutions; economic opportunity$550,300
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Gave $3.2M in 2024
Banc of California Charitable Foundation
Santa Ana, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- African Leadership Group, Aurora - The purpose of this grant is to support community development programs$20,000
- Rocky Mountain Microfinance, Denver - The purpose of this grant is to support economic development programs$20,000
- Denver Rescue Mission, Denver - The purpose of this grant is to support community development programs$10,000
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Gave $69.7M in 2024
Daniels Fund
Denver, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Crosspurpose, Denver - General operating support and support for the aurora capital project$600,000
- Crosspurpose, Denver - Boundless opportunity scholarship (bos)$400,000
- Work Options for Women Dba Work Options, Denver - Job training program$110,000
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Gave $36.3M in 2025
Gates Family Foundation
Denver, CO · latest return: tax year 2025- Community Builders, Glenwood Springs - Project support$95,000
- Community Builders, Glenwood Springs - Project support$90,000
- West Community Economic Development, Denver - Construction$40,000
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Gave $19.8M in 2024
Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation
Denver, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Vail Valley Foundation Inc, Avon - Capital for the avon childcare cente$250,000
- Center for African American Health, Denver - Family and early childhood support p$48,000
- Cultivando, Eastlake - Ece supports, including parenting ed$40,000
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Gave $7.7M in 2024
Xcel Energy Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · latest return: tax year 2024- Colorado Enterprise Fund Inc, Denver - Community vitality$30,000
- Rocky Mountain Microfinance Institute, Denver - Community vitality$20,000
- Mountain Resource Center Inc, Conifer - Community vitality$10,000
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Gave $4.2M in 2024
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd
Providence, RI · latest return: tax year 2024- Compassion International Incorporated, Colorado Spgs - Matching gift to civic agency$31,079
- No Excuses Unlimited, Arvada - Matching gift to civic agency$6,521
- Schwab Charitable Fund, Lone Tree - Matching gift to civic agency$5,100
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Gave $1.2M in 2024
The Gap Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc, Denver - For civic & community engagement$500
- A Precious Child Inc, Broomfield - For civic & community engagement$300
- Community Services of Broomfield Inc, Broomfield - For civic & community engagement$100
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Wells Fargo Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · latest return: tax year 2025- Oweesta Corporation, Longmont - Building Strong Dine-Serving Organizations$425,000
- ActivateWork Inc, Denver - Workforce Development Program$225,000
- Oweesta Corp, Longmont - Building Native Communities Financial Coaching$120,000
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Zoma Foundation Inc
Denver, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Youthpower365, Avon - To support the careerwise youth apprenticeship initiative, led by the vail valley partnership, to expand…$392,775
- Grand Junction Economic Partnership, Grand Junction - To support gjep's core programmatic work.$100,000
- University of Colorado Foundation, Denver - To support the harris community fellowship program, which addresses the workforce shortage by providing…$66,667
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Gave $9.7M in 2025
Nextfifty Initiative D/B/A Next50
Denver, CO · latest return: tax year 2025- Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center, Denver - General support$250,000
- Mountain Resource Center, Conifer - General support$122,902
- Western Colorado Alliance, Grand Junction - General support$50,000
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Gave $5M in 2025
First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc
Billings, MT · latest return: tax year 2025- Colorado Nonprofit Association, Denver - General Operating Support$8,770
- Project Angel Heart, Denver - General Operating Support$5,500
- Birdseed Collective, Denver - General Operating Support$2,500
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Edward Jones Foundation
St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Project Our Town, Greenwood Village - Single organization support$2,500
- Wheat Ridge 2020 Inc, Wheat Ridge - Community improvement, capacity building$100
- Wheat Ridge 2020 Inc, Wheat Ridge - Community improvement, capacity building$100
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Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025- Impact Charitable, Denver - In support of underserved small business expansion$750,000
- San Juan 2000 Development Association, Silverton - Matching contribution (general operating support)$1,000
- Solid State Depot, Boulder - Matching contribution (general operating support)$200
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Gave $11M in 2024
Gill Foundation
Denver, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Project Angel Heart, Denver - General operating support$6,250
- Project Angel Heart, Denver - Project suppport for event sponsorship$5,000
- Colorado Fiscal Institute, Denver - General operating support$2,000
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The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Omaha, NE · latest return: tax year 2025- Society of Family Planning, Denver - General operating support$13,926,726
- Progressnow Colorado Education, Denver - Program support$272,805
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The Heising-Simons Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- American Indian College Fund, Denver - To strengthen indigenous early childhood pedagogy and workforce pathways at tribal colleges$750,000
- American Indian College Fund, Denver - To strengthen indigenous early childhood workforce pathways at tribal colleges$180,400
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Gave $622.6M in 2024
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024- Oweesta Corporation, Longmont - Initiating a social media campaign to elevate solutions to displacement and participating in the rwjf…$375,000
- Oweesta Corporation, Longmont - General operating support for the oweesta corporation, 2022-2024$125,000
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Gitlab Org Foundation
San Francisco, CA · latest return: tax year 2025- Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, Denver - To support trendlines colorado's project at the center for urban education - growing our own: the…$200,000
- Trailhead Institute, Denver - Unlocking colorado's public data and public dollars to build and scale a broader pipeline of eveidence-based…$175,000
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
Colorado organizations that received community development grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Project Angel Heart Denver | 7 | $109,887 |
| Community Resource Center Inc Denver | 6 | $220,016 |
| Crosspurpose Denver | 5 | $1,093,153 |
| Mountain Resource Center Inc Conifer | 4 | $143,334 |
| Colorado Nonprofit Development Center Denver | 3 | $1,877,173 |
| Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center Denver | 3 | $800,329 |
| Ralston House Arvada | 3 | $55,280 |
| Castle Rock Senior Center Incorporated Castle Rock | 3 | $40,424 |
| Colorado Fiscal Institute Denver | 3 | $35,052 |
| Society of Family Planning Denver | 2 | $13,926,832 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in Colorado that we classify as community development, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 374 foundations, 106 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.