Funding search · early childhood education · Colorado
Who funds early childhood education work in Colorado
15 funders have a record of paying for early childhood education work by Colorado recipients: 321 grants totaling $8.1M, most recently in 2024 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation ($3.4M), The Sam S Bloom Foundation ($334,500) and Anschutz Family Foundation ($302,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Colorado recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $10,000 to TRI-LAKES COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL — tuition assistance for preschool pro
Largest: $3,500 to THOMPSON VALLEY PRESCHOOL — early childhood education
Largest: $8,000 to Little Treasures Preschool — general operating support for an early childhood education center serving conejos county.
Early Milestones ColoradoDenver, COCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $159,462 to DENVER PRESCHOOL PROGRAM — childcare sup. grant
Aspen Community FoundationBasalt, COCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $424,074 · through 2024Largest: $19,200 to GARFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #16 — support preschool tuition assistance to break down barriers of accessing early childhood education.
Bright FuturesTelluride, COCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $701,785 · through 2024Largest: $91,039 to RAINBOW PRESCHOOL — see comment above.
The Summit FoundationBreckenridge, COCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $287,500 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to OPEN ARMS CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL — general operating
Pikes Peak Community FoundationColorado Springs, COCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $134,017 · through 2024Largest: $43,500 to JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES — ed: early childhood education
United Way of the Yampa ValleySteamboat Springs, COCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $109,144 · through 2023Largest: $16,000 to SOROCO PRESCHOOL — preschool tuition assistance
Early Childhood Council of Boulder CountyLongmont, COCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $144,872 · through 2023Largest: $42,817 to FOOTHILL PRESCHOOL — capital improvements
Largest: $250,000 to ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER — archdiocese of denver preschool scholarships
Rose Community FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $145,100 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Preschool for All Coloradans — efforts to pass proposition ii (universal preschool retained revenue ballot measure)
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