Funding search · economic mobility and poverty · Colorado
Who funds economic mobility and poverty work in Colorado
14 funders have a record of paying for economic mobility and poverty work by Colorado recipients: 30 grants totaling $9.5M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Joyce Foundation ($830,000), Gates Foundation ($3.9M) and Ford Motor Company Fund ($350,000).
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: $285,000 to State Higher Education Executive Officers Association — education & economic mobility
Largest: $1.5M to IMPACT CHARITABLE — u.s. economic mobility & opportunity
Largest: $250,000 to LAST MILE EDUCATION FUND — economic mobility
Largest: $1.4M to COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER — in support of creating economic mobility and career pathways
Largest: $50,000 to United Way of Pueblo County Inc — united way of pueblo county economic mobility and opportunity
National League of Cities InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $105,000 · through 2023Largest: $75,000 to DENVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & OPPORTUNITY — equitable economic mobility initiative
Largest: $10,000 to Hope Communities Inc — general operating support for programs that promote self-sufficiency, economic mobility, and stability for low-income families.
World Education ServicesNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $403,333 · through 2023Largest: $403,333 to TECHSTARS PARTNERS 2021 LLC — charitable purpose to advance economic mobility
Share Our StrengthWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $400,000 · through 2023Largest: $400,000 to WOMENS BEAN PROJECT — family economic mobility
Rose Community FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $240,000 · through 2022Largest: $240,000 to Trailhead Institute — linkages's operations and programming, colorado equitable economic mobility initiative
Largest: $175,000 to NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES — in support of improving the quality and effectiveness of state legislatures to impact the upward economic mobility for low-income and historically marginalized populations
Largest: $100,000 to THE BELL POLICY CENTER — to ensure economic mobility for every coloradan
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