Funding search · EIN 367213554 · Colorado Springs, CO
Dakota Foundation Dtd 122797
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 50
- grants reported
- $2.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $35,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
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- Recidiviz2 grants · $200,000
- We Forify2 grants · $166,000
- The Other Side Academy2 grants · $150,000
- Ppcc Foundation2 grants · $150,000
- Pikes Peak Community Foundation3 grants · $110,000
- Momentum Advisory Council1 grant · $100,000
- Dvg2 grants · $100,000
- Friends of the Children2 grants · $100,000
- Mindfulness and Positivity Project2 grants · $100,000
- Step Denver1 grant · $100,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 50 reported grants, largest first.
- $100,000
Momentum Advisory Council · Dallas, TX · 2024
Assist in opening a new Cafe Momentum restaurant in Denver CO
- $100,000
Step Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Assist in opening a Step Colorado Springs location that helps men in a state of desperation end their cycle of addiction take back control of their lives and transition to a safe and sober living environment where they … read allAssist in opening a Step Colorado Springs location that helps men in a state of desperation end their cycle of addiction take back control of their lives and transition to a safe and sober living environment where they can become productive contributing members of their families and community. less
- $100,000
Recidiviz · New York, NY · 2022
Reduce recidivisim & criminal populatns in co
- $100,000
Recidiviz · New York, NY · 2022
Reduce recidivisim & criminal populatns in co
- $83,000
We Forify · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Construct tiny home for economic distressed youth
- $83,000
We Forify · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Construct tiny home for economic distressed youth
- $80,000
Benevolence Farm · Graham, NC · 2023
The organization seeks to cultivate leadership promote sustainable livelihoods and reap structural change with individuals impacted by the criminal legal system in North Carolina.
- $75,000
Ppcc Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Scholarships
- $75,000
Ppcc Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Scholarships
- $75,000
The Other Side Academy · Denver, CO · 2022
Teach repeat criminals healthy lifestylessuffice
- $75,000
The Other Side Academy · Denver, CO · 2022
Teach repeat criminals healthy lifestylessuffice
- $50,000
Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
This grant will be used to deliver life changing services to incarcerated individuals while allowing Breakthroughs team to dedicate time and resources to the pursuit of a Pay for Success Model.
- $50,000
Friends of the Children · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Impact generational change by empowering youth who are facing great obstacles with professional mentors over the course of 12+ years. Provides intensive individualized guidance for children beginning at age 4 through hi… read allImpact generational change by empowering youth who are facing great obstacles with professional mentors over the course of 12+ years. Provides intensive individualized guidance for children beginning at age 4 through high school. less
- $50,000
Pikes Peak Community Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Provide tuition and fees for aspiring Native American recent high school graduates and adult learners
- $50,000
Friends of the Children · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
impact generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors over the course of 12+ years. Through their long-term relationship-based model they pr… read allimpact generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors over the course of 12+ years. Through their long-term relationship-based model they provide children and their families with intensive individualized guidance from full-time highly trained salaried professional mentors beginning at age 4-6 and continuing through high school graduation. less
- $50,000
Dvg · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Student run venture capital fund
- $50,000
Dvg · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Student run venture capital fund
- $50,000
Mindfulness and Positivity Project · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Teach teachers & students reduce stress & anxiety
- $50,000
Mindfulness and Positivity Project · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Teach teachers & students reduce stress & anxiety
- $50,000
The Thrive Network · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Help at risk individuals to start own buinesses
- $50,000
The Thrive Network · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Help at risk individuals to start own buinesses
- $35,000
Pikes Peak Community Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Provides tuition and fees for aspiring college students in low income and low performing Colorado Springs school districts
- $35,000
Converge Lecture Series · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Leverage writing & poetry to meet community needs
- $35,000
Converge Lecture Series · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Leverage writing & poetry to meet community needs
- $35,000
Friends of the Children · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Provide mentors for needy youth and their parents
- $35,000
Friends of the Children · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Provide mentors for needy youth and their parents
- $30,000
Catherine'S House · Belmont, NC · 2023
empower women and children who are experiencing homelessness through safe housing and services that build self-sufficiency
- $25,000
Advance · Aurora, CO · 2024
Organization provides pathways to recovery that create self-esteem dignity and independence for people experiencing homelessness. The purpose of this grant is to aid in creating a community that provides all the help re… read allOrganization provides pathways to recovery that create self-esteem dignity and independence for people experiencing homelessness. The purpose of this grant is to aid in creating a community that provides all the help required to those willing to work toward independence. less
- $25,000
Social Data Analytics Llc · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Use Predictive Risk Modeling a product of machine and algorithmic learning to improve the quality of decision making and supervision assigned to open cases within child welfare utilizing objective data rather than subje… read allUse Predictive Risk Modeling a product of machine and algorithmic learning to improve the quality of decision making and supervision assigned to open cases within child welfare utilizing objective data rather than subjective opinions so that families with higher levels of complexity are responded to and managed with more timely safety plans ultimately reducing neglect abuse and fatalities. Using objective data helps to make screening decisions more consistent equitable and accurate. The purpose of this grant is to partner with El Paso County to cover 50% of the cost to implement the program in the county incentivizing the county to adopt the tools to improve their child welfare outcomes. less
- $25,000
Advance · Denver, CO · 2023
Support and resources for people experiencing homelessness
- $25,000
Community Violence Intervention Cnt · Grand Forks, ND · 2023
support in the development of a business plan to create a self-sustaining therapy center by initiating billing to patient insurance and Medicaid helping with their own sustainability and contributing to mental health wi… read allsupport in the development of a business plan to create a self-sustaining therapy center by initiating billing to patient insurance and Medicaid helping with their own sustainability and contributing to mental health within their community. less
- $25,000
Pikes Peak Community Foundation · Colorado Sprngs, CO · 2023
Individuals families businesses and organizations work with community foundations to create charitable funds that help meet the challenges of changing times. The foundation invests and administers these funds.
- $25,000
Pikes Peaks Community Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Spnsr of olympic city usa - free soccer for k-2
- $25,000
Pikes Peaks Community Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Spnsr of olympic city usa - free soccer for k-2
- $24,000
Veterans Yoga Project · Alameda, CA · 2024
Support recovery and resilience among veterans military families and communities through Mindfulness Resilience Yoga classes.
- $22,000
Colorado Springs School District 11 · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Annual teaching award for elementary middle and high school educators in D11 who are accelerating student outcomes through exemplary practices.
- $20,000
Brinks Literacy Project · Elbert, CO · 2022
Teach literacy to prisoners
- $20,000
Brinks Literacy Project · Elbert, CO · 2022
Teach literacy to prisoners
- $20,000
Three Sisters Kitchen · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Community foods education center
- $20,000
Three Sisters Kitchen · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Community foods education center
- $17,600
Mindfulness and Positivity Project · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Aid in establishing the Mindfulness and Positivity program in up to 18 new schools by covering half of the schools curriculum cost. Program provides students and teachers the tools to understand and mitigate stress and … read allAid in establishing the Mindfulness and Positivity program in up to 18 new schools by covering half of the schools curriculum cost. Program provides students and teachers the tools to understand and mitigate stress and anxiety by initially helping them understand how the brain and body respond to stress. less
- $15,000
Community Enterprise Development Services · Aurora, CO · 2024
Program assists refugees immigrants and those from underserved communities to start or grow their small business in Denver and surrounding counties. The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support to s… read allProgram assists refugees immigrants and those from underserved communities to start or grow their small business in Denver and surrounding counties. The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support to supplement the administration of a separate but related program-related investment less
- $10,000
Catherine'S House · Belmont, NC · 2023
Support women and children experiencing homelessness
- $10,000
First Southwest Community Fund · Alamosa, CO · 2022
Fund economic developmnt in distresed communities
- $10,000
First Southwest Community Fund · Alamosa, CO · 2022
Fund economic developmnt in distresed communities
- $7,500
Colorado Springs Community Cultural · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
develop Colorado's creative workforce through apprenticeships in hospitality and culinary arts creative technologies and early childhood education enrichment training
- $5,000
Eastern Plains Chamber of Commerce · Falcon, CO · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to fund the venue cost of the Colorado National Civics Bee to be hosted in Colorado Springs CO
- $5,000
Prodigy Ventures · Denver, CO · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to provide general operating support to supplement the administration of a separate but related PRI agreement
- $1,169
Chai Debt Capital Llc · Denver, CO · 2024
The organization blends together fixed-rate notes and equity from philanthropic public sector and private impact investment sources. They use these pooled resources to deploy debt and equity to partners developing high-… read allThe organization blends together fixed-rate notes and equity from philanthropic public sector and private impact investment sources. They use these pooled resources to deploy debt and equity to partners developing high-impact affordable housing projects across Colorado in communities where it is needed most. less
- $1,034
Chai Debt Capital Llc · Denver, CO · 2023
Weave Social Finance is the Sponsor and Investment Manager of the Colorado Housing Accelerator Initiative CHAI. Weave specializes in facilitating triple bottom line impact investments in affordable housing and early sta… read allWeave Social Finance is the Sponsor and Investment Manager of the Colorado Housing Accelerator Initiative CHAI. Weave specializes in facilitating triple bottom line impact investments in affordable housing and early stage businesses. less
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