Funding search · EIN 742535078 · Denver, CO
The Denver Children'S Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 166
- grants reported
- $3.7M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Denver Post Community Foundation2 grants · $1.0M
- The Denver Post Community Foundation1 grant · $500,000
- Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center3 grants · $75,000
- Illuminate Colorado3 grants · $65,000
- Listen Foundation3 grants · $60,000
- Minds Matter Colorado2 grants · $50,000
- Adoption Options3 grants · $50,000
- Special Olympics Colorado3 grants · $50,000
- Third Way Center2 grants · $47,500
- Adam'S Camp3 grants · $45,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 166 grants.
- $500,000
Denver Post Community Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $500,000
Denver Post Community Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $500,000
The Denver Post Community Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $30,000
Illuminate Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $25,000
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center · Breckenridge, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $25,000
Minds Matter Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $25,000
Third Way Center · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $25,000
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center · Breckenridge, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $25,000
Minds Matter Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $25,000
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center · Breckenridge, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $25,000
Child Advocates - Denver Casa · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $25,000
Minds Matter of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $22,500
Third Way Center · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $20,000
Clothes To Kids of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Denver Kids · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Kids Mobility Network · Centennial, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Listen Foundation · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Safehouse Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Shiloh Home · Littleton, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Special Olympics Colorado · Centennial, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Weecycle · Aurora, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Young Americans Ctr for Financial Education · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $20,000
Clothes To Kids of Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $20,000
Kids Mobility Network · Centennial, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $20,000
Listen Foundation · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $20,000
Weecycle · Aurora, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $20,000
Adoption Options · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $20,000
Advocates for Children - Casa · Parker, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $20,000
Breakthrough Kent Denver · Englewood, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $20,000
Casa of Adams & Broomfield Counties · Westminster, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $20,000
Casa of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $20,000
Clothes To Kids of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Illuminate Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $20,000
Listen Foundation · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $20,000
Rocky Mountain Children'S Law Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $20,000
Shiloh House · Littleton, CO · 2022
Program operation - restricted
- $20,000
Wecycle · Aurora, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $15,000
Adam'S Camp · Englewood, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $15,000
Adoption Options · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $15,000
Book Trust · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $15,000
Delta Gamma Anchor Ctr for Blind Children · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $15,000
Family Learning Center · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $15,000
Focus Points Family Resource Center · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $15,000
Hope House Colorado · Arvada, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $15,000
National Sports Center for the Disabled · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $15,000
Reaching Hope · Commerce City, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $15,000
Adam'S Camp · Englewood, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Adoption Options · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Child Advocates Denver Casa · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Childsafe Colorado · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Denver Children'S Home · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Hope House Colorado · Arvada, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Illuminate Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Maria Droste Counseling Center · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
National Sports Center for the Disabled · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Ralston House · Arvada, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association · Aurora, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Safehouse Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Shiloh Home · Littleton, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Special Olympics Colorado · Centennial, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Thriving Families · Denver, CO · 2023
Program operation -
- $15,000
Adam'S Camp · Englewood, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $15,000
Childsafe Colorado · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $15,000
Maria Droste Services of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $15,000
Pcs for People · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation - restricted
- $15,000
Ralston House · Arvada, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $15,000
Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $15,000
Special Olympics Colorado · Centennial, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $15,000
Young Americans Center for Financial Education · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $12,500
Sun Valley Youth Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Program operation -
- $12,000
Colorado Center for the Blind · Littleton, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
A Child'S Song · Thornton, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
A Precious Child · Broomfield, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Advocates for Children-Casa · Aurora, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Azteca Boxing Club · Greeley, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Weld County · Greeley, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Careers in Construction · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Casa of Adams & Broomfield Counties · Westminster, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Casa of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties · Golden, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Casa of Larimer County · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Casa of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Child & Family Advocacy Program · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Child Advocates-Denver Casa · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Children'S Advocacy & Family Resources · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Colorado Asso of Black Professional Engineers · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Colorado Asso of Family & Children'S Agencies · Evergreen, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Denver Area Youth Services · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Environmental Learning for Kids · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Family Voices Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Finally Home Foundation · Windsor, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Highview · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Horizons at Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Little Giants Learning Center · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Night Lights · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Peak Education · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Platteforum · Denver, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
- $10,000
Porchlight a Family Justice Center · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Program operation - restricted
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