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 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • 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

$1.2M
2022
$1.2M
2023
$1.3M
2024

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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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.