Funding search · EIN 841267213 · Denver, CO
Trailhead Institute
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 626
- grants reported
- $16.4M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $16,050
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.
- Feeding Colorado1 grant · $1.6M
- Front Line Farming3 grants · $683,133
- E-Squared Communications Group1 grant · $370,000
- Kaizen Food Rescue4 grants · $315,210
- Village Exchange Center4 grants · $303,625
- Mancos Valley Resources3 grants · $216,000
- Sister Carmen Community Center4 grants · $198,000
- Denver Sisters Circle3 grants · $156,845
- Integrated Family Community Service2 grants · $155,850
- Living Water Ministry Outreach3 grants · $155,800
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 626 grants.
- $1.6M
Feeding Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Community food grants
- $618,758
Front Line Farming · Arvada, CO · 2022
- $370,000
E-Squared Communications Group · Englewood, CO · 2023
- $198,981
Village Exchange Center · Aurora, CO · 2021
- $135,185
Kaizen Food Rescue · Denver, CO · 2021
- $118,000
Mancos Valley Resources · Mancos, CO · 2021
- $117,500
Jeffco Action Center · Lakewood, CO · 2021
- $116,750
Sister Carmen Community Center · Lafayette, CO · 2021
- $116,700
Integrated Family Community Service · Englewood, CO · 2021
- $116,250
Weecycle · Aurora, CO · 2021
- $114,453
Servicios De La Raza · Denver, CO · 2021
- $105,850
Kaizen Food Rescue · Englewood, CO · 2023
- $94,247
Barton Institute for Community Acti · Denver, CO · 2021
- $94,000
Denver Sisters Circle · Denver, CO · 2022
- $92,460
Community Table · Arvada, CO · 2021
- $86,500
Pueblo Cooperative Care Center · Pueblo, CO · 2021
- $85,000
Broomfield Fish · Broomfield, CO · 2021
- $85,000
Emergency Family Assistance Associa · Boulder, CO · 2021
- $85,000
Pueblo Food Project · Pueblo, CO · 2021
- $80,000
Mancos Valley Resources · Mancos, CO · 2023
- $79,800
Eastside Action Support Team · Pueblo, CO · 2021
- $76,500
Good Food Collective · Cortez, CO · 2021
- $75,900
Revision · Denver, CO · 2021
- $75,800
Living Water Ministry Outreach · Denver, CO · 2021
- $75,450
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2021
- $75,000
Teller Senior Coalition · Divide, CO · 2023
- $75,000
Tri-County Health Department · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022
- $70,450
Centro Cristiano Amistad De Denver · Denver, CO · 2021
- $70,000
Summit Firc · Silverthorne, CO · 2021
- $69,000
K-V Homeowner'S Assoc · Moffat, CO · 2023
- $65,250
Halo Community Outreach · Sterling, CO · 2023
- $65,250
Fighting To Farm · Falcon, CO · 2021
- $64,783
Redeeming Love · Denver, CO · 2021
- $63,625
Silver Key Senior Services · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
- $63,450
Metro Caring · Denver, CO · 2023
- $62,475
Muslim Youth for Positive Impact · Broomfield, CO · 2021
- $60,475
Kaizen Food Rescue · Denver, CO · 2022
- $60,000
Frac - Food Research & Action Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Mountain plains regional anti-hunger coalition support
- $59,980
University of Colorado Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
- $59,800
Metro Caring · Denver, CO · 2021
- $53,625
City of Pueblo · Pueblo, CO · 2023
- $53,600
Living Water Ministry Outreach · Denver, CO · 2023
- $52,460
Mountain Roots Food Project · Gunnison, CO · 2021
- $52,450
Food To Power · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
- $52,144
Village Exchange Center · Aurora, CO · 2022
- $51,200
Rocky Mountain Serjobs for Progres · Denver, CO · 2023
- $51,200
St George'S Episcopal Church · Leadville, CO · 2021
- $51,000
Community Care Collective · Denver, CO · 2021
- $51,000
Jeffco Eats · Lakewood, CO · 2021
- $50,906
Jewish Family Service of Co · Denver, CO · 2021
- $50,906
Ymca of Metropolitan Denver · Denver, CO · 2021
- $50,000
Front Line Farming · Arvada, CO · 2024
Farm equity support
- $49,582
Bayaud Enterprises · Denver, CO · 2021
- $49,000
Broomfield Fish · Broomfield, CO · 2022
- $48,776
Lift-Up · Rifle, CO · 2021
- $48,000
Epworth Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
- $48,000
The Growhaus · Denver, CO · 2021
- $46,000
Agape Christian Church · Denver, CO · 2023
- $46,000
Ranch House Ministry · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
- $45,450
Struggle of Love Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021
- $45,000
Small Town Projectcity of Roc · Rocky Ford, CO · 2024
Food pantry assistance
- $43,750
Atlas Preparatory School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
- $42,500
Sister Carmen Community Center · Lafayette, CO · 2022
- $42,500
Care and Share · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
- $42,500
Caring and Sharing · Aurora, CO · 2021
- $42,500
Community Food Share · Louisville, CO · 2021
- $42,275
Muslim Youth for Positive Impact · Broomfield, CO · 2022
- $41,500
Fighting To Farm · Falcon, CO · 2022
- $41,000
Community Services of Broomfield · Broomfield, CO · 2023
- $41,000
Homeward Alliance · Fort Collins, CO · 2021
- $40,875
Crosses for Losses · Penrose, CO · 2021
- $40,500
Minnequa Post 3641 Veterans of Fore · Avondale, CO · 2021
- $40,250
Community Food Bank · Grand Junction, CO · 2023
- $40,000
La Puente Home · Alamosa, CO · 2024
Food pantry assistance
- $40,000
Lift Up of Routt County · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2024
Food pantry assistance
- $40,000
Christ Executive Officer · Aurora, CO · 2023
- $40,000
Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
- $39,243
The Hadanou Collective · Denver, CO · 2024
Regrant to fiscal sponsor
- $39,150
Integrated Family Community Service · Englewood, CO · 2022
- $39,101
Mountain Resource Center · Conifer, CO · 2021
- $38,750
Colorado Ethiopian Community · Aurora, CO · 2023
- $38,500
Agape Christian Church · Denver, CO · 2022
- $37,750
Good Samaritan Center · Cortez, CO · 2023
- $37,000
Food Bank for Larimer County · Loveland, CO · 2022
- $36,800
Wedontwaste · Denver, CO · 2023
- $36,750
Muslim Youth for Positive Impa · Broomfield, CO · 2023
- $36,550
God'S Will Christian Fellowship · Denver, CO · 2021
- $36,250
Emergency Family Assistance Associa · Boulder, CO · 2022
- $36,117
Barton Institute for Community Acti · Denver, CO · 2022
- $35,719
Food for Hope · Eastlake, CO · 2021
- $35,000
Greater Park Hill Community · Denver, CO · 2023
- $34,994
Metro Ministries · Denver, CO · 2021
- $34,500
Village Exchange Center · Aurora, CO · 2023
- $34,500
Salida Senior Citizens · Salida, CO · 2021
- $34,150
Durango Food Bank · Durango, CO · 2021
- $34,000
The Regents of the University of Co · Denver, CO · 2023
- $34,000
Lifespan Local · Denver, CO · 2022
- $34,000
Ranch House Ministry · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
- $33,751
Summit County Family Resource Cente · Silverthorne, CO · 2021
- $33,750
Manna - the Durango Soup Kitch · Durango, CO · 2023
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Medical Center of the Rockies45 grants · $338.4M
- The Colorado Health Foundation2,012 grants · $327.6M
- Christian Community Foundation4,375 grants · $507.9M
Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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- Paypal Charitable Giving Fund32,081 grants · $1.40B
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