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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “coloradans”
Where the money went
Rose Community FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $566,850 · through 2024Largest: $170,100 to Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities Inc — general operating support, educational justice for black coloradans
Sixteen Thirty FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $750,000 to COLORADANS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES — civil rights, social action, advocacy
Largest: $20,000 to Rocky Mountain PBS — to support the production of colorado voices, a news coverage program that features stories from coloradans statewide.
Largest: $245,000 to COLORADO LATINO LEADERSHIP ADVOCACY & RESEARCH ORGANIZATION — conducting innovative community-based participatory research among older latino coloradan adults
Largest: $50,000 to COLORADO LEGAL SERVICES — critical civil legal aid for vulnerable coloradans
Largest: $15,000 to AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE COLORADANS FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROGRAM — coloradans for immigrant rights
Largest: $83,750 to Colorado Legal Services — legal help for low-income coloradans seeking assistance with civil legal needs.
Wend IiBentonville, AR
2 matching grants · $230,000 · through 2022Largest: $155,000 to Strada Collaborative dba Roadtrip Nation — roadtrip nation will lead a storytelling project that humanizes the career exploration process for coloradans and aligns those stories with tangible next steps for those at pivot p…
Education Reform Now AdvocacyNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2022Largest: $100,000 to COLORADANS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES — political contributions
Largest: $33,513 to PROJECT ANGEL HEART — funds will help provide 755,000 meals, free of charge, to more than 5,000 ill coloradans
Largest: $15,000 to DOCTORS CARE — access to comprehensive healthcare for coloradans
Largest: $11,000 to PROJECT ANGEL HEART — medically tailored home-delivered meal program for coloradans living with hiv/aids general operating support
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →