Grants and funding in Colorado
10,300 foundations reported granting into Colorado on their most recent IRS filings: 38,474 itemized grants worth $3.5B between them. On top of that, twenty-three live grant programs and ninety-four contract opportunities are specific to Colorado, alongside 4,125 nationwide programs also open here.
- foundations granting into the state
- 10,300
- of 129,000+ funders on file
- in itemized grants into the state
- $3.5B
- across 38,474 grants on IRS filings
- live grants specific to Colorado
- 23
- of 4,800+ open grants tracked nationwide
- community lenders serving the state
- 57
- of 480+ CDFIs on file
What a typical foundation grant runs here
The 10,300 foundations granting into Colorado, grouped by the average size of their grants. The middle of this chart is where most applications belong: funders whose typical check runs in the thousands.
Who gives the most into Colorado
The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Colorado on their most recent filings.
What the live Colorado grants offer
Award ceilings on the Colorado-specific programs that publish one.
Who the Colorado-specific grants are for
Of the twenty-three live grant programs specific to Colorado, here is who the announcements name. One program can name several groups. fourteen more are open to any organization type.
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The lenders almost nobody checks
Fifty-seven community development lenders serve Colorado: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks 480+ nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.
Colorado foundation grants by focus
Foundations based in Colorado that accept applications, grouped by what they fund. Or see all 297Colorado foundations that accept applications.
- Education grants in Colorado (61 funders)
- Human Services grants in Colorado (46 funders)
- Arts, Culture & Humanities grants in Colorado (32 funders)
- Philanthropy & Grantmaking grants in Colorado (21 funders)
- Health Care grants in Colorado (17 funders)
- Animal Welfare grants in Colorado (17 funders)
- Religion grants in Colorado (14 funders)
- Recreation & Sports grants in Colorado (12 funders)
Opportunity figures count live, unexpired programs as of November 1, 2026. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022.
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