Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Colorado

1,712
foundations
$2.16B
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
332
say they accept unsolicited
$6,983
median grant

Grantlas lists 1,712 foundations based in Colorado — 1,596 private foundations and 116 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $2.16 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 332 of them (19%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Denver (428), Boulder (120) and Colorado Springs (110).

332 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Colorado.

Top 25 of 1,712 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 307 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Colorado
The Ryan FoundationGreenwood Village, CO$385,000$125.2M$30,000–$92.7MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Colorado Health FoundationDenver, CO$80,000$102.2M$50–$3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Anschutz FoundationDenver, CO$70.4M$70.4M—FY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Daniels FundDenver, CO$14,091$69.7M$52–$2.4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Gates Family FoundationDenver, CO$25,000$36.3M$2,000–$20MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
El Pomar FoundationColorado Springs, CO$20M$20.4M$19.5M–$20.4MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Temple Hoyne Buell FoundationDenver, CO$26,200$19.8M$478–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Charles Schwab FoundationLone Tree, CO$9.8M$19.7M$2.6M–$17MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Bohemian FoundationFort Collins, CO$15.8M$15.8M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Gill FoundationDenver, CO$25,000$11M$50–$2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Adolph Coors FoundationDenver, CO$30,000$10.3M$3,310–$700,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Boettcher FoundationDenver, CO$10.2M$10.1M$10.1M–$10.2MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Nextfifty InitiativeDenver, CO$50,000$9.7M$500–$600,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Cielo FoundationBoulder, CO$4,885$8.8M$50–$8.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Louis Calder FoundationDenver, CO$140,000$8.2M$1,000–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Galena FoundationDenver, CO$50,000$6.3M$2,000–$2MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Norwood FoundationColorado Springs, CO$10,000$6.1M$500–$2.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Henry P & Susan C Crowell TrustColorado Springs, CO$40,000$5M$1,000–$200,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Bonfils-Stanton FoundationDenver, CO$4.7M$4.7M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Fullerton Family Charitable FundAspen, CO$30,000$4M$5,000–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Singer Family FoundationDenver, CO$18,000$3.5M$3,000–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Av Hunter Trust IncorporatedGlendale, CO$20,000$3M$2,500–$208,608FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Kenneth Kendal King FoundationDenver, CO$20,000$2.9M$2,000–$200,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Anschutz Family FoundationDenver, CO$8,500$2.7M$1,000–$30,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Strandberg Family FoundationAvon, CO$44,591$2.6M$100–$498,043FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.