Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in Colorado

254
foundations
$248.8M
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 254 private foundations based in Colorado whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $248.8 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Denver (53), Colorado Springs (22) and Greenwood Village (13).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 1,196 foundations in Colorado, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 254 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 229 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in Colorado
Temple Hoyne Buell FoundationDenver, CO479$26,200$19.8M$478–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Gates Family FoundationDenver, CO367$25,000$36.3M$2,000–$20MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Anschutz Family FoundationDenver, CO314$8,500$2.7M$1,400–$20,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Adolph Coors FoundationDenver, CO137$30,000$10.3M$3,310–$700,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Joseph Henry Edmondson FoundationColorado Springs, CO125$1,200$814,760$500–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Av Hunter Trust IncorporatedGlendale, CO120$20,000$3M$2,500–$208,608FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Libertygives FoundationEnglewood, CO116$1,560$789,736$42–$43,478FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Kenneth Kendal King FoundationDenver, CO115$25,000$2.9M$2,500–$75,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Antero FoundationDenver, CO112$5,000$1.2M$1,000–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Nextfifty InitiativeDenver, CO103$54,175$8M$1,500–$600,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
CocetaLittleton, CO98$530$123,247$13–$105,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Gill FoundationDenver, CO91$25,000$11M$50–$2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Sam S Bloom FoundationLittleton, CO78$5,000$573,500$2,000–$30,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Richard Reed FoundationCastle Rock, CO71$10,000$604,500$5,000–$25,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Robert Hoag Rawlings FoundationPueblo, CO70$8,575$1.7M$1,000–$544,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Ensign-Bickford Foundation IncDenver, CO61$1,500$215,425$100–$80,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Mabel Horrigan FoundationColorado Springs, CO54$2,000$167,033$500–$10,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Maki FoundationCarbondale, CO51$5,000$236,900$3,000–$7,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Mb Glassman FoundationDenver, CO48$10,000$912,170$1,000–$194,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Feiner Family FoundationGreenwood Village, CO47$556$111,013$50–$50,000FY2022Locked: fit score and contacts
Brett Family FoundationBoulder, CO46$5,000$481,000$1,000–$90,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Mary Elizabeth Bates FoundationConifer, CO46$4,550$281,153$1,425–$39,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Flying Diamond Ranch FoundationKit Carson, CO43$300$34,057$50–$5,250FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Leland Trust CO Carol HaynesHolyoke, CO42$3,772$280,263$250–$33,725FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
John R Oltman Charitable FoundationAvon, CO41$1,000$65,550$250–$8,000FY2024Locked: 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.

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Data from 990-PF filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.