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Grant Funders in Denver, CO

Bespoke Grants indexes 269 grant-making foundations headquartered in Denver, Colorado — together $1.78B in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports health care, higher education, education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Denver nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

269
Foundations in Denver
$1.78B
Indexed annual giving
40
Listed below
CO
State

Foundations headquartered in Denver

Ranked by giving in available IRS summaries. Filings may cover different years; these totals are not a current-year funding pool. Each links to a public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1University of Denver$213.2M2022
2University of Colorado Foundation$182.3M2025
3The Colorado Health Foundation$124.3M2024
4The Denver Foundation$111.3M2024
5The Community Firm$83.8M2024
6Daniels Fund$65.0M2024
7The Anschutz Foundation$62.3M2024
8Regis University$43.9M2025
9Mile High United Way Inc$40.5M2025
10University of Colorado Property$36.2M2020
11American Indian College Fund$22.4M2025
12Gates Family Foundation$21.7M2024
13Denver Rescue Mission$21.4M2023
14Mercy Housing California$20.4M2024
15Rose Community Foundation$20.4M2024
16Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation$19.8M2025
17Food Bank of the Rockies$18.7M2024
18Prosperity Denver Fund$18.6M2024
19Unite America Inc$17.3M2024
20Caring for Denver Foundation$16.9M2024
21The Colorado Trust$15.7M2024
22Energy Outreach Colorado$12.9M2025
23Moore Impact Inc$12.7M2024
24Impact Charitable$12.0M2024
25Rose Foundation$11.2M2017
26Boettcher Foundation$10.8M2024
27Gill Foundation$10.6M2024
28Colorado Coalition for the Homeless$10.4M2024
29Nextfifty Initiative$10.0M2024
30The Galena Foundation$9.5M2024
31Teikyo Loretto Heights University$9.5M2019
32The Piton Foundation$8.7M2024
33Caring for Colorado Foundation$8.6M2025
34Jewishcolorado$8.4M2025
35The Louis Calder Foundation$7.9M2024
36Margulf Foundation$7.7M2023
37Adolph Coors Foundation$7.7M2024
38Western Conservation Foundation$7.4M2024
39Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation$7.2M2024
40Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$7.0M2025

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Denver, CO address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Denver nonprofits; the one lifetime free funder search accounts for both.