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Cause EducationState Colorado637 funders

Foundations that fund education in Colorado

637 private foundations based in Colorado with a return in the last two years gave $130.1 million to education organizations in 2,038 grants. The median grant was $10,000, and 131 of these foundations accept applications.

Foundations with a return in the last two years, each by its latest return (tax years 2023 to 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Ranked by giving to education

Top 50

Grants in each foundation’s latest return to organizations whose IRS category is education.

  1. Gates Family FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 59 grants Accepts applications $25,160,253 to education
  2. Daniels FundDenver, CO · tax year 2024 102 grants Accepts applications $10,921,761 to education
  3. The Colorado Health FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 51 grants Accepts applications $7,455,174 to education
  4. Louis Calder FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 24 grants Accepts applications $5,016,000 to education
  5. Stewart Family Foundation IncDenver, CO · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $4,206,000 to education
  6. Margulf FoundationGlendale, CO · tax year 2024 44 grants Preselected only $4,160,000 to education
  7. Corkins Family FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $3,500,000 to education
  8. Temple Hoyne Buell FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 75 grants Accepts applications $2,995,277 to education
  9. Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd RyanLittleton, CO · tax year 2024 8 grants Preselected only $2,870,259 to education
  10. Catena FoundationCarbondale, CO · tax year 2024 7 grants Preselected only $2,515,000 to education
  11. Adolph Coors FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 18 grants Accepts applications $2,193,700 to education
  12. Schmitz Family Foundation CO Ann McBournieDenver, CO · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $2,112,750 to education
  13. Sachs Henry Testamentary TrustDenver, CO · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $1,800,000 to education
  14. Schlessman Foundation IncDenver, CO · tax year 2024 13 grants Preselected only $1,380,000 to education
  15. The Louis and Harold Price Foundation IncDenver, CO · tax year 2024 8 grants Preselected only $1,307,265 to education
  16. J Landis and Sharon Martin Family FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 9 grants Preselected only $1,259,858 to education
  17. The Clennan Family FoundationColorado Springs, CO · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $1,200,000 to education
  18. The Solich FundDenver, CO · tax year 2025 5 grants Preselected only $1,195,000 to education
  19. Mark and Maureen Miller Family FDDenver, CO · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $1,132,500 to education
  20. The Galena FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $1,025,000 to education
  21. Gill FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $1,020,500 to education
  22. The Beaufort Foundation IncCarbondale, CO · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $1,020,000 to education
  23. R David & Suzanne A Hoover Charitable TrustBoulder, CO · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $1,010,000 to education
  24. Hadley & Marion Stuart FoundationLongmont, CO · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $1,000,000 to education
  25. The Campos Epc FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 12 grants Preselected only $911,260 to education
  26. The Fisher FoundationEnglewood, CO · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $906,530 to education
  27. Brothers Brook FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 10 grants Preselected only $777,000 to education
  28. Thiry-O'leary FoundationCherry Hills Village, CO · tax year 2024 6 grants Preselected only $769,000 to education
  29. Ronald And Carol Moore Family FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 5 grants Preselected only $675,000 to education
  30. Flug Family FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $665,000 to education
  31. The Harold & Mary Louise Shaw FoundationColorado Springs, CO · tax year 2024 4 grants Preselected only $560,000 to education
  32. The Anna and John J Sie FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 7 grants Preselected only $559,920 to education
  33. Living Closer FoundationGreenwood Village, CO · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $558,100 to education
  34. Imagis FoundationCherry Hills Village, CO · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $553,435 to education
  35. Joe Ricketts Nebraska FoundationLittleton, CO · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $535,000 to education
  36. Zoma Foundation IncDenver, CO · tax year 2024 6 grants Preselected only $528,667 to education
  37. Leptas Foundation TrustDenver, CO · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $524,000 to education
  38. Henry P & Susan C Crowell TrustColorado Springs, CO · tax year 2024 6 grants Accepts applications $520,000 to education
  39. Colorado Access FoundationAurora, CO · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $514,225 to education
  40. The Paula and William Bernstein Family FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 5 grants Preselected only $505,100 to education
  41. Saccomanno Higher Education FoundationGrand Junction, CO · tax year 2024 18 grants Accepts applications $499,558 to education
  42. Tim and Lisa Walsh Family FoundationGolden, CO · tax year 2023 3 grants Preselected only $475,000 to education
  43. The John E and Margaret L Lane FoundationColorado Springs, CO · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $460,000 to education
  44. The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship InitiativeBoulder, CO · tax year 2024 4 grants Preselected only $453,200 to education
  45. Peierls FoundationGolden, CO · tax year 2024 6 grants Preselected only $436,000 to education
  46. Mary John Goree Las Animas County Scholarship FoundationTrinidad, CO · tax year 2024 5 grants Preselected only $434,087 to education
  47. The Frederic C Hamilton Family FoundationCentennial, CO · tax year 2024 10 grants Preselected only $422,250 to education
  48. Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 5 grants Preselected only $415,000 to education
  49. Dornick Foundation IncWoody Creek, CO · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $410,000 to education
  50. D F Halton Foundation IncLongmont, CO · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $400,000 to education

Open to applications

25 foundations

The return gives an application contact and does not check the preselected-only box.

  1. Gates Family FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 59 grants Accepts applications $25,160,253 to education
  2. Daniels FundDenver, CO · tax year 2024 102 grants Accepts applications $10,921,761 to education
  3. The Colorado Health FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 51 grants Accepts applications $7,455,174 to education
  4. Louis Calder FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 24 grants Accepts applications $5,016,000 to education
  5. Temple Hoyne Buell FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 75 grants Accepts applications $2,995,277 to education
  6. Adolph Coors FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 18 grants Accepts applications $2,193,700 to education
  7. The Galena FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $1,025,000 to education
  8. Gill FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $1,020,500 to education
  9. Henry P & Susan C Crowell TrustColorado Springs, CO · tax year 2024 6 grants Accepts applications $520,000 to education
  10. Saccomanno Higher Education FoundationGrand Junction, CO · tax year 2024 18 grants Accepts applications $499,558 to education
  11. D F Halton Foundation IncLongmont, CO · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $400,000 to education
  12. Hewit Family FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2023 1 grant Accepts applications $300,000 to education
  13. Nagel FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $295,000 to education
  14. Nextfifty Initiative D/B/A NEXT50Denver, CO · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $281,111 to education
  15. The Dillard FoundationBoulder, CO · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $250,000 to education
  16. The Strandberg Family FoundationAvon, CO · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $242,809 to education
  17. Greenwald FoundationAspen, CO · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $241,283 to education
  18. Craig-Scheckman Family FoundationSteamboat Springs, CO · tax year 2024 7 grants Accepts applications $227,500 to education
  19. The Norwood FoundationColorado Springs, CO · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $225,000 to education
  20. Clarence V Laguardia FoundationLakewood, CO · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $217,500 to education
  21. Harry L and Eva J Puksta FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $216,446 to education
  22. The Joseph Henry Edmondson FoundationColorado Springs, CO · tax year 2024 17 grants Accepts applications $190,700 to education
  23. Kenneth Kendal King FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2025 7 grants Accepts applications $169,500 to education
  24. Bodenhamer FoundationFt Collins, CO · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $145,000 to education
  25. Anschutz Family FoundationDenver, CO · tax year 2024 18 grants Accepts applications $143,000 to education