Home › United States Charities in Colorado Registered 31,157 charities
Total income $45.24bn latest returns
Median income $198k per charity
Top-10 share 41% of income
Overview Colorado has 31,157 registered charities on the current register extract, of which 10,331 reported income in their latest return. Together they reported $45.24bn of income. The median charity took in $198k, while the largest tenth reported $3.3m or more, so a typical donation goes to a far smaller organisation than the household names at the top of this list.
Income is concentrated: the ten largest charities account for 41% of the total. Across the whole group, 471 charities have a note from the register, such as overdue accounts or three years of spending above income, and those notes are shown on each charity's page.
3,387 of the charities with reported income (33%) took in under $100k a year. Pages for the 7,134 charities with several years of accounts include their full income history, a comparison with similar-sized peers and a breakdown of where the money comes from.
Largest by income # Charity Location Income 1 Donor Advised Charitable Giving Lone Tree, CO $7.65bn 2 Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Centennial, CO $2.63bn 3 Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO $1.88bn 4 Portercare Adventist Health System Greenwood Village, CO $1.54bn 5 Poudre Valley Medical Group LLC Fort Collins, CO $987.6m 6 Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System Inc Broomfield, CO $898.1m 7 Poudre Valley Health Care Inc Fort Collins, CO $842.3m 8 University of Denver Denver, CO $807.3m 9 Alliance for Energy Innovation LLC Golden, CO $786.3m 10 Saint Joseph Hospital Denver, CO $617.0m 11 Medical Center of the Rockies Fort Collins, CO $604.1m 12 Parkview Medical Center Inc Pueblo, CO $537.3m 13 Commonspirit Mountain Region Centennial, CO $527.6m 14 Young Life Colorado SPGS, CO $491.8m 15 Boulder Community Health Boulder, CO $458.0m 16 Vail Clinic Inc Vail, CO $388.2m 17 National Jewish Health Denver, CO $348.5m 18 Valley View Hospital Association Glenwood SPGS, CO $345.5m 19 University of Colorado Foundation Denver, CO $342.2m 20 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO $304.1m 21 Colorado West Healthcare System Grand JCT, CO $268.8m 22 Colorado College TH Colorado SPGS, CO $263.3m 23 United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Colorado Springs, CO $242.0m 24 Christian Community Foundation Inc Colorado SPGS, CO $233.0m 25 Uchealth Greeley Hospital Fort Collins, CO $194.3m 26 Commonspirit Kansas Inc Centennial, CO $190.8m 27 Montrose Memorial Hospital Montrose, CO $174.8m 28 Goodwill of Colorado Colorado SPGS, CO $173.5m 29 Allosource Centennial, CO $172.7m 30 Regis University Denver, CO $162.1m 31 Craig Hospital Englewood, CO $159.0m 32 Food Bank of the Rockies Aurora, CO $151.9m 33 Mental Health Center of Denver Denver, CO $149.0m 34 Colorado Christian University Lakewood, CO $144.8m 35 Rocky Mountain Institute Boulder, CO $139.4m 36 Yampa Valley Medical Center Steamboat SPR, CO $136.4m 37 San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center Alamosa, CO $124.7m 38 Arc Thrift Stores Lakewood, CO $123.9m 39 Salud Family Health Fort Lupton, CO $121.1m 40 Peak Vista Community Health Centers Colorado SPGS, CO $111.6m 41 International Medical Relief Denver, CO $111.6m 42 Denver Foundation Denver, CO $108.7m 43 Denver School of Science and Technology Inc Denver, CO $108.1m 44 Rocky Mountain Health Care Services Colorado SPGS, CO $106.4m 45 Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO $104.4m 46 Mercy Housing Inc Denver, CO $100.5m 47 Signal Behavioral Health Network Greenwood VLG, CO $95.9m 48 Hexagon Foundation Colorado SPGS, CO $95.9m 49 Colorado Gives Foundation Arvada, CO $92.6m 50 Colorado State University Foundation Fort Collins, CO $89.6m 51 Lower Valley Hospital Association Fruita, CO $89.5m 52 Jefferson Center for Mental Health Wheat Ridge, CO $89.4m 53 Waterstone Supporting Organization Trust 1 Colorado SPGS, CO $82.6m 54 Rocky Mountain Human Services Denver, CO $80.6m 55 Southwest Health System Inc Cortez, CO $79.6m 56 Northeast Health Partners Greeley, CO $78.5m 57 Mountain West Conference Colorado SPGS, CO $78.2m 58 Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO $76.1m 59 Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins, CO $75.8m 60 Christian Living Neighborhoods Englewood, CO $73.0m
Charities by income band $under 10k 11th pct
524 charities
$10k-100k 62nd pct
2,863 charities
$100k-1m 100th pct
4,645 charities
$1m-10m 40th pct
1,869 charities
$10m-100m 8th pct
383 charities
$100m+ 1st pct
47 charities
Registrations by year 0 553 1,105 1,658 2,210 00 New registrations: $391 00 01 New registrations: $405 01 02 New registrations: $472 02 03 New registrations: $409 03 04 New registrations: $412 04 05 New registrations: $446 05 06 New registrations: $424 06 07 New registrations: $416 07 08 New registrations: $424 08 09 New registrations: $506 09 10 New registrations: $453 10 11 New registrations: $484 11 12 New registrations: $477 12 13 New registrations: $839 13 14 New registrations: $1,158 14 15 New registrations: $834 15 16 New registrations: $870 16 17 New registrations: $861 17 18 New registrations: $909 18 19 New registrations: $1,059 19 20 New registrations: $906 20 21 New registrations: $964 21 22 New registrations: $1,465 22 23 New registrations: $1,441 23 24 New registrations: $1,899 24 25 New registrations: $2,210 25 26 New registrations: $1,619 26 New registrations By cause Other charitable purposes 6,703 Religion 3,577 Education and training 3,553 Poverty relief 3,182 Arts, culture, heritage and science 2,651 Amateur sport and recreation 2,163 Health and saving lives 1,979 Grant-making and general purposes 1,945 Animals 942 Community and economic development 915 Environment and conservation 815 Children and youth development 766 Overseas aid and international 562 Human rights and equality 535 Housing and shelter 506 Armed forces, emergency and public safety 363