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Nonprofits in Colorado

The IRS recognises 36,344 tax-exempt organizations with a Colorado address, rank 21 of 51. 3,481 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

36,344
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
31,044
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
3,481
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
610.1
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$66,914,420,215
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
1.8%
Share of all US organizations
Of 1,964,958 recognised nationally.

Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations in Colorado by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING$11,676,597,614
2KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO$4,484,971,120
3CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO$3,442,815,167
4CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO$2,014,273,578
5PORTERCARE ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM$1,798,498,907
6ALLIANCE FOR ENERGY INNOVATION LLC$1,064,585,917
7POUDRE VALLEY HEALTH CARE INC$1,032,333,065
8POUDRE VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP LLC$1,032,219,684
9UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$834,903,600
10COLORADO ACCESS$790,217,396
11MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES$699,377,907
12DELTA DENTAL OF COLORADO$680,898,590
13SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL$645,390,055
14CREDIT UNIONS CHARTERED IN THE STATE OF COLORADO$594,695,379
15YOUNG LIFE$556,261,660

The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.

Largest by assets

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Organizations in Colorado by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING$47,548,536,893
2POUDRE VALLEY HEALTH CARE INC$11,660,581,007
3CREDIT UNIONS CHARTERED IN THE STATE OF COLORADO$9,839,179,338
4CREDIT UNIONS CHARTERED IN THE STATE OF COLORADO$8,591,833,461
5CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO$5,693,831,654
6UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$3,549,699,710
7THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,893,236,966
8KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO$2,583,141,175
9CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO$2,412,044,381
10UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$2,249,044,545

Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.

Highest reported compensation

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Organizations in Colorado by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO$12,976,050
2COMMONSPIRIT MOUNTAIN REGION$8,261,916
3CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO$5,539,630
4PORTERCARE ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM$4,869,658
5CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO$4,286,194
6PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTER INC$3,636,718
7POUDRE VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP LLC$1,989,363
8CREDIT UNIONS CHARTERED IN THE STATE OF COLORADO$1,895,916
9MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES$1,681,001
10POUDRE VALLEY HEALTH CARE INC$1,681,000

The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.

What they do

Organizations in Colorado by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Education479
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations388
Human Services356
Health Care196
Arts, Culture and Humanities172
Recreation and Sports131
Housing and Shelter122
Environment120
Community Improvement and Capacity Building120
Religion-Related103

Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.

Nearest by count

States either side of Colorado by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
20Tennessee39,046
22South Carolina32,430

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    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

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Compared with South Carolina.

Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, and largest grantmakers, and highest reported officer compensation. All organizations: nonprofits.

What this page cannot show

  • The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
  • Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
  • Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.

Full method at methodology.

Sources

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