The Anschutz Family Foundation supports rural and urban Colorado nonprofit organizations that assist people to help themselves while nurturing and preserving their self-respect. The Foundation encourages endeavors that strengthen families and communities and advance individuals to become productive and responsible citizens, with special interest in self-sufficiency, community development, and programs aimed at the economically disadvantaged, children and youth, seniors, and people with disabilities.
The strongest signal in the recent grant record is repeated support for Colorado-based nonprofits that help people meet basic needs while building self-sufficiency. Anschutz Family Foundation has made multiple grants across 2023 through 2025 to organizations serving children and youth, families facing housing instability, seniors, and people with disabilities, usually through general operating support. Several of the larger awards also show a practical, service-oriented approach: Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley received $30,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for year-round programming, while La Puente Home Inc received $25,000 in each of those years for essential human services in the San Luis Valley. Other grants point to a statewide pattern that reaches beyond metro Denver into rural communities, including Mesa County, Pueblo County, Grand County, and Moffat County. The foundation’s stated priorities align with that record: self-sufficiency, community development, and services for economically disadvantaged residents, children and youth, seniors, and people with disabilities. Grants also appear to support continuity for local organizations rather than isolated one-time projects, with recurring awards to the same grantees over multiple years.
Housing and homelessness-related work appears repeatedly in the recent grants. Warren Village Inc received $25,000 for supportive, transitional housing for low-income, single-parent families, along with an on-site early childhood education center and workforce development initiative. Posada received $12,500 in both 2024 and 2025 for shelter, housing, education, and employment resources for homeless individuals and families in Pueblo County. Food access and emergency assistance also show up in the record: Grand Valley Catholic Outreach Inc received $30,000 for food, clothing, housing, and emergency assistance for the poor and homeless in Mesa County, and Manna Soup Kitchen received $15,000 for healthy meals and support services. In education and youth services, Escuela de Guadalupe received $20,000 for Spanish-English bi-literacy and academic rigor, while CASA of Pueblo received $15,000 for volunteer advocates for children in abuse and neglect cases.
Typical awards are clustered tightly around $7,500 to $10,000, with a median and 25th percentile of $7,500 and a 75th percentile of $10,000. The recent grant list also includes several larger operating grants, suggesting the foundation scales up for selected recurring partners and programs. Multiple organizations appear in more than one year, including Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley, La Puente Home Inc, Rocky Mountain PBS, Escuela de Guadalupe, Northwest Colorado Health, Posada, and Brothers Redevelopment Inc. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it accepts unsolicited applications through its listed grant cycles and letter-of-inquiry process. Grants are generally made for general operating or program/project support, with some challenge and matching grants.
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Most grants fall between $8K and $10K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$10K
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Grantmaking is concentrated in Colorado: 93% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state, and the recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based. Within Colorado, activity reaches Alamosa, Denver, Grand Junction, Fraser, Durango, Steamboat Springs, Pueblo, Edgewater, and Salisbury School’s out-of-state award in Connecticut stands out as an exception in the recent list. The strongest patterns appear in the San Luis Valley, Pueblo County, and the Denver metro area, with additional support in Grand County, Mesa County, and Moffat County.
The foundation supports Colorado nonprofit organizations serving rural and urban communities, with emphasis on self-sufficiency, community development, economically disadvantaged residents, children and youth, seniors, and people with disabilities. Recent grants also show support for general operating, housing, food, early learning, and family services.
Yes. Its listed grant programs say they accept unsolicited requests, including a regular grant cycle and a letter-of-inquiry option. The foundation’s annual and spring/fall cycles are described as competitive grant programs for Colorado nonprofits and related public or fiscally sponsored entities.
The typical award is small and concentrated: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are $7,500, $7,500, and $10,000. The recent grants list also shows larger awards such as $30,000 and $25,000 for selected organizations and multi-year recipients.
The giving is highly local to Colorado. The top state by grant count is Colorado, and 93% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. The recent grants list is entirely U.S.-based, with most recipients in Colorado cities and counties.
The recent record shows repeated general operating support across multiple years for several organizations, alongside some program-specific awards. The foundation also lists general operating and program/project support in its grant programs, plus occasional challenge or matching grants.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley | Alamosa, CO | $30,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide high-quality, affordable, year-round programming to children and youth across five clubs in the San Luis Valley. |
| La Puente Home Inc | Alamosa, CO | $25,000 | 2025 | General operating support for essential human services for homeless and economically disadvantaged residents of the San Luis Valley. |
| Grand Kids Learning Center | Fraser, CO | $21,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide high-quality early learning for children, ages 8 weeks to 6 years old, across three locations in Grand County. |
| Escuela de Guadalupe | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 2025 | General operating support to uplift students by offering an education that integrates Spanish and English bi-literacy, Catholic values, and academic rigor. |
| Rocky Mountain PBS | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 2025 | To support the production of Colorado Experience, an award-winning history series that explores the people, events and places that have shaped Colorado. |
| Northwest Colorado Health | Steamboat Springs, CO | $15,000 | 2025 | To support the Haven Assisted Living and the Home and Community Based Services program providing non-medical support for homebound residents in Moffat County. |
| Posada | Pueblo, CO | $12,500 | 2025 | General operating support for shelter, housing, education, and employment resources for homeless individuals and families in Pueblo County. |
| Brothers Redevelopment Inc | Edgewater, CO | $12,500 | 2025 | To support the Home Modification and Repair Program and Paint-A-Thon Program for low-income seniors and disabled homeowners. |
| Catholic Charities of Southern Colorado | Pueblo, CO | $12,000 | 2025 | General operating support for supportive services that stabilize and strengthen economically disadvantaged families in southern Colorado. |
| Pueblo Cooperative Care Center | Pueblo, CO | $12,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide food assistance and basic needs support for low-income families in Pueblo County. |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County | Pueblo, CO | $12,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide high-quality, affordable, year-round programming to children and youth in Pueblo County. |
| Salisbury School | Salisbury, CT | $10,500 | 2025 | General operating support to educate young men of character and promise who are prepared to meet the challenges of college and adulthood, and to make a difference in an entrepreneurial, technological, and cosmopolitan world. |
| Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley Inc | Glenwood Springs, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | To support the construction of The Confluence, an affordable housing community located in Glenwood Springs. |
| Full Circle of Lake County Inc | Leadville, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to bolster protective factors and reduce risk factors at the individual and family levels in Lake County. |
| Careers in Construction Colorado | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to offer students pre-apprenticeship training, job placements, and opportunities to develop relationships within the construction industry. |
| Emergency Family Assistance Association Inc | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide basic necessities to people who need help. |
| Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley | Avon, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | To support the Stratton Flats Affordable Homeownership Program, a low-income housing community in Eagle County. |
| Rocky Mountain Youth Corps | Steamboat Springs, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support for experiential education that develops youth into productive, sustainable, and successful adults through service to the community. |
| EarthLinks | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide a job training program and wrap-around support in the Sun Valley community. |
| San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition | Alamosa, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to connect family farms, ranches, and their products with the schools, restaurants, retail outlets, and institutions in the San Luis Valley. |
| Havern School | Littleton, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide educational interventions for underserved, neurodivergent students living with specific learning disabilities and differences. |
| We Don't Waste | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to increase food access by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste. |
| Community Ministry | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide emergency food assistance for low-income individuals and families. |
| Kit Carson Rural Development | Kit Carson, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to promote economic development and affordable housing in Kit Carson. |
| Urban Peak | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to help young people overcome homelessness and other life challenges. |
| Homeward Pikes Peak | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support for recovery services and housing for the most vulnerable in the Colorado Springs homeless and addicted populations. |
| Victory Service Dogs | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to help local military Veterans, active duty military, and first responders gain an improved quality of life through the partnership of a service dog. |
| Seniors Resource Center | Wheat Ridge, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support for care management, in-home care, facility-based respite, and caregiver counseling and support services. |
| San Luis Valley Immigrant Resource Center | Alamosa, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support for domestic violence victims, citizenship assistance, basic needs, ESL classes, and legal assistance on immigration issues. |
| Greccio Housing | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide affordable housing and resources that encourage stability for residents in El Paso County. |
| Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network | Westminster, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide free legal services to immigrant children and families who are survivors of abuse, persecution or other violence. |
| Colorado Dream Foundation | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to assist low-income, at-risk children through a long-term intervention program that encourages academic growth and higher education. |
| Family & Intercultural Resource Center (FIRC) | Breckenridge, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide basic needs to low-income residents and workers in Summit County. |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County | Fort Collins, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide high-quality, affordable, year-round programming to children and youth in Larimer County. |
| Sangre de Cristo Center for Youth | Walsenburg, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide mentoring, enrichment opportunities, and supportive services for economically disadvantaged youth in Huerfano County. |
| Ralston House | Arvada, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide a child-friendly place for investigations pertaining to allegations of child sexual abuse. |
| Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide comprehensive services for low-income and underserved survivors of domestic violence and their children in Boulder and Broomfield Counties. |
| Clifton Christian Church Food Bank | Clifton, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide nutritious food and supplemental items to financially insecure individuals and families in Mesa County. |
| Project PAVE Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support for violence prevention education and intervention services for impacted youth. |
| Prairie Family Center | Burlington, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support for supportive services that stabilize and strengthen low-income families in northeast Colorado. |
| Energy Resource Center | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | To support low-income families in the San Luis Valley with emergency home needs such as water heaters, furnaces, and emergency assistance. |
| Food to Power | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support for a neighborhood food center that provides fresh food access, education, and production. |
| Dress for Success Denver | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide disadvantaged women with professional attire, a network of support, and career development tools for economic independence. |
| Community Food Share | Louisville, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support for food collection and distribution efforts in Boulder and Broomfield Counties. |
| Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | To support adult education programs that include English-language acquisition and career pathways. |
| Habitat for Humanity of St Vrain Valley | Longmont, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support for affordable homeownership and mortgage assistance for economically disadvantaged families in the St. Vrain Valley. |
| Work Options | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide job training, life skills, and job placement in the food service industry for impoverished individuals. |
| Crossroads Safehouse Inc | Fort Collins, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support for an emergency shelter that assists victims of domestic violence. |
| Women's Resource Center in Durango | Durango, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to aid in the personal empowerment and economic self-sufficiency of women and girls in La Plata County. |
| Adaptive Adventures | Westminster, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | General operating support to provide adaptive sports and recreation programs for disabled individuals, Veterans, and their families in Colorado free of charge. |
General operating support to provide high-quality, affordable, year-round programming to children and youth across five clubs in the San Luis Valley.
La Puente Home Inc
$25,000General operating support for essential human services for homeless and economically disadvantaged residents of the San Luis Valley.
Grand Kids Learning Center
$21,000General operating support to provide high-quality early learning for children, ages 8 weeks to 6 years old, across three locations in Grand County.
Escuela de Guadalupe
$20,000General operating support to uplift students by offering an education that integrates Spanish and English bi-literacy, Catholic values, and academic rigor.
Rocky Mountain PBS
$20,000To support the production of Colorado Experience, an award-winning history series that explores the people, events and places that have shaped Colorado.
Northwest Colorado Health
$15,000To support the Haven Assisted Living and the Home and Community Based Services program providing non-medical support for homebound residents in Moffat County.
General operating support for shelter, housing, education, and employment resources for homeless individuals and families in Pueblo County.
Brothers Redevelopment Inc
$12,500To support the Home Modification and Repair Program and Paint-A-Thon Program for low-income seniors and disabled homeowners.
Catholic Charities of Southern Colorado
$12,000General operating support for supportive services that stabilize and strengthen economically disadvantaged families in southern Colorado.
General operating support to provide food assistance and basic needs support for low-income families in Pueblo County.
General operating support to provide high-quality, affordable, year-round programming to children and youth in Pueblo County.
General operating support to educate young men of character and promise who are prepared to meet the challenges of college and adulthood, and to make a difference in an entrepreneurial, technological, and cosmopolitan world.
Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley Inc
$10,000To support the construction of The Confluence, an affordable housing community located in Glenwood Springs.
General operating support to bolster protective factors and reduce risk factors at the individual and family levels in Lake County.
General operating support to offer students pre-apprenticeship training, job placements, and opportunities to develop relationships within the construction industry.
General operating support to provide basic necessities to people who need help.
To support the Stratton Flats Affordable Homeownership Program, a low-income housing community in Eagle County.
General operating support for experiential education that develops youth into productive, sustainable, and successful adults through service to the community.
General operating support to provide a job training program and wrap-around support in the Sun Valley community.
General operating support to connect family farms, ranches, and their products with the schools, restaurants, retail outlets, and institutions in the San Luis Valley.
Havern School
$10,000General operating support to provide educational interventions for underserved, neurodivergent students living with specific learning disabilities and differences.
We Don't Waste
$10,000General operating support to increase food access by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.
Community Ministry
$10,000General operating support to provide emergency food assistance for low-income individuals and families.
Kit Carson Rural Development
$10,000General operating support to promote economic development and affordable housing in Kit Carson.
General operating support to help young people overcome homelessness and other life challenges.
General operating support for recovery services and housing for the most vulnerable in the Colorado Springs homeless and addicted populations.
Victory Service Dogs
$10,000General operating support to help local military Veterans, active duty military, and first responders gain an improved quality of life through the partnership of a service dog.
General operating support for care management, in-home care, facility-based respite, and caregiver counseling and support services.
General operating support for domestic violence victims, citizenship assistance, basic needs, ESL classes, and legal assistance on immigration issues.
Greccio Housing
$10,000General operating support to provide affordable housing and resources that encourage stability for residents in El Paso County.
General operating support to provide free legal services to immigrant children and families who are survivors of abuse, persecution or other violence.
Colorado Dream Foundation
$10,000General operating support to assist low-income, at-risk children through a long-term intervention program that encourages academic growth and higher education.
Family & Intercultural Resource Center (FIRC)
$10,000General operating support to provide basic needs to low-income residents and workers in Summit County.
General operating support to provide high-quality, affordable, year-round programming to children and youth in Larimer County.
Sangre de Cristo Center for Youth
$10,000General operating support to provide mentoring, enrichment opportunities, and supportive services for economically disadvantaged youth in Huerfano County.
General operating support to provide a child-friendly place for investigations pertaining to allegations of child sexual abuse.
General operating support to provide comprehensive services for low-income and underserved survivors of domestic violence and their children in Boulder and Broomfield Counties.
Clifton Christian Church Food Bank
$10,000General operating support to provide nutritious food and supplemental items to financially insecure individuals and families in Mesa County.
Project PAVE Inc
$10,000General operating support for violence prevention education and intervention services for impacted youth.
Prairie Family Center
$10,000General operating support for supportive services that stabilize and strengthen low-income families in northeast Colorado.
Energy Resource Center
$10,000To support low-income families in the San Luis Valley with emergency home needs such as water heaters, furnaces, and emergency assistance.
General operating support for a neighborhood food center that provides fresh food access, education, and production.
Dress for Success Denver
$10,000General operating support to provide disadvantaged women with professional attire, a network of support, and career development tools for economic independence.
General operating support for food collection and distribution efforts in Boulder and Broomfield Counties.
To support adult education programs that include English-language acquisition and career pathways.
Habitat for Humanity of St Vrain Valley
$10,000General operating support for affordable homeownership and mortgage assistance for economically disadvantaged families in the St. Vrain Valley.
General operating support to provide job training, life skills, and job placement in the food service industry for impoverished individuals.
Crossroads Safehouse Inc
$10,000General operating support for an emergency shelter that assists victims of domestic violence.
Women's Resource Center in Durango
$10,000General operating support to aid in the personal empowerment and economic self-sufficiency of women and girls in La Plata County.
General operating support to provide adaptive sports and recreation programs for disabled individuals, Veterans, and their families in Colorado free of charge.