About Bellco Foundation
Bellco Foundation concentrates its giving on strengthening Denver-area cultural institutions, improving personal financial capability, and meeting basic needs like hunger relief. Grants are sizable and strategic — often directed to a small number of organizations that deliver broad community impact rather than many small projects. The foundation’s support combines arts leadership (major funding to the Denver Art Museum), financial education and credit-union sector capacity-building, and local emergency food systems.
Focus Areas
Major support for a flagship art institution in Denver (Denver Art Museum)Financial capability and credit-union sector development (National Credit Union Foundation)Regional hunger relief and food bank support (Food Bank of the Rockies)
Who They Fund
low-income individuals and familieschildren and youth (K-12 and college students)Latino leaders, entrepreneurs, and communitiesfood-insecure individuals/householdsdisplaced Ukrainians/refugees
About Bellco Foundation
Bellco Foundation’s recent giving centers on three repeating priorities: Denver arts, financial capability, and hunger relief. The largest recent grants show that pattern clearly. In 2025, the foundation gave $210,000 to Denver Art Museum to serve as a catalyst to improve people’s lives through art, and it backed Food Bank of the Rockies with $100,000 for procuring and distributing food and essentials to the hungry through programs and partner agencies. Those awards sit alongside multi-year support for the National Credit Union Foundation, which received $220,000 in 2023 and another $75,000 in 2025 for education that improves people’s financial lives. Bellco Foundation also funded local community organizations working in housing, youth development, higher education, and disaster response, including Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, Colorado Mesa University Foundation, and Community Foundation Boulder County. The grant record points to a foundation that favors a small number of organizations with broad community reach rather than many small awards.
What Bellco Foundation Funds
Financial education is a clear thread in the portfolio. Bellco Foundation gave $50,000 to Economic Literacy Colorado in 2025 to empower students to achieve a lifetime of economic understanding and financial security, and it supported the National Credit Union Foundation in 2024 with $75,000 for education that improves people’s financial lives. Youth-serving and education-related grants also appear in Colorado, including $50,000 to Junior Achievement Rocky Mtn Inc in 2025 and $12,600 to Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges in 2025. Basic needs funding shows up through food security awards: Food Bank of the Rockies received $50,000 in 2023 and $10,000 in 2024, while Care and Share Inc received $10,000 in 2025 for hunger relief efforts in Pueblo County. The foundation also backed affordable housing work through Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver.
How Bellco Foundation Gives
Bellco Foundation’s typical grant size is moderate, with a p25 of $5,000, a median of $10,000, and a p75 of $37,500. The recent record includes both repeated support and one-off awards: National Credit Union Foundation, Denver Art Museum, Food Bank of the Rockies, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, and Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions each appear across multiple years. The foundation is structured around charitable grantmaking supported by member donations and corporate support, and its program descriptions indicate general community grantmaking rather than a formal application-based operating program. One listed membership option accepts donations and allows opt-in during Bellco Credit Union account application.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$746K
Total Assets
$705K
Total Revenue
$863K
Total Expenses
$746K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $38K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$38K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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