THE DENVER FOUNDATION

EIN 846048381 · Donor-advised fund program as reported on Form 990 Schedule D, fiscal year 2023.

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DAF assets
$685.87M
at fiscal year end
Grants out
$98.08M
from DAF accounts
Contributions in
$45.58M
received into DAFs
Payout rate
14.3%
median is 12.5%
Accounts
611
funds held at year end
Average account
$1.1M
assets per fund

At 14.3%, this sponsor paid out above the 12.5% median for sponsors holding more than $10 million.

DAF assets by year

$413.6M
FY2019
$512.9M
FY2020
$746.5M
FY2021
$647.1M
FY2022
$685.9M
FY2023

Grants paid by year

$67.4M
FY2019
$77.7M
FY2020
$82.7M
FY2021
$89.1M
FY2022
$98.1M
FY2023

A missing year means no return for that year has been released yet, not that the organization was inactive. Years marked fall in the 2020–21 pandemic giving surge, when contributions into donor-advised funds rose sharply across the sector; treat them as an unusual period rather than a baseline.

Grant disclosure

Itemized 5,475 grant lines totalling $531.8M across 2019–2024 — $97K per line.

$19.3M of this sponsor’s grants went to other DAF sponsors — 4% of its itemized grantmaking. Money moved between sponsors is reported as a grant, but it has not yet reached a working charity. This total counts only organizations whose donor-advised fund program is their primary activity, so grants to universities and hospitals that happen to run a DAF on the side are excluded.

Largest reported recipients

Organizations receiving the most from this sponsor across 2019–2024, as itemized on Schedule I. Only grants above $5,000 must be listed.

RecipientTotal 2019–2024
Children'S Hospital Colorado FoundationEIN 840813462 CO$13.6M
Community First Foundation runs a DAF programEIN 510157964 CO$13.6M
The Denver Health And Hospitals FoundationEIN 841085196 CO$12.6M
University Of Colorado FoundationEIN 846049811 CO$12.4M
Lifespan Local IncEIN 873136973 CO$10.2M
Denver Broncos CharitiesEIN 841305294 CO$9.3M
Food Bank Of The RockiesEIN 840772672 CO$8.7M
State Of Colorado - Department Of Labor & EmploymentEIN 840644739 CO$7.8M
Impact Charitable runs a DAF programEIN 471180598 CO$6.5M
Habitat For Humanity Metro DenverEIN 742050021 CO$6.5M
Urban Peak DenverEIN 841212246 CO$5.8M
Barton Institute For Community ActionEIN 834295300 CO$5.5M
Trailhead InstituteEIN 841267213 CO$5.4M
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund runs a DAF programEIN 110303001 OH$4.9M
Cafe 180EIN 272126113 CO$4.6M

How these figures are calculated: methodology and disclosures. Source: IRS Form 990 e-file XML for fiscal year 2023, via the National Center for Charitable Statistics. Payout rate is DAF grants divided by DAF assets at year end. Recipient totals combine tax years 2019–2024 where filings are available. IRS release and parsing lag means recent years are incomplete for many organizations — NCCS advises treating the most recent year in the panel as partial.