Exponential Impact
Colorado Springs, CO · EIN 82-2707012. Reported 78 grants totalling $1,815,809 to 77 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Exponential Impact, the IRS classifies it under community improvement rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE S43) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 77 distinct organizations, with 3% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 2% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,900 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3E'S Comedy Club | Colorado Springs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Springs Sports Corporation | Colorado Spgs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Springs World Arena | Colorado Spgs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cs Dual Hotel LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Flying W Ranch Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kinship Landing | Colorado Springs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mister Dexters Ltd Dba Shuga's | Colorado Springs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Norris Penrose Event Center | Colorado Springs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Educational Museum Inc | Colorado Spgs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pikes Peak Brewing Co Lager House | Colorado Springs, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westside Cantina LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pub Dog Colorado LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Merriman Land Works Dba Flat and Fancy | Colorado Springs, CO | $33,909 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| (a &k Inc) Xiang's Kitchen | Colorado Springs, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Express Auto Repair | Colorado Springs, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rkautomotive Repair | Colorado Springs, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trinity Brewing Company | Colorado Springs, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Veterans Home First | Monument, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Aspen Sign & Lighting Co Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cambio Yoga LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carlos Gonzalez Insurance | Colorado Springs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coffee and Tea Zone | Colorado Spgs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Continental Cleaners | Colorado Springs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ladyfingers Letterpress | Colorado Springs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Driver Training | Colorado Spgs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Old School Boxing Gym | Colorado Spgs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Precision Insurance Services | Cos, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacred Grounds Cafe | Colorado Spgs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Songbird Supplies LLC | Colorado Spgs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tapateria LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Taste of Brasil LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taste of Brasil LLC | Cos, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tong Tong Korean Restaurant | Colorado Spgs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Use What You Got LLC Dba Momma Pearls Cajun Resta | Colorado Springs, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Five Brothers Siding Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $23,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Embroider Expression | Colorado Springs, CO | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pikes Peak Metropolitan Community Church | Colorado Spgs, CO | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bean Sprouts LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hacienda Villarreal LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loyal Coffee (dba) Fish Oil LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Raoh LLC | Colorado Spgs, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smallcakes Monument Dba Decadent Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Weassist | Cos, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Williams Soul Food LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado Adventure Hostel | Colorado Springs, CO | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Pour House Lounge | Colorado Springs, CO | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado Ninja Dba Altitude Ninja | Colorado Springs, CO | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 719 to the 303 Promotions | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Almagre Venue Bar | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canine Campus Dog Daycare & Boarding | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carefree Bar and Grill | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Circle Back Tap LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Impressed By the Dress | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Luchals | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Molina Heating & Cooling | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rhone River Wellness Clinic | Colorado Spgs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smoothie Paradise & Pretzels | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Use What You Got LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Venemex LLC | Colorado Spgs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cadelis Integrative Therapies | Colorado Spgs, CO | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pollinate Marketing | Colorado Springs, CO | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Root Down & Grow Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carefree Bar and Grill LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Intrawest Seamless Gutters Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jamaru | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ormao Dance Company | Colorado Spgs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rocky Mountain Delites LLC | Colorado Spgs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spark Mindset | Colorado Spgs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Seabaugh Group LLC Dba Little Monkey Bizness | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tree Artisans LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western States Optical Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scratch Mobile Kitchen | Colorado Springs, CO | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Evelyn Sullivan Mediation LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pikes Perk Mountain Shadows | Colorado Springs, CO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rod Mench Sculpture Studios LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sweet Addict Bakery | Colorado Springs, CO | $5,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
1 of 77 (1%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Westside Cantina LLC
Low interest loan forgiven
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 4 of 77 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $425,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 49 | $1,221,900 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | $105,000 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | $63,909 | $31,954 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
Get funders for your state and cause by email
We email you funders that gave to organizations in your state and cause, up to five at a time each week and never the same one twice, from their own IRS filings. Free. The weekly email has not started yet.
Unsubscribe in one click from any email. We never sell or share your address. To match on your organization and typical grant size too, keep a private profile.
Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Colorado.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Exponential Impact's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 0 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 3650 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, 80907.
EIN 82-2707012 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
Is something here wrong about your organization? Email hello@funderscope.com and we will correct it.