Kroenke Sports Charities Inc
Denver, CO · EIN 74-2442488. Reported 193 grants totalling $4,909,137 to 111 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Kroenke Sports Charities Inc, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B00Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 111 distinct organizations, with 12% 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. 56% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,650 and the largest $200,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Crown Foundation | Greenwood Village, CO | $564,987 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Denver Public Schools Foundation | Denver, CO | $335,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Colorado | Aurora, CO | $287,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc | Denver, CO | $245,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Playworks Education Energized | Oakland, CA | $187,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Americans Center for Financial Education | Denver, CO | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | Aurora, CO | $156,803 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc | Alexandria, VA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Denver Police Foundation | Denver, CO | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Community Foundation | Boulder, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $83,880 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hospital Colorado | Aurora, CO | $81,975 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Denver Rescue Mission | Denver, CO | $81,540 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rocky Mountain Childrens Health Foundation | Arvada, CO | $73,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colorado Adaptive Sports Foundation | Littleton, CO | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mca Denver | Denver, CO | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Colorado Pet Pantry | Boulder, CO | $61,346 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dream Center Denver | Denver, CO | $60,594 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors | Arlington, VA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gabby Krause Foundation | Centennial, CO | $58,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Food Share Inc | Louisville, CO | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freedom Service Dogs Inc | Englewood, CO | $51,225 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Colorado Meth Project Inc | Broomfield, CO | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Denver Childrens Home | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Golf History of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Peak Denver | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wedontwaste Inc | Denver, CO | $47,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Global Down Syndrome Foundation | Denver, CO | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| There With Care | Boulder, CO | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| A Precious Child Inc | Westminster, CO | $41,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Child Advocates - Denver CASA | Denver, CO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Emergency Family Assistance Association Inc | Boulder, CO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food for Thought Denver | Arvada, CO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Service Organizations Inc | Arlington, VA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| You Can Play | Denver, CO | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clayton Early Learning | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Integrated Family Community Services | Englewood, CO | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Soldiers Angels | San Antonio, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc | Memphis, TN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Avalanche Alumni Association | Denver, CO | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lion Global Foundation | Greenwood Vlg, CO | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wish for Wheels | Denver, CO | $26,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brent Eley Foundation | Aurora, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clothes to Kids of Denver | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Energy Outreach Colorado | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food for Thought Denver | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hunger Free Colorado | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make- a- Wish Foundation of America | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Denver Inc | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United States Center for Safesport | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Weecycle | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Rockies Charity Fund | Denver, CO | $24,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Greenwood Village, CO | $20,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | Englewood, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Denver Tennis Park Inc | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids First Health Care | Commerce City, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mercy Housing Inc | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Sports Center for the Disabled Inc | Golden, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Pave Inc | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth on Record | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The V Foundation | Cary, NC | $16,380 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Colorado Institute of Developmental Pediatrics Inc | Englewood, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Lifted Foundation | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Restaurant Association Inc | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Colorado Sled Hockey Association | Littleton, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Wheelchair Basketball | Littleton, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Tree Inc | Wheatridge, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Denver Fire Dept | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wapiyapi | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Warren Village Inc | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feeding Colorado | Lafayette, CO | $12,617 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | Hoffman Est, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Helping | Centennial, CO | $11,625 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mental Health America of Colorado | Denver, CO | $10,540 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ability Connection Colorado Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Als United Rocky Mountain | Broomfield, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Amputee Soccer Association | Stony Brook, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Healing Fund | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Homeless Families Inc | Arvada, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado Springs Sports Corporation | Colorado Spgs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Denver Indian Center Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dream on 3 | Concord, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Colorado | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hopekids Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hopes Promise | Castle Rock, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hopewest | Grand Jct, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mount Evans Hospice Inc | Evergreen, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parkinson Association of the Rockies | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Angel Heart | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Quality Community Foundation | Commerce City, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center | Westminster, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Greenway Foundation Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Heroes League | Hastings, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uplift Internationale | Wheat Ridge, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| USA Hockey Inc | Colorado Spgs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Whiz Kids Tutoring Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Zumas Rescue Ranch Inc | Littleton, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $8,125 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Best Buddies International Inc | Miami, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Museum of Denver Inc | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dear Jack Foundation Inc | Littleton, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Learn Fresh Education Co | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Matthew Shepard Foundation | Casper, WY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| River Deep Foundation | Lakewood, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sun Valley Youth Center Inc | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
44 of 111 (40%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 96 of 111 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- 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 | 25 | $955,814 | $27,500 |
| 2022 | 49 | $1,319,331 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 67 | $1,440,819 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $1,193,173 | $10,000 |
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
85% of its giving went to organizations in Colorado. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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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 $15,000 -- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Kroenke Sports Charities Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 52 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, CO, 80204.
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