Redline
Denver, CO · EIN 26-0317963. Reported 88 grants totalling $1,642,500 to 71 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 Redline, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A40) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 71 distinct organizations, with 4% 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. 10% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $40,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Cookies of the Revolution | Denver, CO | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blue Sage Center | Paonia, CO | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Local Theater Company | Boulder, CO | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Shop | Carbondale, CO | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Hadanou Collective | Denver, CO | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sound Affects Music | Fort Collins, CO | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Westminster | Westminster, CO | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center | Colorado Spgs, CO | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pop Culture Classroom | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Genoa Tower Inc | Denver, CO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Words to Power | Denver, CO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Musical Mentors Collaborative Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 2MX2 LLC | Northglenn, CO | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Wright Opera House Inc | Ouray, CO | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colorado Music Bridge | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association | Steamboat Spr, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Red Road Project | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rocky Mountain Womens Film Institute Inc | Colorado Spgs, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| State Historical Society of Colorado the Colorado State Museum | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tin Roof Productions | Alvarado, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Voices | Carbondale, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Warm Cookies of the Revolution | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Farm-to-Spaceship | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prairie Cultural Commons | Stratton, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Presenting Denver | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salt LLC | Boulder, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Su Teatro | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Coyote School | Paonia, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Warrior Storyfield | Longmont, CO | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tabor Opera House Preservation Foundation Inc | Leadville, CO | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Access Gallery | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aurora Economic Opportunity Coalition | Aurora, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Dragon Boat Festival | Wheat Ridge, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dairy Center for the Arts | Boulder, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Emanuel Project Inc | Golden, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fiestas Patrias LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Huajatolla Heritage Foundatio | La Veta, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mt Rose Health Center Palliative Care and Hospice Inc | Trinidad, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Onebodyent Inc | Colorado Spgs, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Word a Storytelling Sanctuary Inc | Thornton, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art Students League of Denver | Denver, CO | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rural Journalism Institute of the San Luis Valley | Alamosa, CO | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tender Math LLC | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Employment Academy | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ecoarts Connections | Lafayette, CO | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gunnison Creative District | Gunnison, CO | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shutter & Strum LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bicycle Colorado | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Tints Inc | Salida, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Japanese Arts Network | Broomfield, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moyo-Nguvu Cultural Art Center Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mariposa Center for Infant Child and Family Enrichment | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Think 360 Arts for Learning Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Colorado Writers Forum | Grand Junction, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| EIGHT16CREATIVE LLC | Louisville, CO | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stitching the Situation | Boulder, CO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Poetry Heals | Manitou Spgs, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dada Design LLC | Pueblo, CO | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Askkanwii Foundation | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| B Peace Productions | Aurora, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Village Collaborative | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Create Ya | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creating a Major Plan (camp) | Westminster, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Denver Community Development Corporation | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Denver Digerati | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joy As Resistance | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shine Music | Evergreen, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trailhead Institute | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
17 of 71 (24%) 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 51 of 71 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 | 20 | $400,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 19 | $431,500 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 10 | $229,000 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 39 | $582,000 | $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
96% 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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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Redline'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 27 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 12 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: 2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, CO, 80205.
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