Colorado Humanities
Colorado Humanities is a public charity based in Denver, Colorado. It develops and sponsors humanities programs, including initiatives related to reading and writing, living history, community conversations, and educational resources. Its website says it forges community partnerships statewide and provides programs at no cost to participants.
Colorado Humanities at a glance
- Total assets
- $680,592
- -24.1% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,100,991
- -23.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $6,159
- -68.9% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,341,702
- -10.5% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Colorado Humanities
- Contact
Mailing address: 1580 N Logan St Ste 660 Pmb 85, Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 894-7951
Website: https://coloradohumanities.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Colorado Humanities
Who Colorado Humanities funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
39 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 39 grants of 39 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Colorado Humanities describes its community partnerships and programs as statewide. Its temporary relief-grant programs supported Colorado organizations, and the Colorado Book Awards are limited to eligible Colorado authors, editors, illustrators, and photographers.
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $383K (2020) to $675K (2022). In 2022 it made 39 grants totaling $675K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pueblo Heritage Museum Pueblo, CO | General Operating Support to Mitigate Impact of Covid-19. | $48,000 |
| Latino Cultural Arts Center Denver, CO | General Operating Support to Mitigate Impact of Covid-19. | $32,000 |
| Center for the Arts Crested Butte, CO | General Operating Support to Mitigate Impact of Covid-19. | $20,000 |
| Cortez Cultural Center Cortez, CO | General Operating Support to Mitigate Impact of Covid-19. | $20,000 |
| Golden History Museum & Park Golden, CO | General Operating Support to Mitigate Impact of Covid-19. | $20,000 |
| Grand County Historical Association Hot SLPHR SPR, CO | General Operating Support to Mitigate Impact of Covid-19. | $20,000 |
| Hayden Heritage Center Hayden, CO | General Operating Support to Mitigate Impact of Covid-19. | $20,000 |
| Huajatolla Heritage Foundation La Veta, CO | General Operating Support to Mitigate Impact of Covid-19. | $20,000 |
| Museum of Friends Walsenburg, CO | General Operating Support to Mitigate Impact of Covid-19. | $20,000 |
| Bud Werner Memorial Library Steamboat Springs, CO | General Operating Support to Mitigate Impact of Covid-19. | $18,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The organization’s website says the majority of its annual budget goes directly to programs.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $680,592 | $1,100,991 | $1,341,702 | — | — | $6,159 |
| 2024 | $896,814 | $1,434,124 | $1,499,233 | — | — | $19,777 |
| 2023 | $737,464 | $1,699,474 | $1,452,664 | — | — | $11,543 |
| 2022 | $527,122 | $1,954,801 | $1,999,412 | $674,864 | 39 | $8,531 |
| 2021 | $581,367 | $1,045,561 | $1,052,549 | — | — | $14,624 |
| 2020 | $514,826 | $1,535,541 | $1,469,823 | $383,187 | 40 | $28,775 |
| 2019 | $440,152 | $1,045,215 | $1,038,323 | — | — | $22,625 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s website states its mission is “to inspire the people of Colorado to explore ideas and appreciate our diverse cultural heritage.” Its 2024 filing describes its mission as developing and sponsoring humanities programs. The filing names programs in reading and writing, living history, and conversations and educational resources. It says these include promoting reading and books, presenting first-person accounts of historical figures, facilitating community conversations, and producing humanities-centered materials for children and adults.
Past grantees illustrate the types of organizations it has supported. The Latino Cultural Arts Center in Denver, which received $32,000 in 2022, describes its mission as strengthening knowledge of Latino artistic expression through education and discussion. The Museum of Friends in Walsenburg, which received $20,000, says it fosters cultural education through exhibitions, public and educational programs, and a public art reference library. Other 2022 grantees include historical organizations focused on preserving and educating the public about local history, a community radio organization serving the Four Corners region, and Summit54, whose stated mission concerns education investment.
Grantmaking
Colorado Humanities has operated temporary relief-grant programs, but its website says it does not regularly provide grants. The CH CARES Humanities Relief Grants program awarded a total of $481,984 with funding from Colorado Humanities and NEH through the 2020 CARES Act; the program has concluded. More than 200 organizations and individuals applied. A separate 2021 program, Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan, awarded $760,411 to 79 Colorado organizations and has also concluded.
The 2022 filing data lists support for organizations including the Latino Cultural Arts Center ($32,000), the Museum of Friends ($20,000), and the Grand County Historical Association ($20,000). The filing data provided for 2023, 2024, and 2025 each reports a grant count of zero. The Colorado Book Awards recognize eligible Colorado authors, editors, illustrators, and photographers; the supplied description presents this as an awards program, not a grant program for outside applicants.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Officers and directors listed on the 2025 filing are Sarah Olivier and Maggie Coval, both listed as executive directors; and directors Vernon Jones, Kim Keith, Kathleen Brendza, Hugo Cordova, Cristina Goletti, Amy Hoeven, Leah Davis Witherow, and Andrew Magana.
Colorado Humanities is led by Maggie Coval, Executive Director since 2024 (on filings since 2023); 2 of 20 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Maggie Coval
Executive Director
Executive Director & Secretary → Executive Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$126K (2023) → $132K (2025)
Sarah Olivier
Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$67K (2025)
Debra Kalish
Board Chair
Director → Board Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Juliana A. Fajardo
Vice Chair, Chair of Governance & Nominating Co
Vice Chair & Director → Vice Chair, Chair of Governance & Nominating, 2024
Vice Chair, Chair of Governance & Nominating → Vice Chair, Chair of Governance & Nominating Co, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Beth Etter
Chair of Program Policy & Evaluation Committee
Director → Chair of Program Policy & Evaluation, 2024
Chair of Program Policy & Evaluation → Chair of Program Policy & Evaluation Committee, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jordan Letschert
Chair of Finance & Infrastructure Committee Aka
Director → Chair of Finance & Infrastructure Committee Aka, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Taylor Voss
Chair of Development & External Affairs Committee
Director → Chair of Development & External Affairs Committee, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hugo Cordova
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy Hoeven
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathleen M. Brendza
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vernon Jones Jr.
Director
Director → Chair of Development & External Affairs, 2024
Chair of Development & External Affairs → Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cristina Goletti
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leah Davis Witherow
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kim Keith
Director
Director → Chair of Finance & Infrastructure, 2024
Chair of Finance & Infrastructure → Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Magana
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christina Trujillo
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Carpenter
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Candice Bannister
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Cook
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nick Saenz
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (25)
- Former: Taffy Lee (2019–2024) — Board Chair
- Former: Will C. Holden (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Omar Montgomery (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Brett Lobello (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Alex Egri (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Bill Philpott (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Corinne Koehler (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Neil Best (2019–2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: David M. Dadone (2020–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Katherine B. Faz Garcia (2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Pugh (2023) — Director
- Former: Adrian E. Miller (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Florence M. Mason (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kimberly D. Keith (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Margaret Coval (2019–2022) — Executive Director & Secretary
- Former: Melora Bentz (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Robbin Schincke (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: William Philpott (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Claire O. Garcia (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Paulette Grant Tate (2019–2021) — Past Vice Chair
- Former: Richard G. Ballantine (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Thorvald A. Nelson (2019–2021) — Past Board Chair
- Former: Kathy Rogers Woods (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Michel R. Dahlin (2019) — Director
- Former: Rebecca Hurley (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $132K, to Maggie Coval (Executive Director). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Colorado Humanities
How large is Colorado Humanities?
Colorado Humanities reported $681K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.1M.
What does Colorado Humanities fund?
The organization’s website states its mission is “to inspire the people of Colorado to explore ideas and appreciate our diverse cultural heritage.” Its 2024 filing describes its mission as developing and sponsoring humanities programs. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Colorado Humanities?
Colorado Humanities has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check coloradohumanities.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
Where does Colorado Humanities make grants?
Colorado Humanities describes its community partnerships and programs as statewide. Its temporary relief-grant programs supported Colorado organizations, and the Colorado Book Awards are limited to eligible Colorado authors, editors, illustrators, and photographers.
What is Colorado Humanities's EIN?
Colorado Humanities's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-0715097. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 7, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 15, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 26, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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