Colorado Judicial Institute
To promote excellence, equity, impartiality, and public trust in Colorado's courts through outreach, education, and engagement.
Colorado Judicial Institute at a glance
- Total assets
- $362,056
- +24.9% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $276,868
- +19.5% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $2,130
- +47.8% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $219,164
- -14.9% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Colorado Judicial Institute
- Next open deadline
- October 17, 2026 (CJI Judicial Education Scholarships (Colorado Judicial Institute))
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Colorado Judicial Institute
Bar Prep Scholarship
Colorado Judicial Institute
Amount
$2,500
Deadline
Expected ~May
Based on past cycles
CJI Judicial Education Scholarships (Colorado Judicial Institute)
Colorado Judicial Institute
Amount
Varies
Deadline
October 17, 2026
Listed date — confirm with the funder
Who Colorado Judicial Institute funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $11K (2023) to $35K (2019). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $25K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Denver Foundation Denver, CO | Scholarships | $25,100 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $362,056 | $276,868 | $219,164 | — | — | $2,130 |
| 2024 | $289,863 | $231,683 | $257,489 | $25,100 | 1 | $1,441 |
| 2023 | $290,076 | $251,060 | $246,598 | $10,500 | 1 | $3 |
| 2022 | $291,036 | $190,817 | $181,034 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $311,715 | $193,039 | $205,911 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $294,610 | $229,554 | $225,323 | $25,000 | 1 | — |
| 2019 | $254,742 | $201,749 | $203,029 | $35,000 | 2 | — |
About Colorado Judicial Institute
Based on IRS filings
Colorado Judicial Institute is a public charity focused on Crime & Legal Related, based in Broomfield, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $362K in total assets. Net investment income was $2K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Colorado Judicial Institute is led by Thorvald Nelson, Chairman since 2025 (on filings since 2023); none of the 34 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Thorvald Nelson
Chairman
Chair-Elect → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric L Hilty
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gary M Jackson
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
V William Scarpato III
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christopher R Reeves
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cynthia D Mares
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth A Weishaupl
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Olsky
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eliza R Steinberg
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gregg Kantz
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Breese
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Johnson
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael R Siebecker
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nicholas M DeWeese
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Priscilla Loew
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sueanna Johnson
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Valorie Waldon
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Luxen
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joseph Kennedy
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shawna Seldon McGregor
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anna Dove
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Balicki
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bailey Nelson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Deirdre Oss
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Hobbs
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jacob Burg
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Hilkin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Luke Ritchie
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marques Ivey
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nick Richards
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tess Hand-Bender
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William Dewey
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey B George
Treasurer
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alexander Sediva
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (67)
- Former: Jeffrey Rupp (2022–2025) — Executive Director · Filing note: Term ended begin 422
- Former: Kelley Duke (2022–2025) — Director · Filing note: Term ended begin 522
- Former: Thomas Werge (2022–2025) — Director · Filing note: Term ended begin 522
- Former: Faye Diamond (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Jeff George (2019–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Kathryn A Reilly (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Nicholas Fogel (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Patrick T O'Rourke (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Keo Frazier (2021–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Michael Dabbs (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Azra Taslimi (2022–2024) — Director · Filing note: Term ended begin 522
- Former: Lori Halverson (2022–2024) — Director · Filing note: Term ended begin 522
- Former: Ryan Urbach (2022–2024) — Director · Filing note: Term ended begin 5/2022
- Former: Jim Carpenter (2024) — Director
- Former: Thor Nelson (2024) — Chairman
- Former: Britton C Nohe-Braun (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Donald L Samuels (2019–2023) — Chair
- Former: Gwyneth Whalen (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Robert D Hawthorne (2019–2023) — Director · Filing note: Ended 523
- Former: Shannon W Stevenson (2019–2023) — Director · Filing note: Ended 523
- Former: Bob Manzi (2022–2023) — Director · Filing note: Ended 822
- Former: Celia Dietrich (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Chris Oltyan (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Heidi Williams (2022–2023) — Director · Filing note: Ended 10/2022
- Former: Jonathan Goldberg (2022–2023) — Director · Filing note: Ended 623
- Former: Benjamin Strawn (2023) — Director · Filing note: Began 523
- Former: Lino Lipinsky deOrlov (2023) — Director · Filing note: Ended 523
- Former: C Scott Crabtree (2019–2022) — Director · Filing note: Ended 522
- Former: Colin M Purdy (2019–2022) — Director · Filing note: Term ended end 4/2022
- Former: Joshua Anderson (2019–2022) — Executive Director · Filing note: Term ended end 11/2021
- Former: Lino S Lipinsky de Orlov (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Mark T Clouatre (2019–2022) — Director · Filing note: Term ended end 522
- Former: Peter G Koclanes (2019–2022) — Immediate Past Chair · Filing note: Term ended end 522
- Former: Selena L Dunham (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kristi Anderson Wells (2020–2022) — Secretary · Filing note: Ended 4/2022
- Former: Alexander Sediva Begin (2022) — Director
- Former: Eliza R Steinberg Begin (2022) — Director
- Former: Keo Frazier Office Begin (2022) — Secretary
- Former: Michael R Siebecker Begin (2022) — Director
- Former: Nicholas M DeWeese Begin (2022) — Director
- Former: Sueanna Johnson Begin (2022) — Director
- Former: Thorvald Nelson Begin (2022) — Director
- Former: Valorie Wolden (2022) — Director · Filing note: Term ended begin 5/2022
- Former: Andrew R Laing (2019–2021) — Director · Filing note: Term ended end 521
- Former: Barbara B Randell (2019–2021) — Director · Filing note: Term ended end 521
- Former: Edward A Gleason (2019–2021) — Director · Filing note: Term ended end 521
- Former: Jennifer Erixon (2019–2021) — Director · Filing note: Term ended end 521
- Former: John B Grow (2019–2021) — Director · Filing note: Term ended end 521
- Former: Jon Goldberg (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kimberley S Koy (2019–2021) — Director · Filing note: Term ended end 521
- Former: Marilyn S Chappell (2019–2021) — Director · Filing note: Term ended end 521
- Former: Natriece Bryant (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Peter Karpinski (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Rodney Yokooji (2019–2021) — Director · Filing note: Term ended end 521
- Former: Ronne Hines (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jane Jackson (2021) — Director
- Former: Marjorie Lewis PhD (2021) — Director
- Former: Connie G McArthur (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: John Sosville (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Melinda Taylor (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Michael L Bender (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Michelle Friends (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: True Apodaca (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: David A Hall (2019) — Director
- Former: Mark W Pedigo (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: Melissa Hart (2019) — Director
- Former: Steven A Rubin (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.
Frequently asked questions about Colorado Judicial Institute
How large is Colorado Judicial Institute?
Colorado Judicial Institute reported $362K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $277K.
What is Colorado Judicial Institute?
Colorado Judicial Institute is a public charity focused on Crime & Legal Related, based in Broomfield, CO. It holds $362K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Colorado Judicial Institute operate?
Colorado Judicial Institute has awarded grants in Colorado.
What is Colorado Judicial Institute's EIN?
Colorado Judicial Institute's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-2119505. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 8, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 22, 2024)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
Live grants for the work Colorado Judicial Institute funds
Crime & Legal Related Open opportunities, soonest deadline first.
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