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Santiagos Charities

Public charity · Grantmaker Brighton, CO EIN: 81-1466648 Website

Provides financial support to Colorado children (ages 0-18) who are coping with life-altering and health-related conditions, making a positive impact on their lives. Donations are used to help children heal from health- related illnesses like cancer, paralysis, limb loss, burns, blindness, deafness or other diseases, as well as from life-threatening challenges like child abuse, natural disasters or other crises. Faithfully authentic, the restaurants motto that focuses on community and family commitment.

Santiagos Charities at a glance

In short: Santiagos Charities gave $404K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $404K), mostly in Colorado. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$403,955
-7.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$403,955
-7.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$403,955
Total assets
$20,286
-28.4% vs 2024
Primary geography
Colorado (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Santiagos Charities funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Kids in Need of Dentistry: $404KKids in Need of Dentistry$404K

The largest 2025 recipient was Kids in Need of Dentistry ($404K).

Grant Size Distribution

6 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K2$100–250K4$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 4 grants of 6 (67%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

DenverBoulderBroomfieldCommerce CityEnglewood

How Santiagos Charities gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+9%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 2 grants2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $250K (2020) to $438K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $404K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Kids in Need of Dentistry Commerce City, CO—$403,955
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$20,286$396,844$404,889$403,9551—
2024$28,331$425,468$438,731$438,2421—
2023$41,594$438,758$437,021$436,8541—
2022$39,857$373,602$369,242$369,0352—
2021$35,497$348,457$314,970$314,9701—
2020$2,010$229,072$252,412$249,5631$10

About Santiagos Charities

Based on IRS filings

Santiagos Charities is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Brighton, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $20K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $404K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Santiagos Charities is led by Carmen Morales, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Carmen Morales

    President

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Rachel Wells

    Vice President

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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 Santiagos Charities

How much does Santiagos Charities give each year?

Santiagos Charities gave $404K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $438K across 1 grant.

How large is Santiagos Charities?

Santiagos Charities reported $20K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $397K.

What is Santiagos Charities?

Santiagos Charities is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Brighton, CO. It holds $20K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Santiagos Charities operate?

Santiagos Charities has awarded grants in Colorado.

What is Santiagos Charities's EIN?

Santiagos Charities's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 81-1466648. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 8, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 12, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 16, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 19, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 12, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 6, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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