Level Up Digital Fundraising Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
A capacity-building opportunity for Colorado nonprofits to strengthen their online fundraising efforts. Offered in collaboration between Colorado Gives Foundation and the Schlessman Family Foundation. The program is free for participating organizations.
Partnership: Colorado Gives Foundation and Schlessman Family Foundation
Duration: One-year exclusive capacity-building opportunity
Geographic Scope: Colorado
Three Key Components:
- Strategy development
- Technology support
- Skilled volunteers to help execute projects
Focus:
- Helping organizations use ColoradoGives.org as their primary fundraising tool
- Advanced features including: CRM, application integration, text-to-give, volunteer management
- Building capacity through professional resources
- Assisting organizations from just getting started to advancing to new levels
Participation: 119 organizations participated in the first year of the program
Cost: Free (thanks to Schlessman Family Foundation)
About the Schlessman Family Foundation:
- Schlessman
- Established to provide charitable support for children and adults hindered by economic status, physical or mental challenges, or needing additional educational opportunities
- Intent: Enable recipients to become self-sufficient, productive community members
- Contributed over $100 million to more than 1,000 charities since inception
Contact Information:
- Colorado Gives Foundation
- 5855 Wadsworth Bypass Unit A
- Arvada, CO 80003
- (720) 898-5900
- Tax ID: 51-0157964
What Colorado Gives Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 2,211
- Total given
- $90.98M
- Median grant
- $18K
- Range
- $5,008–$2.21M
- By dollars: Colorado 94%, Arizona 2%, California <1%. Top recipient cities: Denver, CO; Boulder, CO; Fort Collins, CO.
- 98% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 21% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Vitalant · Scottsdale, AZ
Program support
$2.21M
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO
General purpose, general support, general operating support, food security
$1.53M
Jefferson Center for Mental Health · Wheat Ridge, CO
General purpose, operating support, health, workforce development, food security,…
$1.36M
The Action Center · Lakewood, CO
General purpose, general support, program support, general operating support, food…
$871K
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Inc · Denver, CO
General purpose, general support
$856K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Capacity building
- Nonprofits
- Technology
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