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The Colorado Health Foundation

The Colorado Health Foundation is a private foundation based in Denver, CO that was founded in 1980. As of 2019 they had $107 million in revenue and $2.4 billion in assets.

Collaboration is the best medicine for Colorado's lagging health status. Everything we do is done with others. Only by bringing together individuals, organizations and resources can we hope to overcome the barriers to better health.

EIN:

74-2568941

City:

Denver

State:

Colorado

Website:

coloradohealth.org

Phone:

303-953-3600

Facebook:

facebook.com/coloradohealth

Founded:

1980

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

T20: Private foundations

Revenue:

$107,297,857

Assets:

$2,455,808,701

Employees:

140

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at The Colorado Health Foundation

Grants and contributions to nonprofit organizations, government agencies and other groups that work to improve health and health care in Colorado. There were 209 grants awarded to grantees within Colorado.

The foundation sponsors five graduate medical resident programs. During 2015, 72 residents received training.

Form 990s for The Colorado Health Foundation

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-12	Jan 24, 2020	990PF	View PDF
2017-12	Mar 15, 2019	990PF	View PDF
2016-12	Mar 14, 2018	990PF	View PDF
2015-12	Feb 21, 2017	990	View PDF
2014-12	Jan 29, 2016	990	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for The Colorado Health Foundation

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$100,350	$628,497	-84.0%
Investment income and dividends	$26,576,799	$31,538,215	-15.7%
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$75,564,907	$51,915,426	45.6%
Gross sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$9,663,369	$275,230,455	-96.5%
Total revenues	$107,297,857	$358,341,709	-70.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$2,252,103	$2,107,958	6.8%
Non-officer salaries and wages	$6,916,304	$10,000,255	-30.8%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$2,280,660	$2,959,441	-22.9%
Legal fees	$539,199	$206,416	161.2%
Accounting fees	$197,517	$224,075	-11.9%
Other fee-for-service	$41,577,117	$52,234,529	-20.4%
Interest	$698,386	$469,075	48.9%
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$675,471	$690,596	-2.2%
Occupancy	$337,985	$289,634	16.7%
Travel	$866,567	$925,275	-6.3%
Office expenses			54.5%
Grants to all govts., orgs., and individuals	$81,459,309	$84,390,285	-3.5%
All other expenses	$2,235,262	$7,503,389	-70.2%
Total expenses	$140,090,938	$162,074,863	-13.6%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$19,767,202	$12,660,666	56.1%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$0	$0
Accounts receivable	$509,125	$3,299,493	-84.6%
Pledges and grants receivable	$509,125	$3,299,493	-84.6%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$403,887	$384,737	5.0%
Investments in government obligations	$217,137,744	$281,725,724	-22.9%
Investments in corporate stock	$0	$0
Investments in corporate bonds	$0	$0
Investments in land, buildings, and equipment	$0	$0
Investments in mortgage loans	$0	$0
Other types of investments	$2,165,462,566	$2,278,518,613	-5.0%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$21,435,613	$21,982,403	-2.5%
Other assets	$31,092,564	$20,903,397	48.7%
Total assets	$2,455,808,701	$2,619,475,033	-6.2%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$2,036,110	$2,981,157	-31.7%
Grants payable	$45,703,670	$49,987,277	-8.6%
Deferred revenue	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$22,740,369	$22,558,558	0.8%
Other liabilities	$3,600,000	$7,300,000	-50.7%
Total liabilities	$74,080,149	$82,826,992	-10.6%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$2,381,728,552	$2,536,648,041	-6.1%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$0	$0
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for The Colorado Health Foundation

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Drupal	Content management system software		2020-06-16
█████	Software		2020-06-16
█████ ███ █████ ██ ███	Tax accounting; Audit accounting		2020-01-24
██████ ███ ████████ ██████████	Consulting	$1,520,123	2018-12-01
███ ████████ ██ ████████ ████████	Residency	$1,211,288	2018-12-01
█████ ████████ ███████ █████████	Residency	$683,806	2018-12-01
██████████ ██ ████████ ████████	Residency	$1,676,233	2018-12-01
██████ ██████ ██████	Financial Advisory	$1,589,095	2018-12-01
...and 12 more vendors

Personnel at The Colorado Health Foundation

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Sylvia Young	Chief Executive Officer	-	July 16, 2019
Greg D'argonne	Chief Financial Officer	-	Oct. 25, 2017
███ ████████	Vice President Marketing and Public Relations	-	July 16, 2019
█████ ████	Vice President Human Resources	-	Oct. 25, 2017
█████ ██████	Vice President Quality and Patient Safety	-	July 16, 2019
████ █████	Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Development	-	July 16, 2019
█████ ██████	Vice President Real Estate	-	July 16, 2019
███████ ████	Senior Vice President	-	July 16, 2019
████ ██████	Past Chief Financial Officer	$437,577	Feb. 21, 2017
█ ████████ ██████	Chief Information Officer	$390,796	Dec. 31, 2016
...and six more key personnel

Peer private foundations

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	The California Endowment	501(c)(3)	$256 million	Los Angeles, CA
2	Kansas Health Foundation (KHF)	501(c)(3)	$33 million	Wichita, KS
3	Broward Regional Health Planning Council (BRHPC)	501(c)(3)	$52 million	Hollywood, FL
4	Democracy Fund	501(c)(3)	$73 million	Washington, DC
5	Freedom Forum	501(c)(3)	$30 million	Washington, DC
6	Gates Family Foundation (GFF)	501(c)(3)	$67 million	Denver, CO
7	Connect for Health Colorado	501(c)(3)	$43 million	Denver, CO
8	Margulf Foundation	501(c)(3)	$27 million	Denver, CO
9	Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF)	501(c)(3)	$216 million	Broomfield, CO
10	Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI)	501(c)(3)	$62 million	Basalt, CO
11	Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE)	501(c)(3)	$38 million	Denver, CO
12	Rose Community Foundation	501(c)(3)	$228 million	Denver, CO
13	Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF)	501(c)(3)	$139 million	Austin, TX
14	California Wellness Foundation	501(c)(3)	$54 million	Los Angeles, CA
15	Hawaii Health Connector	501(c)(3)	$68 million	Honolulu, HI
16	Elevate Health	501(c)(3)	$34 million	Tacoma, WA
17	Health Plan of CareOregon	501(c)(3)	$230 million	Portland, OR
18	The Wallace Foundation	501(c)(3)	$86 million	New York, NY
19	Richard M Schulze Family Foundation	501(c)(3)	$80 million	Minneapolis, MN
20	The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust	501(c)(3)	$191 million	New York, NY
21	Public Welfare Foundation	501(c)(3)	$52 million	Washington, DC
22	Tarsadia Foundation	501(c)(3)	$106 million	Newport Beach, CA
23	David and Lucile Packard Foundation	501(c)(3)	$355 million	Los Altos, CA
24	Matan B'seter Foundation	501(c)(3)	$289 million	New York, NY
25	Weingart Foundation	501(c)(3)	$63 million	Los Angeles, CA

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