The State of Giving

A Profile of Individual Charitable Giving in Colorado

In 2007 the Colorado Nonprofit Association initiated this series of statewide studies on philanthropic giving by individuals. The series is a program of the Association's Colorado Generosity Project and is undertaken to –

• identify strengths and weaknesses in individual charitable giving,
• make comparisons between data to determine areas of growth and decline in giving,
• provide information to help nonprofits with their funding strategies, and
• educate citizens of Colorado on how their individual charitable giving plays a vital role in improving the quality of life for all people in our state.

The Colorado Nonprofit Association is committed to providing timely and relevant analysis such as this in an effort to increase charitable giving in a state that has significant needs in both its rural and metropolitan areas. We hope that this series of reports will inspire and motivate donors throughout the state, both first-time givers and those who have committed their resources to charity in the past.

The Colorado Nonprofit Association is pleased to release the 2008 edition of The State of Giving. Download the complete 2008 report (PDF). Download the report's key findings (PDF).

Links to related information:

Read the Rocky Mountain News story, In a Tough December, its Crunch Time for Charities, Dec. 16, 2008.

Read The Denver Post story, "New Poor" Overwhelm Nonprofits, Dec. 5, 2008.

Read The Denver Post story, State Sees "Dramatic Decreases" in Charitable Giving, Dec. 4, 2008.

Read the Denver Business Journal story, Survey: Coloradans Want Business to Back Charities, Dec. 4, 2008.

Read the Rocky Mountain News story, Nonprofits Facing Uncertain Times as Economy Sours, Dec. 4, 2008.

Kool 105 radio selected the Colorado Nonprofit Association as the Kool Cause of the Month for December. Read the Kool Cause of the Month, Dec. 1, 2008.

We are extremely grateful to Mile High United Way for primary sponsorship of the 2008 study. This organization combines the collective strength of nonprofit organizations, foundations, locas and state government, businesses and more than 40,000 individual donors.		Further support was received from United Way of Southwest Colorado. This organization   has served Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, and San Juan Counties for 37 years.

Click here for the 2007 edition of The State of Giving.