As a nonprofit newsroom, The Sun has a proud legacy and vision of serving the people who live in and love Colorado by providing reliable, nonpartisan news for free. Our readers fund our journalism and are our shareholders — and we report to and for them.
Because trustworthy journalism is transparent about who funds the work, we’ve made public the list of our supporters from the last three years, below. You can read more about about our ethics policies here.
Because of space constraints, you’ll find only the readers, businesses and organizations who’ve given $250 or above, but our thanks goes to every single member of our reader community. Each $5 and $20 gifts are equally meaningful to our journalists and the stories we tell and we’re proud to have a broad base of supporters who invest what they can to support Colorado journalism.
Our Major Supporters
These organizations and individuals have supported The Sun’s mission with funding and consulting services.
- American Journalism Project
- Arnold Ventures
- Bohemian Foundation
- Catena Foundation
- CoLab
- The Colorado Media Project
- The Colorado Trust
- CU Media Enterprise Design Lab
- CU News Corps
- Gates Family Foundation
- JB Holston
- Ireland Stapleton
- Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Old Town Media New York
- OnSight Public Affairs
- Original Thinkers
- Report for America
- University of Denver
- Wend Collective
Previous Supporters
- Aspen Journalism
- Boettcher Foundation
- Colorado Mountain News Media
- Groundfloor Media
- Modworks
- Montgomery, Little & Soran
- Moye White
- The National Trust for Local News
- SE2
- Wynkoop Brewing Company
Individual Donors
Thank you to every single donor that has supported The Colorado Sun with a monthly, annual or one-time contribution! Your gifts strengthen independent journalism in Colorado and we’re proud to partner in this work with you. Learn more about supporting The Sun.
This list includes donors who have contributed $250 or more.
| Gift Amount | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000+ | Bohemian Foundation | Thiry-O’Leary Foundation | |
| $10,000 – $24,999 | The Mighty Arrow Family Foundation | L.P. Brown Foundation David Carlson DAF at Rose Community Foundation | |
| $5,000 – $9,999 | The Ned & Nathalie Fund Wilson Family Foundation | Alpenglow Foundation Ann Epps Giving Account Anonymous JAB Charitable Fund The Ned & Nathalie Fund The Orton-Urbina Fund at Schwab Charitable Gudrun Rice & Charles Kerr Wilson Family Foundation | Barton Family Foundation Alpenglow Foundation |
| $2,500 – $4,999 | Karen & Jeff Roberts | The Jerry Gart Family Foundation Jeffco DeAngelis Foundation Little Pub Fund Mighty Arrow Family Foundation The Townsend Fund at the Denver Foundation | The Townsend Fund at The Denver Foundation |
| $1,000 – $2,499 | The Cecile Rose & Richard Bieser Fund Colorado Gives Foundation Daniel R. Murphy Charitable Fund Dolson Charitable Fund Douglas & Laura Moran Charitable Fund Katy Kurtz Linda A Camino Mark Evans Peter Edwards Randolph Myers Rice Kerr Giving Account Shida Brown Giving Fund Zack Neumeyer | The Alderfer Bishop Family Foundation American Online Giving Foundation Bill Baird The Blackbaud Giving Fund Jack Blake John Calderazzo Divine-Triggs Joy Fund Geraldine Edwards Susan Elder Curtis Hubbard Hesam Masoudi Merganser Fund Douglas & Laura Moran Charitable Fund Randolph Myers Richard Poulson Danny Rosen Pamela Simpson Nolting Kathleen Stump Torrey Schultz Fund Karen A Wagner Diane Wallach | Winslow Foundation The Grymes Fund at The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Danny Rosen |
| $500 – $999 | American Online Giving Foundation Blackbaud Giving Fund Carol Young Cynthia Westergaard Grace Holleman Gray Family Fund Greos Family Fund John A. Ogren Julia Riley Karlapalooza Gift Fund Katherine Millett Kathryn Marie Mutz Kenneth Ogan The Thomas David & Janet Torrey Schultz Fund | Anonymous Helen Amoroso Christine Arbogast Deborah Arhelger & Wayne Citrin Katelyn Baker Ruth Blizard Laura H Cary Charitable Fund Chartiers West Craig Family Fund Deborah Clark Stephanie Farrell Betsy & Jesse Fink Charitable Fund Cheryl Ford Foster-Connolly Charitable Fund Mitch Galnick Nancy Grandis-Jones Paul Guenther Honey Hochstadt Family Fund Elizabeth Jacobsmeyer C. Thomas & Sarah Kaesemeyer Kathleen King Margaret Fowler Eileen Nichols Ken Ogan Blanca O’Leary Rice Kerr Giving Account Julia Riley Logan Ryan Lawrence Ryckman The Thomas David & Janet Simonson-Ashcraft Charitable Donations Fund William Tanner Debra Thomas Mary Ann Wilner Wyatt-Stone Family Giving Fund | The Ellenoff Family Fund Martha Fulford Connie Lehman Mark Hinton Cara Baldwin |
| $250 – $499 | Glenda Prosser Polly Wirtz Sylvia Li-chun Lin | Alpine Moose Charitable Fund Carrie Augustine Stephen Barcomb Thaddeus Batt Elizabeth Crane John Culver Lisa Curtis Kathleen Doyle Paul Ellis Laura Emerson Jennifer Engle Charitable Fund Lynnae Flora Robert Flynn Martha Fulford Friesen-Johnson Charitable Fund Gray Family Fund Gayle Hemenway Jeremy Hinegardner Fred Holbrook Burritt Hubbard Ann Imse Julia Keilman Connie Lehman C.M. Litzau Martin Mapes Michael Massa Rob & Sue MacCarthy Chris McCarthy Mike McPhee Heidi Miller Cynthia Morriss Stephen Negler Wynne Odell Theresa Oleski David Patterson Nicole Pitcher Zachary Pollack Cathy Rock Victoria Runkle Karen Sangster Andy Sayler The Schild Family Charitable Gift Fund Margaret Schmatz Emily Sinclair Michael Soltys Mac Stecko Jean Stoenner Julie Strawn Ann Sutton Jacqueline Ta Carl Tanner Laura Terpenning Richard Thomas Michael Touff Dale Trone David Weihnacht Cheryl Wenzinger Frederick Yu | Carol Atha Carrie Augustine Mary C. Beitner Sean Buck Susan Daggett Kathleen Doyle Margaret Eagan Daniel Esch Carolyn Grant Dave Hoyt Jim Kelley Theresa Oleski Dale Trone |