What Spark the Change Colorado does

Spark the Change Colorado is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered at 99 Inverness Dr East, #130, Centennial, Colorado, that operates a portfolio of volunteer engagement programs serving individuals, nonprofits, corporate partners, and community members across the state. Founded in 1994 and previously operating under the name Project Helping, the organization connects Colorado residents with service opportunities spanning mental wellness, aging support, and general community engagement. Its core technology infrastructure centers on the Kynd Hub platform—a statewide volunteer opportunity database that matches individuals to nonprofit engagements based on skills, schedule, and passion—alongside Spark Knowledge, a continuing education and training library covering mental health topics, volunteer engagement, and board service.

The organization's program portfolio includes the Community Volunteer Program (CVP), Mental Wellness Program, Heart of Pueblo (a regional Pueblo-focused initiative), Empowering Aging, Senior Companion Program, and Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). It runs the Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award (MYCVA), which provides a $2,000 donation to the winner's chosen nonprofit, and operates Corporate Volunteering services targeted at enterprise clients seeking team-building through community engagement. Spark maintains a strategic nonprofit partnership with Project Helping, which retains independent 501(c)(3) status, and is funded in part through the Colorado Health Foundation and AmeriCorps Public Allies.

The revenue model is multi-stream and characteristic of a mid-sized nonprofit: individual donations processed through ColoradoGives.org, federal and state grant funding (most notably a disclosed $219,457 AmeriCorps Public Allies grant in May 2022 supporting 20 AmeriCorps members in public health roles), and corporate partnership revenue from volunteer services. Additional Caring for Denver Foundation funding rounds are recorded in 2021, 2022, and 2025 with undisclosed amounts. Individual volunteer participation is offered free of charge; corporate volunteering is positioned as a partnership product rather than a fee-for-service SKU. Pricing is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Spark the Change Colorado

Legal name

Spark the Change Colorado

Website

https://sparkthechangecolorado.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Spark the Change Colorado is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in Centennial, Colorado that operates a portfolio of volunteer engagement programs—mental wellness, aging support, senior companionship, and corporate volunteering—and runs the Kynd Hub statewide volunteer opportunity database across Colorado.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Volunteer and Community Engagement Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Volunteer coordination
• Community engagement
• Nonprofit programs
• Civic service
• Mental wellness volunteering

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual donations from supporters, processed through ColoradoGives.org platform, fueling programs that bring mental wellness, aging support, and community connection to Coloradans.
2. Government Grants: Federal and state government funding, including AmeriCorps grants to support volunteer members and public health initiatives.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate volunteering services and partnerships where companies engage employees in community service events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Spark the Change Colorado is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that coordinates a portfolio of volunteer programs across Colorado, connecting individual volunteers, corporate teams, and nonprofit organizations through services such as the Community Volunteer Program (CVP), Mental Wellness Program, Empowering Aging, Senior Companion Program, RSVP, and Heart of Pueblo. It also offers continuing education through Spark Knowledge and operates the Kynd Hub statewide volunteer opportunity database in partnership with Project Helping.

Product overview

Spark the Change Colorado is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates as a unified volunteer service platform rather than a traditional product company. The organization offers a portfolio of volunteer programs including Community Volunteer Program (CVP), Mental Wellness Program, Heart of Pueblo, Empowering Aging, Senior Companion Program, and RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program). Additional offerings include Corporate Volunteering services for businesses, Spark Knowledge for education and training, and the Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award for recognizing outstanding volunteers. The organization partners with Kynd Hub for statewide volunteer database services and Project Helping as a strategic nonprofit partner. The portfolio does not follow a platform-plus-modules architecture but rather consists of distinct volunteer service programs unified under the Spark brand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Spark Knowledge: Continuing education and training courses covering mental health topics, engaging volunteers, and board service tips.
• Community Volunteer Program (CVP)
• Mental Wellness Program
• Heart of Pueblo
• Empowering Aging
• Senior Companion Program
• RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program)

Products and services

• Community Volunteer Program (CVP)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Project HelpingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic nonprofit partner maintaining independent 501(c)(3) status. Collaborative partnership delivering the Community Volunteer Program (CVP). Jointly operate volunteer programs and platforms including Kynd Hub volunteer database.
• Colorado Health FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured partner logo on Spark website, indicating funding and programmatic partnership supporting health-related volunteer initiatives in Colorado communities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Points of Light: Large, established national organization operating the HandsOn Network for volunteer mobilization; overlaps directly with Spark's volunteer-engagement thesis but spans a much broader portfolio.
• HandsOn Network: Volunteer-engagement network operating regional affiliates across the US, including direct corporate volunteer programming comparable to Spark's Corporate Volunteering service line.
• United Way Worldwide: Massive national nonprofit network with local United Way affiliates (including United Way of Colorado) that fundraise and coordinate volunteer/CSR activity for corporations across the state.

Direct peers

• Project Helping: Strategic nonprofit partner and joint operator of the Community Volunteer Program and Kynd Hub; both entities are independent 501(c)(3)s in Colorado volunteer engagement, making it the closest operating peer.
• VolunteerMatch: National volunteer opportunity matching platform connecting individuals with nonprofits; directly comparable as a volunteer-recruitment infrastructure play, though at much larger national scale.
• VolunteerHub: Volunteer management SaaS platform used by nonprofits to coordinate opportunities; offers a parallel technology-stack approach to Spark's Kynd Hub database.
• DoSomething.org: Youth civic-engagement and volunteer organization driving service campaigns at scale; comparable in mission focus on mobilizing volunteer participation around social issues.
• Idealist: Online nonprofit-matching platform listing volunteer opportunities, jobs, and internships; competes for the same individual-volunteer traffic that Kynd Hub targets at the state level.
• Catchafire: Skills-based volunteer matching platform connecting professionals with nonprofits; comparable virtual-volunteer focus and nonprofit-recruitment value proposition.

Others

• AmeriCorps: Federal grant-making program from which Spark receives its largest disclosed award; not a direct competitor but an enabling ecosystem partner and ecosystem funder for the broader volunteer sector.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SparkChangeCO
• Facebookfacebook.com/sparkthechangeco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sparkthechangecolorado

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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