Colorado Art Awards Inc.
Colorado Art Awards, Inc. strives to further Colorado students through opportunities of recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships for their artwork, helping them nurture and showcase artistic talent that exemplifies originality, technical skill, and emergence of a personal voice.
About Colorado Art Awards Inc.
Colorado Art Awards Inc. is the Colorado affiliate of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, administering statewide adjudication, exhibition, and scholarships for student art in grades 7–12.
The organization runs an annual submission and judging cycle, hosts a statewide exhibition and awards ceremony (frequently staged in partnership with major local institutions), and operates a Youth Ambassador program to train student leaders in arts administration and promotion.
The group is organized as a public 501(c)(3) nonprofit and has scaled youth leadership programming and exhibitions in recent years (notably 2023–2025).
Notable achievements
Large statewide participation
Annually administers several thousand student submissions (roughly 4,000–5,000) and awards hundreds of state-level recognitions.
Expanded Ambassador programming
Grew a Youth Ambassador program that engaged dozens of students (e.g., 30+ participants with ~20 ambassadors in recent years) and created partnerships with local arts organizations.
Major institutional exhibitions
Places student work in prominent public exhibitions and runs awards ceremonies staged in partnership with local institutions (including events at the Denver Art Museum in 2025).
At a glance
- Total assets
- $28K
- Annual revenue
- $21K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 88-2736142
- Location
- Northglenn, CO
- Website
- www.coloradoartawards.org
- On Mahalo since
- November 2025
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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