This narrow finance-records pass sharpens the public mechanism around D11 Promise but still does not fully settle the outside funding route.
The strongest new clarification is terminology and route discipline. The official state program is the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative, abbreviated COSI; earlier CSOI / Colorado Scholarship Opportunity Initiative wording should be treated as a local-reporting or repo shorthand unless a separate source appears. Current PPSC materials describe D11 Promise as a last-dollar Promise program that applies Pell and Colorado aid first, then covers remaining on-campus tuition and fees, with D11 Promise also covering textbooks. PPSC Foundation's COSI page confirms that PPSC Foundation is a COSI grant recipient and matching-scholarship node generally. CDHE's COSI award page confirms a fiscal year 2025-2026 $400,000 Matching Student Scholarship award to Pikes Peak State College Foundation on behalf of El Paso County.
Those records strengthen the hypothesis that PPSC Foundation / COSI records are high-value follow-up targets. They do not prove that COSI funds, PPSC Foundation accounts, Pikes Peak Community Foundation accounts, Dakota Foundation grants, Bruni Foundation grants, or Legacy Institute funds administered D11 Promise. The D11 packet layer still provides the strongest D11-side evidence: D11 MLO PIP 12 approval, a PPSC invoice mechanism for D11's share in the original Mitchell Promise MOU, and PPSC Foundation philanthropic-support language for the PPSC-side share.
curl was blocked.curl was blocked.PPSC's current Promise Programs page describes PPSC Promise Programs as free tuition, fees, and support services for eligible D2 and D11 graduates and Native American Tribal Members. It says Promise funding combines Federal Pell Grants, Colorado Student Grants, local scholarships, and donor support. For D11 students, PPSC describes D11 Promise as last-dollar: Pell or Colorado Student Grant money is applied first, and Promise covers the remaining tuition and fees. The PPSC FAQ says D11 Promise also covers textbooks.
Evidence strength: direct for PPSC current public program description. Claim limit: this does not identify the donor account, fund restriction, or outside payment route.
PPSC Foundation's COSI page says the foundation is a COSI grant recipient, receives matching scholarship grants from COSI, and can match qualifying scholarship gifts up to $1:$1. The page frames the relevant COSI / El Paso County / PPSC lane around skilled trades matching student scholarships.
Evidence strength: direct for PPSC Foundation's current self-description. Claim limit: no captured source ties this page specifically to D11 Promise student payments.
CDHE's Matching Student Scholarship award page identifies COSI as the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative and lists Pikes Peak State College Foundation on behalf of El Paso County as a fiscal year 2025-2026 county-based awardee for $400,000.00. The same page lists older Pikes Peak-area COSI awards, including Pikes Peak State College Foundation on behalf of Teller County in 2024-2025 and Pikes Peak Community College Foundation on behalf of El Paso County in 2021-2022.
Evidence strength: direct for official award-page entries. Claim limit: county-based COSI awards are not automatically D11 Promise awards; grant agreements or subaward restrictions are needed before assigning flow to D11 Promise.
The ProPublica API refresh keeps the nonprofit identities distinct:
74-2182257.84-1339670.84-1246148.Dakota Foundation Dtd 122997 Holaday A Bart Ttee, EIN 36-7213554.Evidence strength: direct for ProPublica organization profiles and visible filing-history metadata. Claim limit: these API payloads are not schedule-level grant reviews and do not prove D11 Promise restrictions or payment routes.
| source node | target node | relationship type | mechanism | time range | evidence strength | claim limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D11 | PPSC | MOU / invoice relationship | Original Mitchell Promise MOU says PPSC invoices D11 twice annually for D11's share after aid calculations | 2023-2027 pilot period | direct from D11 packet layer | Executed signed copy and later D11 Promise amendment not retrieved |
| PPSC | D11 Promise students | institutional Promise scholarship | Current PPSC page describes D11 Promise as last-dollar tuition / fee coverage after Pell or Colorado Student Grant aid, with textbooks covered | current page captured 2026-04-26 | direct | Does not identify outside donor or fund account |
| PPSC Foundation | PPSC students / COSI-eligible scholarships | COSI matching-scholarship recipient | Foundation page says PPSC Foundation receives matching scholarship grants from COSI and can match qualifying scholarships | current page captured 2026-04-26 | direct | General PPSC Foundation / COSI route, not D11-specific without award terms |
| CDHE / COSI | Pikes Peak State College Foundation on behalf of El Paso County | state matching-scholarship award | CDHE lists FY 2025-2026 $400,000 county-based award |
FY2025-2026 | direct | Does not say D11 Promise; county award needs grant agreement / restrictions |
| Dakota Foundation | PPSC / Mitchell Promise / PPCF lead | scholarship support | Dakota page and filing-source layer describe Mitchell Promise support and PPCF scholarship-purpose rows | 2023-2027 source set | direct / strong | Exact route through PPSC, PPSC Foundation, PPCF, or another account unresolved |
| Bruni Foundation | Legacy Institute | grant relationship | Bruni 2024 990-PF OCR lists $50,000 education grant to Legacy Institute |
2024 tax year / filed 2025 | direct from prior rendered filing | No source ties the grant to D11 Promise, COSI, or Promise for All seed awards |
| Legacy Institute | D11 Promise | acknowledgement / support | D11 / PPSC public surfaces thank or name Legacy Institute in the Promise lane | 2023-present source set | direct for acknowledgement / partner language | No fiscal-administration, contract, or grant route shown |
| Pikes Peak Community Foundation | Parents Challenge | separate grant relationship | PPCF 2023 filing OCR lists $26,000 education grant to Parents Challenge |
2023 | direct from prior filing OCR | Not a Dakota-to-Parents flow without fund-account evidence |
COSI for Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative. Existing CSOI wording should be treated as a synonym / possible error unless a separate source proves otherwise.2025-2026 COSI Matching Student Scholarship award of $400,000 to Pikes Peak State College Foundation on behalf of El Paso County.