This source cluster upgrades two previously reporting-backed leads into direct IRS filing evidence.
The most important new fact is that Colorado Opportunity Foundation's 2024 Form 990 lists Blitz Canvassing as an independent contractor paid $200,000 for SIGNATURES. The repo already knew Blitz as a petition and campaign vendor through TRACER and petition-entity records; this row adds a direct nonprofit-filing bridge from the c3 funding layer to a signature-vendor layer. The row does not identify which petition or signature program the payment served.
The second upgrade is that Biz Action For Colorado's 2024 Schedule I directly lists one $627,000 cash grant to Advance Colorado for ADVOCACY. Biz Action's own Form 990 describes a 501(c)(6) advocacy program involving direct lobbying, support or opposition to state ballot measures, and support for policy makers who advance the organization's stated business interests.
Before this pass, the repo had strong but uneven evidence for a ballot / grant / vendor ecosystem: reporting described Colorado Opportunity Foundation and Biz Action as grant conduits; TRACER and petition-entity records separately placed Blitz Canvassing in ballot-petition work; and reporting connected Biz Action, Advance Colorado, and CoSBA. The new filing cluster narrows the gap by putting the nonprofit grant layer and signature-vendor layer in the same direct Form 990 record.
This does not prove coordination, sponsorship, donor intent, or illegal activity. It does change the next retrieval target. The most valuable next evidence is no longer just "find more donor names." It is to identify the accounting, contracts, invoices, board approvals, or petition records behind Colorado Opportunity Foundation's $200,000 SIGNATURES contractor row and Biz Action's $627,000 ADVOCACY grant.
ProPublica resolves Colorado Opportunity Foundation as EIN 84-4409670, a 501(c)(3) profile at 6501 E BELLEVIEW AVE STE 375, Englewood, CO. Its 2024 filing lists Michael Fields as principal officer, $950,000 in revenue, $1,050,000 in grants and similar amounts paid, and $203,352 in other expenses.
The direct 2024 contractor row:
| Contractor | Service | Amount | Evidence strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blitz Canvassing | SIGNATURES |
$200,000 |
direct Form 990 independent-contractor row |
The direct 2024 Schedule I grant rows:
| Recipient | Amount | Purpose | Evidence strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Sense Institute | $260,000 |
general purpose grant | direct Schedule I row |
| Public Trust Institute | $150,000 |
general purpose grant | direct Schedule I row |
| Advance Colorado | $490,000 |
general purpose grant | direct Schedule I row |
| Defend Colorado | $150,000 |
general purpose grant | direct Schedule I row |
The direct 2023 Schedule I grant rows:
| Recipient | Amount | Purpose | Evidence strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Sense Institute | $288,250 |
general purpose research grant | direct Schedule I row |
| Public Trust Institute | $150,000 |
general purpose grant | direct Schedule I row |
| Advance Colorado | $2,650,000 |
general purpose grant | direct Schedule I row |
The 2024 Schedule O adds two useful provenance facts. First, it says an amended return corrected excess-contribution reporting and names Fidelity Charitable, National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Donor Advisory Fund, Bradley Impact Fund, Inc., High Hopes Colorado, and JP Morgan Charitable Funds as publicly supported organizations excluded in the correction. Second, it says the legal firm in care of the organization's books was updated to West Group, rather than Maven Law Group.
ProPublica resolves Biz Action For Colorado as EIN 93-4137909, a 501(c)(6) profile at 6501 E BELLEVIEW AVE STE 375, Englewood, CO. Its 2024 filing lists Joe O'Dea as principal officer, $638,006 in revenue, $638,000 in contributions and grants, $0 in program-service revenue, $627,000 in grants and similar amounts paid, $5,858 in other expenses, no employees, and one volunteer.
The direct 2024 Schedule I grant row:
| Grantor | Recipient | Amount | Purpose | Evidence strength |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biz Action For Colorado | Advance Colorado | $627,000 |
ADVOCACY |
direct Schedule I row |
The Form 990 program-service section says the advocacy program includes education about legislation and regulation, public and policymaker informational events, direct lobbying, work to support or oppose relevant state ballot measures, and support for policy makers who advance Biz Action's stated common business interests.
The same return creates a source tension worth preserving. Biz Action is a 501(c)(6) that describes membership levels and member benefits in Schedule O, but the Form 990 reports $0 program-service revenue and answers No to receiving membership dues, assessments, or similar amounts as defined in Rev. Proc. 98-19. That is an investigative lead, not a legal conclusion.
A live Colorado Politics page confirms that Kristi Pollard's Colorado needs an economic turnaround op-ed was published on 2024-01-11 and publicly launched Colorado Strong Business Alliance (CoSBA). The article identifies Pollard as executive director of CoSBA, a project of Advance Colorado.
The Colorado SOS image URLs for Biz Action's articles and CoSBA's trade-name filing returned a Service Unavailable page during this pass. The repo should treat the January 2024 CoSBA trade-name sequence as reporting-supported plus live-op-ed-supported until those SOS filing images are retained.
| Component | Supported evidence | Evidence strength |
|---|---|---|
| c3 grant router | Colorado Opportunity Foundation Schedule I grants to CSI, Public Trust Institute, Advance Colorado, and Defend Colorado | direct IRS filing rows |
| c3-to-signature-vendor bridge | Colorado Opportunity Foundation Form 990 contractor row to Blitz Canvassing for SIGNATURES |
direct IRS filing row, target program unresolved |
| c6 advocacy router | Biz Action Schedule I grant to Advance Colorado for ADVOCACY |
direct IRS filing row |
| business-policy public brand | Colorado Politics op-ed launching CoSBA as an Advance Colorado project | direct live article page for public launch; trade-name filing still not captured |
| petition-vendor recurrence | Blitz Canvassing appears in TRACER rows and official petition-entity captures | direct TRACER / SOS records, but separate from the COF contractor row until contract records are retrieved |
SIGNATURES; it does not name the petition, committee, ballot measure, contract, or signer program.2024 invoices, contracts, board approvals, and any grant agreements or restrictions behind the Blitz Canvassing contractor row.SIGNATURES row, Blitz's TRACER rows, official petition-entity listings, and Advance-associated initiatives.