Grants awarded
Who does Thiry-O'leary Foundation fund?
Thiry-O'leary Foundation has awarded $12 million across 221 grants to 143 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $2,500 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $22,500 versus $9,400 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$12.1M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
143
Grants
221
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Nature Conservancy
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$3.4M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
Unite America Institute INC
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$1.5M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Denver Hybrid College
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$1.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
|
$500K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$350K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C City Climate Finance Gap Fund | $300K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Stanford University Development Services | $300K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
University of Denver
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$280K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| T The Draper Richards Kaplan | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Denver Hybrid College Foundation | $236K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Trust for Public Land
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$205K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$200K | 3 | 2020 | 2020 | CO | |
Endeavor Global INC
|
$200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
High Line Canal Conservancy
|
$200K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| E Energize Colorado the Gap Fund | $200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Mizel Institute | $150K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Dsst Public School Fund | $125K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L League of Women Voters of Colorado | $125K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Issue One
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$125K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| G Gladstone Institutes | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Colorado Association for Commerce and Industry Educational Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
La Raza Services INC
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| R Represent US Education Fund | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Smithsonian Institution
|
$100K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Movement Advancement Project INC
|
$75K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CO | |
University of Colorado Foundation
|
$70K | 4 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CO | |
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$65K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| C Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | $64K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Urban Peak | $55K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Schwab Charitable | $54K | 8 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Maya's Way | $54K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Stanford University | $52K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Soteria | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Independence Institute | $50K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| F Foundation for Black Entrepreneurship | $50K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Fundacja Happy Kids | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Institute for Political Innovation INC
|
$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
Gardner Valley School
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$48K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Denver Art Museum INC
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$48K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
Colorado Thrives
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$45K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Lion Global Foundation
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$35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| U University of Colorado | $35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Colorado Sun
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$35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| K Keating Research INC | $33K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Colorado Black Women Endowment Fund | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Represent Women | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
National Jewish Health
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| C Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Craig Foundation - Push | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U Unite America INC | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
| C Colorado Forum | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Imagination Library of Colorado
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
Greenlight Fund INC
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| U US Ski and Snowboard | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CO | |
Represent US Education Fund
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
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$24K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
| C Catalyst INC | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H High Hopes Colorado | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
Denver Scholarship Foundation
|
$15K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
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$15K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Navy Seal Foundation INC
|
$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| T The Women's Foundation of Colorado | $12K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Stanford Fund | $10K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Firefly Autism | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| Y Yale University - Chief Excecutive Leadership Institute | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Blue Bench
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
| C Common Cause Education Fund | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
Breakthrough T1d
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Common Sense Media
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| C Common Sense | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics INC
|
$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| D Dsst Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| B Bay Area Discover Museum | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Arlington Community Foundation
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| M Midtown Educational Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Volunteers of America Colorado | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
American Heart Association INC
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$9K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
Global Down Syndrome Foundation
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$9K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| D Denver Center for Performing | $7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Green Dot Public Schools of Tennessee | $6K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Hazelden Betty Ford | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
| B Biennial of the Americas | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Ballotpedia | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Family to Family Adoptions | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Bayview Lutheran Church | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| G Givewise Co | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Congregation Beth El Snj | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I International Mountain Bicycling Association | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CO | |
| M Melanoma Research Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | ND |
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