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Who does The Denver Foundation fund?

The Denver Foundation has awarded $499 million across 4,707 grants to 2,213 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $10,000 and $65,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $30,000 versus $13,186 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$498.5M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
2,213
Grants
4,707
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 2,213 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
National Philanthropic Trust $26.0M22021–20242024PA
The Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation $14.3M42020–20242024CO
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation $10.6M42020–20242024CO
Denver Broncos Foundation $9.3M120232023CO
Lifespan Local INC $9.1M32021–20242024CO
Food Bank of the Rockies $8.3M42020–20242024CO
University of Colorado Foundation $8.0M42020–20242024CO
Barton Institute for Community Action $7.4M122020–20242024CO
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver INC $6.4M42020–20242024CO
Impact Charitable $5.5M62020–20242024CO
Trailhead Institute $5.3M182020–20242024CO
Denver Public Schools Foundation $4.9M42020–20242024CO
Plentiful $4.0M120242024CA
Urban Peak Denver $3.7M42020–20242024CO
Colorado State University Foundation $3.6M62020–20242024CO
S State of Colorado - Office of Economic Develop & Intl Trade $3.3M102020–20242024— —
T The Salvation Army $3.2M52020–20242024CA
One Good Turn $3.2M42020–20242024CO
Craig Hospital Foundation $3.1M42020–20242024CO
Colorado Community College System Foundation $3.0M42020–20242024CO
L Learning Ally INC $2.8M42020–20242024NJ
Denver Art Museum INC $2.8M42020–20242024CO
C City of Denver - Parks and Recreation $2.7M112020–20242024— —
The Gathering Place a Refuge for Rebuilding Lives $2.7M42020–20242024CO
Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation INC $2.4M62020–20242024CO
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center $2.4M212020–20242024CO
C Colorado Mesa University Foundation $2.4M62020–20242024CO
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Colorado INC $2.3M42020–20242024CO
K Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art $2.3M22023–20242024CO
Rose Community Foundation $2.3M42020–20242024CO
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $2.3M22023–20242024CA
P Pluro Labs $2.3M32021–20242024DC —
Cobalt Foundation $2.2M42020–20242024CO
Denver Basic Income Project $2.0M22023–20242024CO
A Amalgamated Charitable Foundation INC $2.0M120212021DC
M Mass General Brigham Incorporated $2.0M22020–20232023MA
N Northeast American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church $2.0M120242024NY
M Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Diocese of South-West America $2.0M120242024TX
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network $1.9M42020–20242024CO
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $1.9M42020–20242024MA
B Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund $1.8M120212021MA
University of Hawaii Foundation $1.8M42020–20242024HI
The Nature Conservancy $1.7M72020–20242024VA
High Line Canal Conservancy $1.7M42020–20242024CO
American Endowment Foundation $1.7M32020–20232023OH
Colorado Symphony Association $1.6M42020–20242024CO
Care and Share INC $1.6M32020–20232023CO
Metro Caring $1.6M42020–20242024CO
Colorado Succeeds $1.6M32020–20242024CO
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute INC $1.6M42020–20242024MA
Icivics INC $1.6M42020–20242024MA
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $1.5M32021–20242024IN
Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund $1.5M32020–20242024CO
The Colorado Museum of Natural History $1.5M42020–20242024CO
Colorado Health Institute $1.5M42020–20242024CO
University of Denver $1.5M42020–20242024CO
Colorado Open Lands $1.3M42020–20242024CO
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA INC $1.3M42020–20242024NY
P Pickens Technical College $1.3M62020–20242024CO —
Creede Repertory Theatre INC $1.3M22020–20232023CO
Year One INC $1.3M42020–20242024CO
Mile High United Way INC $1.3M42020–20242024CO
The Western Stock Show Association $1.3M42020–20242024CO
Denver Scholarship Foundation $1.3M42020–20242024CO
H High Hopes Colorado $1.2M22020–20212021CO
Array Education INC $1.2M22021–20232023NY
A Activate Work INC $1.2M42020–20242024CO
N Npx Charitable INC $1.2M22020–20212021CA
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $1.2M42020–20242024CO
E Evangelical Congregational Church $1.2M42020–20242024PA
Hunger Free Colorado $1.2M42020–20242024CO
R Regents of the University of Colorado $1.2M112020–20242024CO
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood INC $1.2M42020–20242024CO
Opera Colorado $1.1M32020–20242024CO
The Alliance for Collective Action $1.1M42020–20242024CO
C Colorado Asylum Center $1.1M52020–20242024CO —
Atlas Economic Research Foundation $1.1M32020–20232023VA
Nourish Colorado $1.1M32020–20242024CO
Project Worthmore $1.0M42020–20242024CO
Village Exchange Center INC $1.0M42020–20242024CO
L Lamar Unidos $1.0M42020–20242024CO —
La Clinica Tepeyac INC $1.0M42020–20242024CO
The Attainment Network $1.0M22023–20242024CO
U United States Catholic Conference $1.0M32020–20212021DC
S St Vrain Valley Schools $1.0M32020–20242024— —
C Construction Education Foundation of Colorado $1.0M120242024CO
F Friends and Neighbors of Washington Park INC $1.0M120242024CO
Colorado Schools Fund $1.0M120242024CO
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless $999K42020–20242024CO
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation $999K42020–20242024CO
Lutheran Social Services of Colorado $995K42020–20242024CO
Transcend INC $975K42020–20242024NY
International Rescue Committee INC $950K72020–20242024NY
M Mile High Connects $920K32020–20212021CO —
Oregon State University Foundation $910K22020–20212021OR
Colorado Youth for a Change $897K42020–20242024CO
NYU Langone Hospitals $894K22023–20242024NY
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver $885K42020–20242024CO
Denver Botanic Gardens INC $880K42020–20242024CO
La Raza Services INC $866K42020–20242024CO

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