Foundations that fund nonprofits in Boulder, CO
1,253 private foundations reported 2,765 grants to organizations in Boulder, Colorado, on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $156.4M in all. 63 of them are based in Boulder.
Foundations1,253
Based in Boulder63
Grants on record2,765
Their typical grant$5,000
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Foundations based in Boulder
10 of the 63 local foundations that reported grants to Boulder organizations: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of such grants on their latest return.
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Kissinger Family Foundation Inc
Boulder, CO · latest return: tax year 2023- Ignite Adaptive Sports - General operations$55,950
- Boulder Community Health Foundation - General operations$26,570
- Blue Sky Bridge - General operations$10,000
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Starting Line Foundation
Boulder, CO · latest return: tax year 2025- Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA) - General purpose$30,000
- Roots Music Project - General Purpose$10,799
- There With Care - Boulder - General purpose$10,000
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The Wana Brands Foundation
Boulder, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Boulder Pride dba Out Boulder County - General Operating$150,000
- Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence - General Operating$65,000
- Protect Our Winters - General Operating$25,000
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Boulder Valley Rotary Community Foundation
Boulder, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Nyagi Project - Program support$7,000
- Boulder Valley Health Center - Program support$3,500
- Family Learning Center - Program support$3,300
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The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative
Boulder, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Boulder Police Foundation - Program Funding$111,000
- Greenhouse Scholars - Program Funding$92,700
- National Center for Women & Information Technology - Program Funding$50,000
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Prana Foundation
Boulder, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Boulder Food Rescue - Help feed the hungry$2,060
- Humane Society of Boulder Valley - Creating healthy relationships between pets and people$1,050
- Meals on Wheels of Boulder Community - To support meal deliveries to homebound seniors.$1,040
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Wright Family Foundation
Boulder, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- University of Colorado Foundation - Shakespeare program$150,000
- University of Colorado Foundation - Archive historic documents$5,000
- Stjohn's Episcopal Church - Rector's discretionary fund$5,000
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Tikkun
Boulder, CO · latest return: tax year 2025- Emergency Family Assistance Association - General use$25,000
- Congregation Nevei Kodesh - General use$15,000
- Congregation Nevei Kodesh - General use$5,000
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The Wolf Family Foundation
Boulder, CO · latest return: tax year 2025- Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Inc - General & Unrestricted$10,000
- Child and Family Advocacy Program - General & Unrestricted$5,000
- Boulder Community Health Foundation - General & Unrestricted$2,500
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The Boedecker Foundation
Boulder, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- There with Care - Program Needs$50,000
- Buffs for Life Foundation - Program Needs$50,000
- The Dairy Center for the Arts - Program Needs$40,000
Other foundations giving most in Boulder
Based elsewhere, by the number of grants to Boulder organizations on their latest return; profiles in our foundation directory first. Each shows its largest grants there.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Access Fund - General support$7,069
- Protect Our Winters - General support$5,418
- Native American Rights Fund - General support$4,220
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Gave $7.7M in 2024
Xcel Energy Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · latest return: tax year 2024- Thorne Ecological Institute - Environmental sustainability, match payroll deduction (501(C)3) grant$25,500
- YWCA Boulder County - STEM career pathways$25,000
- Dairy Center for the Arts - Community vitality$20,000
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Gave $102.2M in 2024
The Colorado Health Foundation
Denver, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Rocky Mountain Equality - Thriving young people; general operating support; matching contribution to support the organization and/or…$202,186
- YWCA Boulder County - Thriving young people; general operating support$127,500
- I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County - Thriving young people$105,000
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Gave $6.3B in 2024
Gates Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024- Vitrivax Inc - Vaccine development$1,738,900
- Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education - Postsecondary education$1,694,889
- Vitrivax Inc - Vaccine development$1,499,620
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Gave $625M in 2024
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Menlo Park, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Western Resource Advocates - For general operating support$1,000,000
- Native American Rights Fund - For general operating support$833,000
- Movement Advancement Project Inc - For the winning jobs narrative project$500,000
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Gave $19.8M in 2024
Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation
Denver, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- YWCA Boulder County - The persimmon early learning center$51,000
- Boulder County Public Health - The genesis - healthy families ameri$40,000
- Boulder County - Early childhood mental health consul$35,000
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Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025- State Higher Education Executive Officers Association - In support of creating economic mobility and career pathways$250,000
- Child & Family Advocacy Program Dba Blue Sky Bridge - Matching contribution (general operating support)$1,800
- Access Fund - Matching contribution (general operating support)$1,521
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The Pfizer Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- World Childrens Initiative Inc - Matching gifts$2,700
- Boulder Pride - Matching gifts$500
- Parent Teacher Organization of Nevin Platt Middle School - Matching gifts$370
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The Argosy Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · latest return: tax year 2024- Boulder Shelter for the Homeless - General support$70,000
- Emergency Family Assistance Association - General support$60,000
- Mad Agriculture - General support$50,000
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Gave $24.1M in 2024
Clif Bar Family Foundation
St. Helena, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Chef Ann Foundation - Transform Food Systems$50,000
- Action for the Climate Emergency - Revitalize the Environment$30,000
- Women's Wilderness Institute - Revitalize the Environment$25,000
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Gave $69.7M in 2024
Daniels Fund
Denver, CO · latest return: tax year 2024- Via Mobility Services - Paratransit services$175,000
- Emergency Family Assistance Association - Transitional housing program$100,000
- Meals on Wheels of Boulder Incorporated - General operating support$75,000
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Gave $844.7M in 2024
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Global Greengrants Fund Inc - General support and core support for institutional strengthening activities$770,000
- Native American Rights Fund Inc - General support$400,000
- Global Greengrants Fund Inc - To help ensure sustainability of global grassroots organizations and movements as they recover from the…$355,000
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Gave $350M in 2024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- The Regents of the University of Colorado - Fellowships for Science and Engineering$175,000
- The Regents of the University of Colorado - Fellowships for Science and Engineering$175,000
- Global Greengrants Fund Inc - Environment and Science$150,000
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Sequoia Climate Foundation
Irvine, CA · latest return: tax year 2023- Rocky Mountain Institute - To support decarbonization of the power sector and improve public health$1,600,000
- Rocky Mountain Institute - To improve public health through advancements to industrial decarbonization$1,260,000
- Rocky Mountain Institute - To support analysis and education to further clean energy deployment$1,200,000
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The Simons Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- University of Colorado Boulder - Lab-Based fundamental tests of general relativity at the interface with quantum mechanics using optical…$330,049
- University of Colorado Boulder - An integrative framework to unravel the genes, gene networks, cell types, and developmental states underlying…$201,297
- University of Colorado Boulder - Ultra-Quantum matter$143,486
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Gave $8.9M in 2024
Dr Scholl Foundation
Northbrook, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- Watershed School - New building for Watershed School$165,000
- Boulder Emergency Squad - Large animal rescue equipment$46,000
- PLAY Boulder Foundation - Camp experiences for individuals with disabilities$25,000
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The Heising-Simons Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Rocky Mountain Institute - To advance u.s. power ($600,000) and transportation sector transformation ($400,000)$1,000,000
- Center for Applied Environmental Law & Policy - For general support$525,000
- Regents of the University of Colorado - For studying how amo physics can inform the development of gravity theories$476,476
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AEC Trust
Wilmington, DE · latest return: tax year 2025- Resource Central - General & Unrestricted$300,000
- Resource Central - Resource Central Conservation Priorities$200,000
- Greenhouse Scholars - The Whole Person College Program in Colorado and Georgia$50,000
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Walton Family Foundation Inc
Bentonville, AR · latest return: tax year 2024- Western Resource Advocates - Toimprove the sustainability and resilience of the Colorado River for people and for nature in the face of…$869,174
- Native American Rights Fund - To create a first-of-its-kind Tribal Water Institute at Native American Rights Fund.$500,000
- River Network - To advance community-led river management skills and programs within the Colorado River Basin.$304,600
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Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Regents of the University of Colorado - To develop improved methodology and high-speed imagery to visualize liquid-solid suspensions, and the…$420,682
- Regents of the University of Colorado - To study the low-temperature behaviors of the fermi-hubbard model by probing ultracold gases at the…$392,949
- Sweetsense Inc - To create a viable carbon finance methodology to incentivize heightened investment in wildfire resilience…$351,750
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Boulder organizations several of these foundations fund
Organizations in Boulder that received grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Native American Rights Fund | 8 | $2,389,182 |
| Emergency Family Assistance Association Inc | 6 | $210,499 |
| Humane Society of Boulder Valley | 6 | $63,899 |
| Protect Our Winters | 6 | $48,708 |
| YWCA Boulder County | 5 | $243,658 |
| Boulder Shelter for the Homeless | 5 | $81,685 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | 4 | $3,597,314 |
| Western Resource Advocates | 4 | $1,909,336 |
| Greenhouse Scholars | 4 | $146,780 |
| Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence | 4 | $115,291 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations with a Boulder, CO address. Local foundations often give mostly close to home and are usually the most realistic first prospects for a small nonprofit; large national foundations listed here may fund only a few institutions in the city. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Open a profile for all of a funder's grants and any application instructions.
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