Colorado · Private foundation
6s Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $307k
- Granted FY2022
- 8
- Grants FY2022
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
57% of 6s Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to Wet Mtn Valley Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year 6s Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $307k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Total assets, FY2022
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 17% of the organizations 6s Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 6 | $237k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $223k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $84k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $152k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $172k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $97k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Open Lands | $375,000 | 9 | 0% |
| School Sisters of Notre Dame | $300,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul of Baltimore Inc | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Valley Assisted Living Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| San Isabel Land Protection Trust | $37,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Historic Pines Ranch Preservation Association | $28,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Grace Place | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High Mountain Hay Fever Festival | $20,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Open Lands | $375,000 | 9 | 0% |
| School Sisters of Notre Dame | $300,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul of Baltimore Inc | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Valley Assisted Living Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| San Isabel Land Protection Trust | $37,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Historic Pines Ranch Preservation Association | $28,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Grace Place | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High Mountain Hay Fever Festival | $20,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dark Skies Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 5% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($240k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 6s Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Wet Mtn Valley Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About 6s Foundation
- How much does 6s Foundation give?
- 6s Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $307,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does 6s Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Education (24%), Philanthropy (23%).
- Who are 6s Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Colorado Open Lands ($375k), School Sisters of Notre Dame ($300k), St Vincent de Paul of Baltimore Inc ($155k).
- Does 6s Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 6s Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 6s Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wet Mtn Valley Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is 6s Foundation based?
- 6s Foundation is based in CO.
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