Colorado · Private foundation
Acclivity Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Acclivity Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $58k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $27k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Education$26kHuman Services$23kCommunity Improvement$20kPhilanthropy$20kArts & Culture$5kFood & Nutrition$3kYouth Development$2k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Springs Rescue Mission | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation for Colorado Springs Future | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Air Force Academy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tessa | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Place | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Homeward Pikes Peak | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
About Acclivity Foundation
- How much does Acclivity Foundation give?
- Acclivity Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Acclivity Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Human Services (23%), Community Improvement (21%).
- Who are Acclivity Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: The Springs Rescue Mission ($30k), Foundation for Colorado Springs Future ($30k), Air Force Academy Foundation ($10k).
- Does Acclivity Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Acclivity 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.
- Where is Acclivity Foundation based?
- Acclivity Foundation is based in CO.
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