Colorado · Private foundation
Aim High Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $93k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,620
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Aim High Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $93k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1.4M | 75% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $25k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $138k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $147k | 82% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $60k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brent Eley Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | 1% |
| High Line Canal Conservancy | $37,850 | 2 | 2% |
| John Lester Foundation | $31,600 | 2 | 14% |
| Food For Thought Denver | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Third Wave Volunteers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bayou Response | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vilar Performing Arts Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brent Eley Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | 1% |
| High Line Canal Conservancy | $37,850 | 2 | 2% |
| John Lester Foundation | $31,600 | 2 | 14% |
| Food For Thought Denver | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Third Wave Volunteers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bayou Response | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vilar Performing Arts Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Columbia College Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Independent Restaurant Coalition Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Friend of Jack Rescue | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Small Champions Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cancer Research Institute Inc | $2,620 | 1 | 0% |
| Avery Coonley School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ojai Presbyterian Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aim High 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: National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Aim High Foundation
- How much does Aim High Foundation give?
- Aim High Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $93,370 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Aim High Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (72%), Health (9%), Education (6%).
- Who are Aim High Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Colorado Foundation ($55k), Brent Eley Foundation ($55k), High Line Canal Conservancy ($38k).
- Does Aim High Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aim High 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 Aim High Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Aim High Foundation based?
- Aim High Foundation is based in CO.
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