Colorado · Private foundation
Akers 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.
- $339k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $313,238
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $188k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Akers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $339k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $395k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $591k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $180k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $139k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | $1,395,466 | 5 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado | $147,015 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Grand Inc | $52,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Alliance for Choice in Education | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Bison Foundation | $24,200 | 4 | 5% |
| Colorado Energy Foundation | $20,100 | 3 | 5% |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters of Middle Tn | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridge Project | $9,548 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Denver | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Mile High Five Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | $1,395,466 | 5 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado | $147,015 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Grand Inc | $52,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Alliance for Choice in Education | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Bison Foundation | $24,200 | 4 | 5% |
| Colorado Energy Foundation | $20,100 | 3 | 5% |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters of Middle Tn | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridge Project | $9,548 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Denver | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Mile High Five Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Tennessee Kidney Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| 300SL Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Oil & Gas Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Akers 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.
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How this is measured
About Akers Foundation
- How much does Akers Foundation give?
- Akers Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $339,438 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Akers Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (89%), Arts & Culture (3%), Education (3%).
- Who are Akers Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ($1.4M), Children's Hospital Colorado ($147k), Colorado Grand Inc ($53k).
- Does Akers Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Akers 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 Akers Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Akers Foundation based?
- Akers Foundation is based in CO.
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