Colorado · Private foundation
Avenir Foundation Inc
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.
- $21M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4B
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Avenir Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $21M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $2.7M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $4.6M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $32M | 5% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $23M | 5% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $25M | 18% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $17,200,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Denver Art Museum | $10,000,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $10,000,000 | 1 | 6% |
| St Martins Chamber Choir | $10,000,000 | 1 | 97% |
| Kula Kamala Foundation | $9,274,000 | 5 | 93% |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $5,750,000 | 5 | 7% |
| American Institute of Physics Inc | $5,250,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Colorado Symphony Fund | $4,542,719 | 5 | 49% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $3,200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Spayed Club | $1,758,877 | 3 | 72% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $17,200,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Denver Art Museum | $10,000,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $10,000,000 | 1 | 6% |
| St Martins Chamber Choir | $10,000,000 | 1 | 97% |
| Kula Kamala Foundation | $9,274,000 | 5 | 93% |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $5,750,000 | 5 | 7% |
| American Institute of Physics Inc | $5,250,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Colorado Symphony Fund | $4,542,719 | 5 | 49% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $3,200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Spayed Club | $1,758,877 | 3 | 72% |
| The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum | $1,500,000 | 1 | 58% |
| Opera Colorado | $1,100,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Pathfinder International | $900,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | $700,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Cobalt Foundation | $700,000 | 4 | 18% |
| Colorado Ballet | $200,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Berks Nature | $55,170 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($39M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Avenir Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Merle Chambers Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Avenir Foundation Inc
- How much does Avenir Foundation Inc give?
- Avenir Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $20,750,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Avenir Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Education (33%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Avenir Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc ($17M), Denver Art Museum ($10M), Rutgers University Foundation ($10M).
- Does Avenir Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Avenir Foundation Inc 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 Avenir Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Merle Chambers Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Avenir Foundation Inc based?
- Avenir Foundation Inc is based in CO.
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