Colorado · Private foundation
Bachus & Schanker Cares 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.
- $252k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 62
- Grants FY2025
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 68%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $101,053
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 40
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $968
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 68% of the organizations Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $141k 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 | 62 | $252k | 53% |
| FY2024 | 40 | $185k | 68% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $136k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $106k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $148k | 68% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $104k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolls for Daughters | $116,295 | 6 | 2% |
| Judi's House Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Center | $16,360 | 1 | 1% |
| Childsafe Colorado Inc | $11,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Limb Preservation Foundation | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Martyred Angels Foundation | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Kristi Visocky Memorial Foundation | $6,600 | 4 | 2% |
| Denver Philharmonic Orchestra | $6,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Brandon & Paul Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 18% |
| Brothers Redevelopment Inc | $5,250 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 64 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($589k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Denver Broncos Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Western Union Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · Daniels Fund
How this is measured
Compare Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation with peer funders
About Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation
- How much does Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation give?
- Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation reported 62 grants totaling $252,453 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 40 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (55%), Human Services (21%), Youth Development (6%).
- Who are Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Dolls for Daughters ($116k), Judi's House Inc ($30k), Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Center ($16k).
- Does Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bachus & Schanker Cares 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 Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation.
- Where is Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation based?
- Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation is based in CO.
Play a game based on Bachus & Schanker Cares’ filings →