Colorado · Public charity
Barton Institute for Community Action
The barton institute supports leaders and their communities who are working to develop and foster places for opportunity, connection, and belonging in metro denver.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $946,529
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,134,259
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Barton Institute for Community Action funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M 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 | $3.7M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $3.8M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $18M | 60% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.4M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $370k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifespan Local | $14,585,940 | 1 | n/a |
| Commun Denver Inc | $3,367,238 | 2 | 98% |
| The Village Institute | $3,022,647 | 5 | 88% |
| Colorado Safe Parking Initiative | $2,645,812 | 4 | 100% |
| Commun | $2,176,542 | 3 | n/a |
| Machebeuf Hall Partners LLC | $1,058,729 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Village Collaborative | $315,000 | 3 | 7% |
| East Denver Food Hub | $110,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Public Schools Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Warm Cookies of the Revolution | $50,000 | 1 | 14% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifespan Local | $14,585,940 | 1 | n/a |
| Commun Denver Inc | $3,367,238 | 2 | 98% |
| The Village Institute | $3,022,647 | 5 | 88% |
| Colorado Safe Parking Initiative | $2,645,812 | 4 | 100% |
| Commun | $2,176,542 | 3 | n/a |
| Machebeuf Hall Partners LLC | $1,058,729 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Village Collaborative | $315,000 | 3 | 7% |
| East Denver Food Hub | $110,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Public Schools Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Warm Cookies of the Revolution | $50,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Denver | $24,542 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Tennis Park | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Youth Tennis Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| La Clinica Tepeyac | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Barton Institute for Community Action supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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 · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Barton Institute for Community Action with peer funders
About Barton Institute for Community Action
- How much does Barton Institute for Community Action give?
- Barton Institute for Community Action reported 3 grants totaling $3,741,796 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Barton Institute for Community Action fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (50%), Philanthropy (19%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Barton Institute for Community Action's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Lifespan Local ($15M), Commun Denver Inc ($3.4M), The Village Institute ($3.0M).
- Does Barton Institute for Community Action fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Barton Institute for Community Action?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is Barton Institute for Community Action based?
- Barton Institute for Community Action is based in CO.
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