Colorado · Private foundation
Bf 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.
- $240k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Bf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 9 | $240k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $146k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $168k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $439k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $239k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $158k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $109k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $114k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Valley Land Trust | $318,000 | 8 | 4% |
| High Country News | $245,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Lowell Observatory | $210,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Grand Canyon Trust Inc | $177,746 | 7 | 0% |
| The Wilderness Land Trust | $122,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Georgia O'Keeffe Museum | $120,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $86,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Paul's School | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Utah State University | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Conservation Trust | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Valley Land Trust | $318,000 | 8 | 4% |
| High Country News | $245,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Lowell Observatory | $210,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Grand Canyon Trust Inc | $177,746 | 7 | 0% |
| The Wilderness Land Trust | $122,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Georgia O'Keeffe Museum | $120,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $86,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Paul's School | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Utah State University | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Conservation Trust | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | $14,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Colorado College | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Independence Pass Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Santa Fe Preparatory School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| English in Action | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Arizona Historical Society | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Art Base | $5,750 | 6 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Arts Campus at Willits | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Aspen Education Foundation | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Roaring Fork Conservancy | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($129k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bf 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: Aspen Community Foundation · Brady Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Aspen Business Center Foundation · The Austin Memorial Foundation · Alpenglow Foundation · Catto Shaw Foundation · Arches Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Kiryle Foundation · Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation · The Flunison Fund
How this is measured
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About Bf Foundation
- How much does Bf Foundation give?
- Bf Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $240,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (55%), Education (20%), Science & Tech (13%).
- Who are Bf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Aspen Valley Land Trust ($318k), High Country News ($245k), Lowell Observatory ($210k).
- Does Bf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bf 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 Bf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aspen Community Foundation, Brady Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation.
- Where is Bf Foundation based?
- Bf Foundation is based in CO.
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