Colorado · Public charity
Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation
The parks & open space foundation strengthens the connections between the public and the boulder county parks & open space department by raising private funds, supporting innovative projects, fostering partnerships and increasing community involvement.
- $274k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $265k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $142,014
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $441k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $425k 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 | 5 | $265k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $834k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $80k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $599k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $101k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder County | $1,213,767 | 5 | n/a |
| Harvest of All First Nations | $110,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Science Health and Access to Resources and Education Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 50% |
| Ocean First Institute | $63,702 | 3 | 14% |
| Niwot Cultural Arts Association | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Boulder Watershed Collective | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southdown Indian Mountain Healing Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indigenous Peoples Community Church | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($365k), not named here.
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About Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation
- How much does Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation give?
- Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $265,014, out of $273,537 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (65%), Employment (19%), Environment (10%).
- Who are Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Boulder County ($1.2M), Harvest of All First Nations ($110k), Science Health and Access to Resources and Education Inc ($75k).
- Does Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation based?
- Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation is based in CO.
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