Colorado · Private foundation
Briggs-Kerst Family 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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $99k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110 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 | 7 | $16k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $12k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $79k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $10k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $14k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $15k | 48% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $17k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $20k | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothills Unitarian Church | $151,191 | 9 | n/a |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $27,430 | 4 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $3,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Crossroads Safehouse Inc | $2,335 | 6 | 0% |
| Project Self-Sufficiency of Northern Colorado | $1,620 | 4 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $1,450 | 9 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $1,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Immanuel Christian Reformed Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $900 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · Colorado Gives Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation
- How much does Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation give?
- Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $16,156 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (71%), Education (15%), Food & Nutrition (4%).
- Who are Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Foothills Unitarian Church ($151k), Colorado State University Foundation ($27k), Southern Poverty Law Center Inc ($3k).
- Does Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Briggs-Kerst Family 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 Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern Colorado, Colorado Gives Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation based?
- Briggs-Kerst Family Foundation is based in CO.
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