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Caulkins Family 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.

$200k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
34 to 66
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$3.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Caulkins Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationInternationalHealthFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving30$200k37%
FY202334$226k0%
FY202238$212k13%
FY202148$240k17%
FY202066$278k39%
FY201963$294kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$658kReligion$192kArts & Culture$146kYouth Development$99kRecreation & Sports$76kPublic Benefit$63kEnvironment$49kScience & Tech$38kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship$300,00063%
Church of the Ascension$158,1675n/a
St George's School$103,00040%
Alliance for Choice in Education$92,50060%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc$61,72450%
Graland Country Day School$61,58460%
Independence Institute$50,50050%
Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc$37,50021%
Opera Colorado$36,00060%
National Links Trust$24,50040%
Show all 73 grantees
All grantees of Caulkins Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship$300,00063%
Church of the Ascension$158,1675n/a
St George's School$103,00040%
Alliance for Choice in Education$92,50060%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc$61,72450%
Graland Country Day School$61,58460%
Independence Institute$50,50050%
Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc$37,50021%
Opera Colorado$36,00060%
National Links Trust$24,50040%
Kent Denver Country Day School$17,83350%
Camp Southern Ground Inc$16,33330%
Denver Art Museum$13,50060%
Arrupe Jesuit High School$11,5006n/a
The Logan School For Creative Learning$11,00020%
Colorado Ballet$10,00060%
West Palm Golf Community Trust Inc$10,00010%
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project$10,00010%
Colorado Museum of Natural History$9,00060%
Trustees of the Lawrenceville School$9,00030%
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc$8,50060%
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation$8,00060%
Mile High 360$6,50040%
Colorado Uplift Inc$6,00060%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$6,00060%
Islesboro Community Fund$6,00052%
Phoenix Multisport Inc$6,00060%
US Lacrosse Foundation Inc$5,75031%
Denver City Lax$5,50031%
Judi's House Inc$5,00010%
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc$5,00010%
Rocky Mountain Butterfly Consortium$5,00050%
Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation$5,00010%
Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition$5,00011%
Colorado News Collaborative$5,00011%
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association$5,00010%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$5,00010%
Beacon Project Inc$4,0005n/a
So All May Eat Inc$4,00011%
Trees Water and People$3,00010%
Revision$3,00010%
Art From Ashes Incorporated$3,00011%
Anderson Ranch Arts Center$3,00030%
Food Bank of the Rockies$3,00030%
Eagle Valley Land Trust$3,00030%
Community Care Collective$3,0001n/a
Rocky Mountain Institute$3,00030%
Hashim Khan Foundation$3,0006n/a
Denver Rescue Mission$2,50030%
Craig Hospital$2,50010%
Museo de Las Americas$2,0001n/a
The Park People$2,00040%
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art$2,00010%
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens$1,50030%
Colab$1,50010%
Islesboro Islands Trust$1,32011%
The Beacon Project Inc$1,00011%
The Colorado College$1,00010%
Christ Church$1,0001n/a
Newark Symphony Orchestra Inc$1,00020%
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art$1,00010%
High Country News$1,00010%
Pesticide Action Network North America$1,00010%
The Ocean Foundation$1,00010%
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver$50010%
Denver Film Society$50010%
Opera America Inc$50010%
Vail Religious Foundation$50010%
Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc$50010%
Metro Caring$50010%
Islesboro Community Center$50010%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$50010%
Islesboro Affordable Property$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($246k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Caulkins Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for Furniture Craftsmanship: $300,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetSt George's School: $103,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Choice in Education: $92,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc: $61,724 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGraland Country Day School: $61,584 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIndependence Institute: $50,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCape Eleuthera Foundation Inc: $37,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOpera Colorado: $36,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNational Links Trust: $24,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKent Denver Country Day School: $17,833 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Southern Ground Inc: $16,333 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Art Museum: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Logan School For Creative Learning: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Ballet: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWest Palm Golf Community Trust Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthwest Energy Efficiency Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of the Lawrenceville School: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Botanic Gardens Inc: $8,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Corps Heritage Foundation: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMile High 360: $6,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetColorado Uplift Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetIslesboro Community Fund: $6,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetPhoenix Multisport Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUS Lacrosse Foundation Inc: $5,750 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDenver City Lax: $5,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJudi's House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Butterfly Consortium: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Joseph Hospital Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetColorado News Collaborative: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMaine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDemocracy Now Productions Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSo All May Eat Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTrees Water and People: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRevision: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetArt From Ashes Incorporated: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAnderson Ranch Arts Center: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEagle Valley Land Trust: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Rescue Mission: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCraig Hospital: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Park People: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBoulder Museum of Contemporary Art: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBetty Ford Alpine Gardens: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 66.

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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.

Colorado Gives FoundationCO42.3× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Bonfils-Stanton Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Johnson Foundation of the Rockies · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Precourt Foundation · Records Johnston Family Foundation · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Caulkins Family Foundation

How much does Caulkins Family Foundation give?
Caulkins Family Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $199,778 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 66 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Caulkins Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Religion (13%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are Caulkins Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Center for Furniture Craftsmanship ($300k), Church of the Ascension ($158k), St George's School ($103k).
Does Caulkins Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Caulkins 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 Caulkins Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Rose Community Foundation.
Where is Caulkins Family Foundation based?
Caulkins Family Foundation is based in CO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 114 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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