Colorado · Public charity
Chef Ann Foundation
To ensure that school food professionals have the resources, funding and support they need to provide fresh, healthy, delicious, cooked from scratch meals that support the health of children and our planet.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $137,427
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $324,755
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Chef Ann Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $646k 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 | 11 | $1.4M | 36% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $646k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $115k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $135k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Kitchen Inc | $324,755 | 1 | n/a |
| New Roots Community Farm Inc | $298,499 | 2 | 9% |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | $256,475 | 2 | 1% |
| Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development | $72,169 | 2 | 4% |
| Marysville Joint Unified Sch | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Ysidro School District | $41,254 | 1 | n/a |
| South Madison Community School Corp | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin Special School District | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Howard Suamico School District | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lewiston Public Schools | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Kitchen Inc | $324,755 | 1 | n/a |
| New Roots Community Farm Inc | $298,499 | 2 | 9% |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | $256,475 | 2 | 1% |
| Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development | $72,169 | 2 | 4% |
| Marysville Joint Unified Sch | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Ysidro School District | $41,254 | 1 | n/a |
| South Madison Community School Corp | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin Special School District | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Howard Suamico School District | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lewiston Public Schools | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ellensburg School District | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Windham Central Supervisory Union | $31,066 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
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: Share Our Strength · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Chef Ann Foundation
- How much does Chef Ann Foundation give?
- Chef Ann Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $1,403,915, out of $1,523,915 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Chef Ann Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Food & Nutrition (22%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are Chef Ann Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Commonwealth Kitchen Inc ($325k), New Roots Community Farm Inc ($298k), Gulf of Maine Research Institute ($256k).
- Does Chef Ann Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chef Ann Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Share Our Strength, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Chef Ann Foundation based?
- Chef Ann Foundation is based in CO.
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