Colorado · Public charity
Colorado Energy Foundation
The Colorado Energy Foundation was incorporated in 2019 as a 501(c)(3) supporting organization of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association and seeks to amplify existing philanthropic efforts of the oil and gas industry in Colorado and develop new community partnerships through strategic investment.
- $125k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $115k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $217k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Colorado Energy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | $115k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $98k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $174k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $150k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Outreach Colorado | $127,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Weecycle | $56,700 | 3 | 1% |
| Growing Home Inc | $40,500 | 3 | 0% |
| A Precious Child Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado | $37,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Weld Food Bank | $31,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers & Scientists | $19,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Youth Outdoors Charitable Trust | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Emily Griffith Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Colorado Uplift Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Outreach Colorado | $127,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Weecycle | $56,700 | 3 | 1% |
| Growing Home Inc | $40,500 | 3 | 0% |
| A Precious Child Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado | $37,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Weld Food Bank | $31,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers & Scientists | $19,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Youth Outdoors Charitable Trust | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Emily Griffith Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Colorado Uplift Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Year One Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($148k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Colorado Energy 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · El Pomar Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · Mile High United Way Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Colorado Energy Foundation
- How much does Colorado Energy Foundation give?
- Colorado Energy Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $115,000, out of $125,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Colorado Energy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (24%), Human Services (18%), Environment (16%).
- Who are Colorado Energy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Energy Outreach Colorado ($128k), Weecycle ($57k), Growing Home Inc ($41k).
- Does Colorado Energy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colorado Energy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, Schlessman Foundation Inc.
- Where is Colorado Energy Foundation based?
- Colorado Energy Foundation is based in CO.
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