Colorado · Public charity
Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc
The Foundations primary exempt purpose is to reclaim the Colorado Riverfront corridor between Palisade, Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado.
- $75k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 | 3 | $75k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $73k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $61k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $31k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $90k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $160k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Fruita | $160,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Riversedge West | $98,515 | 5 | 4% |
| City of Grand Junction - Bond | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Confluence Center of Colorado Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grand JunctionMesa County Riverfront Commission | $20,043 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Discover Ability | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Save-A-Life Jacket Program | $7,761 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Junction Economic Partnership | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc
- How much does Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc give?
- Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $75,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (52%), Environment (33%), Public Benefit (10%).
- Who are Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: City of Fruita ($160k), Riversedge West ($99k), City of Grand Junction - Bond ($90k).
- Does Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc based?
- Colorado Riverfront Foundation Inc is based in CO.
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