Colorado · Private foundation
Denver Kiwanis 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.
- $46k
- Granted FY2023
- 17
- Grants FY2023
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Denver Kiwanis Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Colorado Gives Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Denver Kiwanis Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $46k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $11k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Denver Kiwanis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 17 | $46k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $58k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $52k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $53k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $51k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $50k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $48k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives | $63,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Griffith Centers | $38,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Second Wind Fund Inc | $23,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Friends of Paha | $21,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Sweet Dream in a Bag Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Listen Foundation Inc | $19,500 | 7 | 1% |
| There With Care | $18,128 | 6 | 0% |
| The Denver Santa Clause Shop Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Limb Preservation Foundation | $17,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children | $16,300 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives | $63,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Griffith Centers | $38,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Second Wind Fund Inc | $23,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Friends of Paha | $21,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Sweet Dream in a Bag Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Listen Foundation Inc | $19,500 | 7 | 1% |
| There With Care | $18,128 | 6 | 0% |
| The Denver Santa Clause Shop Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Limb Preservation Foundation | $17,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children | $16,300 | 7 | 0% |
| A Precious Child Inc | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Summer Scholars | $8,650 | 5 | 0% |
| A True Change | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bullying Recovery Resource Center | $2,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Higher Ground Youth Challenge | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Urban Farm | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Denver Kiwanis 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: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Children's Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · El Pomar Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Denver Kiwanis Foundation
- How much does Denver Kiwanis Foundation give?
- Denver Kiwanis Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $45,750 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Denver Kiwanis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (73%), Human Services (9%), Youth Development (6%).
- Who are Denver Kiwanis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives ($63k), Griffith Centers ($39k), Second Wind Fund Inc ($24k).
- Does Denver Kiwanis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Denver Kiwanis 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 Denver Kiwanis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Children's Foundation.
- Where is Denver Kiwanis Foundation based?
- Denver Kiwanis Foundation is based in CO.
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