Colorado · Public charity
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation
The DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION enriches our community by building support and raising money to expand the library's programs and services.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,108,403
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,108,403
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Denver Public Library Friends Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $815k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $3.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $641k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 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 Denver Colorado | $18,025,149 | 9 | n/a |
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About Denver Public Library Friends Foundation
- How much does Denver Public Library Friends Foundation give?
- Denver Public Library Friends Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,108,403 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Denver Public Library Friends Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Denver Public Library Friends Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Denver Colorado ($18M).
- Does Denver Public Library Friends Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Denver Public Library Friends Foundation based?
- Denver Public Library Friends Foundation is based in CO.
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