Colorado · Public charity
Denver Zoological Foundation
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
- $365k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $101k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $19,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $33M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Denver Zoological Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k 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 | 5 | $101k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $82k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $48k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $45k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $22k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $64k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Mexico Highlands University | $61,505 | 4 | n/a |
| International Elephant Foundation | $55,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Rewild | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Conservation Science Partners Inc | $30,194 | 2 | 1% |
| Rocky Mountain Wild | $28,269 | 3 | 4% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $24,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $19,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Idea Wild Inc | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Moore Hydrology LLC | $12,028 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Mexico Highlands University | $61,505 | 4 | n/a |
| International Elephant Foundation | $55,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Rewild | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Conservation Science Partners Inc | $30,194 | 2 | 1% |
| Rocky Mountain Wild | $28,269 | 3 | 4% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $24,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $19,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Idea Wild Inc | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Moore Hydrology LLC | $12,028 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $9,947 | 1 | n/a |
| Hermits Peak Watershed Alliance | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Denver Zoological 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: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Denver Zoological Foundation
- How much does Denver Zoological Foundation give?
- Denver Zoological Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $101,400, out of $364,958 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Denver Zoological Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (36%), Environment (30%), Education (24%).
- Who are Denver Zoological Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Colorado State University ($80k), New Mexico Highlands University ($62k), International Elephant Foundation ($55k).
- Does Denver Zoological Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Denver Zoological Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Denver Zoological Foundation based?
- Denver Zoological Foundation is based in CO.
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