Colorado · Private foundation
Desiderata Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $22k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $300
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 30
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $304k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Desiderata Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 32 | $22k | 34% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $23k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $29k | 37% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $18k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Angel Heart | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| English Language Institute in China | $6,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Brent Eley Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Step Denver | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $3,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Volunteers of America Inc | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $2,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Maui United Way | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $2,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Project Our Town | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Desiderata Charitable 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 · The Denver Foundation · Libertygives Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Desiderata Charitable Foundation
- How much does Desiderata Charitable Foundation give?
- Desiderata Charitable Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $22,350 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Desiderata Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (23%), Food & Nutrition (12%), Public Safety & Disaster (10%).
- Who are Desiderata Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Project Angel Heart ($7k), English Language Institute in China ($6k), Brent Eley Foundation ($5k).
- Does Desiderata Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Desiderata Charitable 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 Desiderata Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Libertygives Foundation.
- Where is Desiderata Charitable Foundation based?
- Desiderata Charitable Foundation is based in CO.
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