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Douglas County Community Foundation
Douglas County Community Foundation assists locally operating nonprofit organizations with financial grants organizational and operational guidance philanthropic promotion and many other capacities
- $278k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Itemized, FY2025
- $40k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 100% of the organizations Douglas County Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $40k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $19k | 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 Lone Tree | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beyond the Badge Co | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Highlands Ranch Backcountry Conservation and Education Fund | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Secor | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Douglas County Youth Education and Safety in Schools Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Crisis Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aging Resources of Douglas County | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alta Vista Center for Autism | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourish Meals on Wheels | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Institute of Developmental Pediatrics Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Lone Tree | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beyond the Badge Co | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Highlands Ranch Backcountry Conservation and Education Fund | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Secor | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Douglas County Youth Education and Safety in Schools Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Crisis Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aging Resources of Douglas County | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alta Vista Center for Autism | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourish Meals on Wheels | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Institute of Developmental Pediatrics Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feel the Beat Corp | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $3,885 | 1 | 0% |
| Castle Rock Community Inter Church Task Force | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation Inc | $1,750 | 1 | 1% |
| NAMI Arapahoe-Douglas Counties | $1,700 | 1 | 2% |
| Parker Task Force for Human Services | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Castle Rock Senior Center Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Douglas County Senior Services Foundation | $130 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Douglas County Community 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 · Mile High United Way Inc · The Denver Foundation · Western Union Foundation · Core Electric Cooperative · Libertygives Foundation · Daniels Fund · Lillis Foundation · Portercare Adventist Health System · Av Hunter Trust Incorporated · Anschutz Family Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation
How this is measured
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About Douglas County Community Foundation
- How much does Douglas County Community Foundation give?
- Douglas County Community Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $40,000, out of $278,411 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2019.
- What does Douglas County Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (25%), Arts & Culture (23%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are Douglas County Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: City of Lone Tree ($15k), Beyond the Badge Co ($8k), Highlands Ranch Backcountry Conservation and Education Fund ($8k).
- Does Douglas County Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Douglas County Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Mile High United Way Inc, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is Douglas County Community Foundation based?
- Douglas County Community Foundation is based in CO.
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