Colorado · Private foundation
El Puente Foundation Inc
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.
- $999k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,077
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $754,967
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations El Puente Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 7 | $999k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $8k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $31k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $18k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $2k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $22k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $19k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $80k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Western Stock Show Association | $33,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Mile High United Way Inc | $15,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youthentity | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Durango Devo Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trinity Second Century Foundation | $4,225 | 1 | 2% |
| The Eating Disorder Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Youthzone Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Genesis Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Western Stock Show Association | $33,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Mile High United Way Inc | $15,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youthentity | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Durango Devo Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trinity Second Century Foundation | $4,225 | 1 | 2% |
| The Eating Disorder Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Youthzone Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Genesis Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Havern Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Third Way Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grief Center of Southwest Colorado | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crow Canyon Archaeological Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Falcon Foundation | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Metro Caring | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Reach Out and Read Colorado | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Delores Project | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Womens Regional Network | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank of Central Alabama | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($987k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget El Puente Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About El Puente Foundation Inc
- How much does El Puente Foundation Inc give?
- El Puente Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $999,324 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does El Puente Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (65%), Education (13%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are El Puente Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Colorado Foundation ($100k), The Western Stock Show Association ($34k), Mile High United Way Inc ($16k).
- Does El Puente Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does El Puente Foundation Inc 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 El Puente Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Anschutz Family Foundation.
- Where is El Puente Foundation Inc based?
- El Puente Foundation Inc is based in CO.
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