Colorado · Private foundation
Ernst and Wilma Martens 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.
- $63k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 22 | $63k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $88k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $88k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $87k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $89k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $77k | 4% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $83k | 10% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $89k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilderness Workshop | $60,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Hospice of the Valley Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Shining Stars Foundation | $32,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Challenge Aspen | $32,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Aspen Journalism | $30,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Roaring Fork Conservancy | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Independence Pass Foundation | $21,000 | 8 | 1% |
| English in Action | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Mount Sopris Nordic Council Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Carbondale Community Nonprofit Center | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilderness Workshop | $60,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Hospice of the Valley Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Shining Stars Foundation | $32,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Challenge Aspen | $32,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Aspen Journalism | $30,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Roaring Fork Conservancy | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Independence Pass Foundation | $21,000 | 8 | 1% |
| English in Action | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Mount Sopris Nordic Council Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Carbondale Community Nonprofit Center | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Seniors Independent Inc | $15,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Aspen Valley Skisnowboard Club Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Pathfinders | $12,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Buddy Program Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Aspen Film | $12,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Basalt Education Foundation | $11,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Art Base | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Windwalkers Equine Assisted Learning And | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Carbondale Clay Center | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Response - Help for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pregnancy Resource Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($258k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ernst and Wilma Martens 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.
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How this is measured
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About Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation
- How much does Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation give?
- Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $62,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (19%), Environment (16%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wilderness Workshop ($60k), Hospice of the Valley Inc ($40k), Shining Stars Foundation ($32k).
- Does Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ernst and Wilma Martens 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 Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Aspen Community Foundation, Brady Foundation.
- Where is Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation based?
- Ernst and Wilma Martens Foundation is based in CO.
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