Colorado · Private foundation
Fairfield and Woods Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $45k
- Granted FY2023
- 9
- Grants FY2023
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
61% of Fairfield and Woods Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Colorado Gives Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Fairfield and Woods Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $45k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $3,800
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 40
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $79k
- 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 Fairfield and Woods Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | $41k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $14k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Art Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Botanic Gardens Endowment | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado | $6,459 | 4 | 0% |
| Colorado Business Committee for the Arts | $5,427 | 1 | 1% |
| The Kempe Foundation | $5,102 | 2 | 0% |
| Rebuilding Together Colorado Springs Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Latin American Educational Foundation Inc | $4,284 | 3 | 1% |
| Parent Rocker Organization | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Invest in Kids | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 51 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fairfield and Woods 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 · The Colorado Health Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Boettcher Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Western Union Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Libertygives Foundation
How this is measured
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About Fairfield and Woods Foundation
- How much does Fairfield and Woods Foundation give?
- Fairfield and Woods Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $45,277 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 40 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Fairfield and Woods Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (25%), Arts & Culture (18%), Crime & Legal (11%).
- Who are Fairfield and Woods Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Denver Art Museum ($10k), Denver Botanic Gardens Endowment ($10k), Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado ($6k).
- Does Fairfield and Woods Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fairfield and Woods 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 Fairfield and Woods Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation.
- Where is Fairfield and Woods Foundation based?
- Fairfield and Woods Foundation is based in CO.
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