Colorado · Private foundation
Fan 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.
- $128k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Fan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $128k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $148k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $127k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $112k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $102k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $102k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $102k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $108k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide Horizon Inc | $147,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Fort Collins Symphony Association | $145,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Longyear Foundation | $134,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Off the Hook Arts | $90,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $85,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Opera Fort Collins Inc | $78,000 | 9 | 10% |
| Respite Care Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels | $20,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Noco Humane | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Midway University Inc Fka Midway College | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide Horizon Inc | $147,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Fort Collins Symphony Association | $145,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Longyear Foundation | $134,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Off the Hook Arts | $90,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $85,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Opera Fort Collins Inc | $78,000 | 9 | 10% |
| Respite Care Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels | $20,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Noco Humane | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Midway University Inc Fka Midway College | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Principle Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Aquatic Club Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Graceworks Ministries Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Loveland Opera Theatre | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Peace Haven Association Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rock Ride on Center for Kids Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($214k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fan 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: Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · The Griffin Foundation Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Isabel Foundation · United Way of Larimer County · Tenacre Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About Fan Foundation
- How much does Fan Foundation give?
- Fan Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $127,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Health (15%), Education (10%).
- Who are Fan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wide Horizon Inc ($147k), Fort Collins Symphony Association ($145k), Longyear Foundation ($135k).
- Does Fan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fan 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 Fan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern Colorado, The Griffin Foundation Inc, Colorado Gives Foundation.
- Where is Fan Foundation based?
- Fan Foundation is based in CO.
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