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Fire Foundation of Denver

Our mission is to champion the inclusion of students with disabilities in Catholic schools by providing educational resources, fundraising and promoting a culture of belonging. Our vision is that Catholic school students with disabilities are welcomed, supported and valued.

$567k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
15
Itemized grants FY2024
10
Organizations funded FY2023
60%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$502k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$115,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 10
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$1.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Fire Foundation of Denver funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving15$502k33%
FY202310$349k60%
FY20224$115kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$926kReligion$40k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton$210,8943n/a
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish$133,5243n/a
St John the Evangelist Catholic Parish in Loveland$87,4002n/a
Bl Miguel Pro Catholic Academyinc$79,3332n/a
St John the Baptist Catholic Parish in Longmont$69,0003n/a
Annunciation Catholic Parish in Denver$66,1622n/a
Archdiocese of Denver$60,0003n/a
Most Precious Blood Catholic Parish in Denver$51,5602n/a
St Marys Catholic Parish in Greely$49,8002n/a
St Rose of Lima Catholic Parish in Denver$44,3341n/a
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All grantees of Fire Foundation of Denver by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton$210,8943n/a
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish$133,5243n/a
St John the Evangelist Catholic Parish in Loveland$87,4002n/a
Bl Miguel Pro Catholic Academyinc$79,3332n/a
St John the Baptist Catholic Parish in Longmont$69,0003n/a
Annunciation Catholic Parish in Denver$66,1622n/a
Archdiocese of Denver$60,0003n/a
Most Precious Blood Catholic Parish in Denver$51,5602n/a
St Marys Catholic Parish in Greely$49,8002n/a
St Rose of Lima Catholic Parish in Denver$44,3341n/a
Holy Family High School Inc$43,0001n/a
St Bernadette Catholic Parish in Lakewood$30,5152n/a
Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Parish in Foxfield$20,0001n/a
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Parish in Denver$10,0001n/a
Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Parish in Broomfield$10,0001n/a

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.

Seeds of Hope of Northern Colorado IncCO37× affinity15 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seeds of Hope of Northern Colorado Inc · The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · Mile High United Way Inc · The Martin Family Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Fire Foundation of Denver

How much does Fire Foundation of Denver give?
Fire Foundation of Denver reported 15 itemized grants totaling $502,182, out of $566,682 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Fire Foundation of Denver fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (96%), Religion (4%).
Who are Fire Foundation of Denver's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: St Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton ($211k), Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish ($134k), St John the Evangelist Catholic Parish in Loveland ($87k).
Does Fire Foundation of Denver fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Fire Foundation of Denver?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seeds of Hope of Northern Colorado Inc, The Catholic Foundation No Colorado, Mile High United Way Inc.
Where is Fire Foundation of Denver based?
Fire Foundation of Denver is based in CO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 15 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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