· Private foundation
Foundation 180
Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
52% of Foundation 180’s FY2017 grant dollars went to The Denver Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2017 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k12 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
- $250k+2 grants · $910k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| The Denver Foundation | $500,000 |
| One Good Turn | $410,000 |
| Contemplative Outreach | $15,000 |
| Community Foundation of HollandZeeland Area | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Mile High Ministries Inc | $5,000 |
| Work Options for Women | $5,000 |
| Women's Bean Project | $5,000 |
| Langham Partnership | $5,000 |
| Eckhart Tolle Foundation | $5,000 |
| Community First Foundation | $5,000 |
| Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation | $5,000 |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | $5,000 |
| Denver Family Institute | $5,000 |
| Karama Inc | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $420k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Advance workers rights & social justice through building sustained relationships and taking direct action to create concrete change in the lives of working families
To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.
The barton institute supports leaders and their communities who are working to develop and foster places for opportunity, connection, and belonging in metro denver.
Community organization dedicated to advancing a deep understanding of global affairs and cultures.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
Goodwill's mission is to provide education, career development, and employment opportunities to help coloradans in need achieve self-sufficiency, dignity, and hope through the power of work.
Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.
To provide timely, credible and accessible analyses of fiscal and economic issues facing colorado to inform public policy debates and promote economic prosperity
The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.
Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 15 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE DENVER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds One Good Turn ↗
- Who funds KARAMA INC ↗
- Who funds ECKHART TOLLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT ↗
- Who funds WORK OPTIONS FOR WOMEN DBA WORK OPTIONS ↗
- Who funds DENVER FAMILY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds MILE HIGH MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC ↗
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: Foundation 180 · Colorado Gives Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Foundation 180 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation 180. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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