Colorado · Private foundation
Gahan 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.
- $8k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,551
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Gahan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 7 | $8k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $22k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $18k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $15k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $16k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Presbyterian Church | $51,157 | 5 | n/a |
| Vail Religious Foundation | $4,999 | 2 | 0% |
| Mountain Family Center | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sanctuary House | $2,068 | 5 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $631 | 3 | 0% |
| Grant Halliburton Foundation Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Onelife Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| John Brown University | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand County Pet Pals Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Orchard Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Presbyterian Church | $51,157 | 5 | n/a |
| Vail Religious Foundation | $4,999 | 2 | 0% |
| Mountain Family Center | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sanctuary House | $2,068 | 5 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $631 | 3 | 0% |
| Grant Halliburton Foundation Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Onelife Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| John Brown University | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand County Pet Pals Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Orchard Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Sahuarita Food Bank | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
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 · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Gahan Foundation
- How much does Gahan Foundation give?
- Gahan Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $8,366 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Gahan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (66%), Human Services (11%), Philanthropy (7%).
- Who are Gahan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Parker Presbyterian Church ($51k), Vail Religious Foundation ($5k), Mountain Family Center ($5k).
- Does Gahan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gahan 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 Gahan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Gahan Foundation based?
- Gahan Foundation is based in CO.
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