Colorado · Private foundation
Golden Pond Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $425k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $28M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Golden Pond Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $483k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $425k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.6M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $463k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.4M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $571k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $280k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holderness School | $1,558,530 | 2 | 3% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $1,095,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Access Opportunity | $460,365 | 6 | 11% |
| Wings for Life USA - Spinal Cord Research Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 3 | 5% |
| United States Golf Association | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Open Golf Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Colgate University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Elizabeth's School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Impact on Education Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($684k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Golden Pond 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: The Janus Henderson Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Golden Pond Foundation
- How much does Golden Pond Foundation give?
- Golden Pond Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $425,065 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Golden Pond Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (56%), Philanthropy (27%), Health (8%).
- Who are Golden Pond Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Holderness School ($1.6M), University of Colorado Foundation ($1.1M), Access Opportunity ($460k).
- Does Golden Pond Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Golden Pond 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 Golden Pond Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Janus Henderson Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation.
- Where is Golden Pond Foundation based?
- Golden Pond Foundation is based in CO.
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