Colorado · Private foundation
Jared Polis 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.
- $500
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Jared Polis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $500 | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $500 | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $26k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $13k | 52% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Bold | $25,000 | 1 | 21% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Impact on Education Inc | $3,185 | 2 | 0% |
| Healthy Learning Paths Inc | $2,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Hispanic Education Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Anti-Defamation League | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teens Inc | $1,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Foundation of Eagle Cnty | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brent Eley Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Conservation Colorado | $880 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Bold | $25,000 | 1 | 21% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Impact on Education Inc | $3,185 | 2 | 0% |
| Healthy Learning Paths Inc | $2,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Hispanic Education Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Anti-Defamation League | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teens Inc | $1,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Foundation of Eagle Cnty | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brent Eley Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Conservation Colorado | $880 | 2 | 0% |
| Living Journeys | $812 | 1 | 0% |
| Sustainable Resilient Longmont | $750 | 2 | n/a |
| Invest in Kids | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Think Like a Genius Foundation | $750 | 1 | 2% |
| PASSAGEWAYS INSTITUTE INC dba PASSAGEWORKS INSTITUTE | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Motus Theater | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Resource Center Inc | $325 | 2 | 0% |
| Great Education Colorado | $253 | 2 | 0% |
| Boulder Valley School District | $165 | 1 | n/a |
| Jt District 28-J | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| A Precious Child Inc | $54 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Computer Connection Inc | $43 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jared Polis 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: Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Mile High United Way Inc · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Boettcher Foundation · Daniels Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Jared Polis Foundation
- How much does Jared Polis Foundation give?
- Jared Polis Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Jared Polis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (46%), Education (23%), Health (8%).
- Who are Jared Polis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Colorado Bold ($25k), The Trustees of Princeton University ($4k), Impact on Education Inc ($3k).
- Does Jared Polis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jared Polis 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 Jared Polis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rose Community Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation.
- Where is Jared Polis Foundation based?
- Jared Polis Foundation is based in CO.
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