Colorado · Private foundation
Jax 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.
- $37k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,180
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $205k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Jax Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 21 | $37k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $29k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $21k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $27k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $22k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $20k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $16k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University Foundation | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Second Wind Fund Inc | $14,250 | 6 | 1% |
| San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation | $12,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Red Rocks Church | $10,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Judi's House Inc | $6,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Jeffco Prosperity Partners | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Colorado Institute of Developmental Pediatrics Inc | $4,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Make Way For Books | $4,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jax Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Children's Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Denver Broncos Foundation · Daniels Fund · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Cranaleith Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Jax Foundation
- How much does Jax Foundation give?
- Jax Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $37,355 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jax Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Health (18%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Jax Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Colorado State University Foundation ($24k), Second Wind Fund Inc ($14k), San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation ($13k).
- Does Jax Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jax 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 Jax Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Rose Community Foundation.
- Where is Jax Foundation based?
- Jax Foundation is based in CO.
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