Colorado · Private foundation
John and Vivian Sabel Family
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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $89k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations John and Vivian Sabel Family funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 11 | $30k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $24k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $10k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $21k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $18k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $20k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $32k | 75% |
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 Museum of Natural History | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Denver | $26,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Englewood Rotary Foundation Inc | $16,940 | 6 | 10% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $9,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Warren Village Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Art Museum | $3,645 | 7 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $3,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc | $3,100 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Museum of Natural History | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Denver | $26,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Englewood Rotary Foundation Inc | $16,940 | 6 | 10% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $9,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Warren Village Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Art Museum | $3,645 | 7 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $3,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc | $3,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Denver World Affairs Council Dba Worldde | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Denver Ballet Guild | $2,800 | 1 | 1% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Englewood Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $510 | 4 | 0% |
| Colorado Open Golf Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Virginia Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Common Hope | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John and Vivian Sabel Family 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About John and Vivian Sabel Family
- How much does John and Vivian Sabel Family give?
- John and Vivian Sabel Family reported 11 grants totaling $30,265 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John and Vivian Sabel Family fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (34%), Arts & Culture (20%), Education (13%).
- Who are John and Vivian Sabel Family's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Colorado Museum of Natural History ($30k), University of Denver ($26k), Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation ($23k).
- Does John and Vivian Sabel Family fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John and Vivian Sabel Family 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 John and Vivian Sabel Family?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is John and Vivian Sabel Family based?
- John and Vivian Sabel Family is based in CO.
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