Delaware · Private foundation
Johnson Foundation of the Rockies
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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 109
- Grants FY2024
- 91
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $95,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 95
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $41M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Johnson Foundation of the Rockies funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $178k 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 | 97 | $1.8M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 91 | $1.8M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 95 | $2.0M | 32% |
| FY2021 | 83 | $1.9M | 18% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $73k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 83 | $1.9M | 28% |
| FY2018 | 74 | $1.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $400,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $309,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Forest Foundation | $275,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado | $265,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Trustees of Phillips Academy | $254,850 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc | $245,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Razom Inc | $236,500 | 3 | 0% |
| CASA of the Pikes Peak Region | $225,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Special Kids-Special Families Inc | $210,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Work Options for Women Dba Work Options | $200,000 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 137 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Johnson Foundation of the Rockies 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 · El Pomar Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Daniels Fund · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · Adolph Coors Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc
How this is measured
About Johnson Foundation of the Rockies
- How much does Johnson Foundation of the Rockies give?
- Johnson Foundation of the Rockies reported 109 grants totaling $1,925,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 95 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Johnson Foundation of the Rockies fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (19%), Youth Development (15%), Education (13%).
- Who are Johnson Foundation of the Rockies's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Food Bank of the Rockies ($400k), Colorado State University Foundation ($309k), National Forest Foundation ($275k).
- Does Johnson Foundation of the Rockies fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Johnson Foundation of the Rockies 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 Johnson Foundation of the Rockies?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, El Pomar Foundation, Anschutz Family Foundation.
- Where is Johnson Foundation of the Rockies based?
- Johnson Foundation of the Rockies is based in DE.
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