Colorado · Private foundation
Joy 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.
- $674k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $257,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Joy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 17 | $574k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $452k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $502k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $544k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $521k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $529k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $235k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $445k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Rescue Committee INC | $567,200 | 3 | 0% |
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $535,000 | 4 | 1% |
| American Academy in Berlin | $460,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $360,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Better Angels Society Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New America Foundation | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $50,100 | 4 | 0% |
| School Year Abroad Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $27,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $26,500 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joy 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: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Joy Foundation
- How much does Joy Foundation give?
- Joy Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $674,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Joy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (34%), Health (15%), Social Science (8%).
- Who are Joy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: International Rescue Committee INC ($567k), The Chicago Council on Global Affairs ($535k), American Academy in Berlin ($460k).
- Does Joy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joy 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 Joy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Baird Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Joy Foundation based?
- Joy Foundation is based in CO.
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