Colorado · Private foundation
Joyforward
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.
- $279k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 84%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $136,184
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $315
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 84% of the organizations Joyforward funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $279k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $192k | 84% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $123k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family High School Inc | $332,849 | 3 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Big Waves Inc | $13,750 | 3 | 7% |
| Fire Foundation of Denver | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Hopekids Inc | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Carbon Valley Academy | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carbon Valley Half Marathon | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Can'd Aid | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Parish in Longmont | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High Plains Honor Flight Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family High School Inc | $332,849 | 3 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Big Waves Inc | $13,750 | 3 | 7% |
| Fire Foundation of Denver | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Hopekids Inc | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Carbon Valley Academy | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carbon Valley Half Marathon | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Can'd Aid | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Parish in Longmont | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High Plains Honor Flight Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Colorado State High School Rodeo As | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Niwot Youth Sports Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Sophia Montessori Academy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Ignite Soccer Club | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Happy Day Plants | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mead Elementary | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Tall Tales Ranch | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($177k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joyforward 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: Daniels Fund · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Joyforward
- How much does Joyforward give?
- Joyforward reported 20 grants totaling $278,534 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Joyforward fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (62%), Recreation & Sports (24%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Joyforward's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Holy Family High School Inc ($333k), Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association Inc ($18k), Big Waves Inc ($14k).
- Does Joyforward fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 84% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joyforward 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 Joyforward?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Daniels Fund, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Catholic Foundation No Colorado.
- Where is Joyforward based?
- Joyforward is based in CO.
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