Colorado · Private foundation
Karl Friedman Family Foundation
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.
- $233k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Karl Friedman Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Rose Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $127,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Karl Friedman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 2 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $33k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $83k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Americans Vote | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Vision Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bicycle Colorado | $20,100 | 2 | 1% |
| New Era Colorado Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| High Line Canal Conservancy | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The YESS Institute | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Donnell-Kay Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Conservation Colorado | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rise Colorado | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Americans Vote | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Vision Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bicycle Colorado | $20,100 | 2 | 1% |
| New Era Colorado Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| High Line Canal Conservancy | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The YESS Institute | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Donnell-Kay Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Conservation Colorado | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rise Colorado | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Leaders Council | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Learning for Kids | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Humane Society | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Nonprofit Association | $125 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Sharing | $75 | 1 | n/a |
| Living Waters Tabernacle | $75 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Karl Friedman Family Foundation 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: The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Karl Friedman Family Foundation
- How much does Karl Friedman Family Foundation give?
- Karl Friedman Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $232,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Karl Friedman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (91%), Public Benefit (2%), Education (2%).
- Who are Karl Friedman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: All Americans Vote ($25k), Southern Vision Alliance ($25k), Bicycle Colorado ($20k).
- Does Karl Friedman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Karl Friedman Family 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 Karl Friedman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Colorado Health Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation.
- Where is Karl Friedman Family Foundation based?
- Karl Friedman Family Foundation is based in CO.
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