Colorado · Public charity
Leadership Funding Foundation
To operate solely for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, and to carry out the purposes of Denver Leadership Foundation.
- $150k
- Granted FY2020
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
52% of Leadership Funding Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to The New Horizons Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 14 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Leadership Funding Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $132k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2020
- $132k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 17% of the organizations Leadership Funding Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 6 | $120k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $391k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $543k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $235k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Leadership Foundation | $283,100 | 6 | 26% |
| Summit Ministries Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mile High Ministries | $231,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Hope Haven Charitable Trust | $200,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Crosspurpose | $170,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability | $165,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Whiz Kids Tutoring Inc | $131,229 | 2 | 10% |
| Doane University | $101,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Global Trust Partners | $90,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Colorado Christian University | $82,250 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Leadership Funding Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 New Horizons Foundation Inc · Tyl Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The Denver Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · G & G Outreach Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · The Eugene C and Florence Armstrong Family Foundation Inc · Lewan Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Leadership Funding Foundation
- How much does Leadership Funding Foundation give?
- Leadership Funding Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $132,100, out of $149,600 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Leadership Funding Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Religion (31%), Philanthropy (30%), Education (11%).
- Who are Leadership Funding Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Denver Leadership Foundation ($283k), Summit Ministries Inc ($250k), Mile High Ministries ($231k).
- Does Leadership Funding Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Leadership Funding Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New Horizons Foundation Inc, Tyl Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Leadership Funding Foundation based?
- Leadership Funding Foundation is based in CO.
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