· Private foundation
Leatherwood 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $29k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $173k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 20 MOVES DONOR ADVISED FUND | $86,567 |
| LEATHERWOOD FOUNDATION DONOR ADVISED FUND | $86,566 |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT | $5,000 |
| NORTHWEST FLORIDA BALLET INC | $5,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $3,000 |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | $3,000 |
| ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC | $2,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC | $2,000 |
| WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION | $1,000 |
| DISCALCED INC | $1,000 |
| MARY MCDOWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL FUND | $1,000 |
| LI FRAUMENI SYNDROME ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC | $1,000 |
| COLORADO OPEN LANDS | $500 |
| MESA VERDE FOUNDATION | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
56 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 37 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $173k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc4× · 2020–2023 · $43k · revenue +95%- RMROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC6× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +32%
- MVMESA VERDE FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $28k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADOone grant, 2023 · $11k
- CCCORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SULLIone grant, 2023 · $10k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +76%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.
The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…
Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.
Mountain area land trust's mission is to save natural areas, wildlife habitat, streams and rivers, working ranches and historic lands, for the benefit of the community and as a legacy for future generations.
The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
How this is measured
54 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 54 of the 88 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds THE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
- Who funds MESA VERDE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ROCKING THE BOAT INC ↗
- Who funds HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds Li Fraumeni Syndrome Association Inc ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
- Who funds THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds COLORADO OPEN LANDS ↗
- Who funds THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER INC ↗
- Who funds DENVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER DENVER INC ↗
- Who funds WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC ↗
- Who funds CASTING FOR RECOVERY ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST FLORIDA BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds AUSBON SARGENT LAND PRESERVATION TRUST ↗
- Who funds COMEBACK YOGA ↗
- Who funds CURRAN EVENTS INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
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 · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · The Anschutz Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · Anschutz Family Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Leatherwood Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leatherwood Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
- Sea Turtle Conservancy: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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