· Private foundation
Libertygives Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k87 grants · $154k
- $10k–50k29 grants · $635k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INVEST IN KIDS | $43,478 |
| TEACH FOR AMERICA INC | $34,524 |
| CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC | $34,015 |
| DENVER RESCUE MISSION | $33,859 |
| ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH | $32,975 |
| NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH | $32,975 |
| HOPECYCLE | $32,975 |
| THE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION | $32,975 |
| URBAN PEAK DENVER | $32,975 |
| THREE BIRDS ALLIANCE | $28,995 |
| LANTERN | $28,325 |
| FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO | $25,625 |
| DENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | $23,275 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO | $22,975 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO | $22,975 |
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.
186 repeat relationships: 91 still active in FY2025, 95 since wound down; 22 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CTCLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC9× · 2017–2025 · $392k · revenue +142%
- DRDENVER RESCUE MISSION9× · 2017–2025 · $299k · revenue +57%
- IIINVEST IN KIDS9× · 2017–2025 · $297k · revenue +76%
Funded once
- PPPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS INCone grant, 2019 · $22k
- SGSUSAN G KOMEN FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $15k
- CHCHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION COLORADOone grant, 2017 · $15k
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.
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
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.
Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.
Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…
AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
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…
The colorado children's campaign relentlessly champions the needs of children. we leverage data, research, and relationships to unapologetically advocate for kids, fighting for a brighter, more equitable future for every child in colorado.…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
How this is measured
272 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 272 of the 393 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC ↗
- Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
- Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds INVEST IN KIDS ↗
- Who funds HOPECYCLE ↗
- Who funds MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds BRIGHT BEGINNINGS ↗
- Who funds ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH ↗
- Who funds THE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER ↗
- Who funds THREE BIRDS ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY & FAMILY RESOURCES INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC ↗
- Who funds DENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds COLORADO ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER ↗
- Who funds MILE HIGH MONTESSORI EARLY LEARNING CENT ↗
- Who funds URBAN PEAK DENVER ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO ↗
- Who funds SOCCER WITHOUT BORDERS ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds US SPEEDSKATING ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds OLIVET COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
- Who funds The Denver Institute ↗
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 · Rose Community Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Western Union Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Denver Children's Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Libertygives Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Libertygives Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Williams College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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