Colorado · Private foundation
Living Closer Foundation
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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,360
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $458,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $93k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Living Closer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $390k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $998k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $841k | 82% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $270k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $5k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $1,379,766 | 4 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Poverty Project Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Environmental Media Associationinc | $150,000 | 3 | 4% |
| University Physicians Incorporated | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Climate Generation | $105,000 | 1 | 8% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $29,870 | 3 | 0% |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fire on the Mountain Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| American Public Health Association | $9,270 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $1,379,766 | 4 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Poverty Project Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Environmental Media Associationinc | $150,000 | 3 | 4% |
| University Physicians Incorporated | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Climate Generation | $105,000 | 1 | 8% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $29,870 | 3 | 0% |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fire on the Mountain Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| American Public Health Association | $9,270 | 3 | 0% |
| Nourish Colorado | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Earth Day Network Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Legacy Charter School | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($945k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Living Closer 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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Living Closer Foundation
- How much does Living Closer Foundation give?
- Living Closer Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $1,097,709 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Living Closer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (42%), Health (12%), Environment (9%).
- Who are Living Closer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Colorado Foundation ($1.4M), Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc ($200k), Global Poverty Project Inc ($150k).
- Does Living Closer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Living Closer 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 Living Closer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Living Closer Foundation based?
- Living Closer Foundation is based in CO.
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