Colorado · Private foundation
Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $78k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | $68k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $56k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $44k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $45,500 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $30,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Handcampcolorado | $11,250 | 2 | 72% |
| Denver Jewish Day School | $10,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Efshar Project | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stanley British Primary School | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Platteforum | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Shalom Park | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Association for Death Education | $3,600 | 1 | 2% |
| Art Students League of Denver | $3,300 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $45,500 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $30,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Handcampcolorado | $11,250 | 2 | 72% |
| Denver Jewish Day School | $10,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Efshar Project | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stanley British Primary School | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Platteforum | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Shalom Park | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Association for Death Education | $3,600 | 1 | 2% |
| Art Students League of Denver | $3,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Art Museum | $2,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Karis Community | $2,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Realness Project | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue Inc | $2,450 | 2 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Upcountry Strong Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Portland Mountain Rescue | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgend Community Center of Colorado | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Symphony Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($124k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Melvin & Elaine Wolf Foundation · Caring for Denver Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good
How this is measured
Compare Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation with peer funders
About Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation
- How much does Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation give?
- Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $77,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (23%), Human Services (23%), Education (16%).
- Who are Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc ($46k), University of Colorado Foundation ($30k), Handcampcolorado ($11k).
- Does Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Rose Community Foundation.
- Where is Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation based?
- Martin & Gloria Trotsky Foundation is based in CO.
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