Colorado · Private foundation
Meltzer Family 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.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $520
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,591
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $172k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Meltzer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $800 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $10k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $8k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $11k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $10k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $7k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $11k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, 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 | $9,532 | 5 | 0% |
| Washington University | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $4,375 | 6 | 0% |
| Roundup River Ranch | $3,421 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington State Jewish Historical Socie | $2,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Congregation Kol Ami | $1,080 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Kol Ami | $1,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Carleton College | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $663 | 5 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $630 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $9,532 | 5 | 0% |
| Washington University | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $4,375 | 6 | 0% |
| Roundup River Ranch | $3,421 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington State Jewish Historical Socie | $2,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Congregation Kol Ami | $1,080 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Kol Ami | $1,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Carleton College | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $663 | 5 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $630 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation Inc | $261 | 1 | 0% |
| Birds of Prey Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Concert Band Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hadassah Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Tall Tales Ranch | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Academy Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Shalom Park | $191 | 2 | 0% |
| Independence Institute | $154 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Raptor Program | $52 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Meltzer Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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How this is measured
About Meltzer Family Foundation
- How much does Meltzer Family Foundation give?
- Meltzer Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $10,529 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Meltzer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (31%), Human Services (15%), Education (12%).
- Who are Meltzer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc ($10k), Washington University ($6k), Anti-Defamation League ($4k).
- Does Meltzer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Meltzer Family 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 Meltzer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is Meltzer Family Foundation based?
- Meltzer Family Foundation is based in CO.
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