Colorado · Private foundation
Monfort Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $228,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $700,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Monfort Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 5 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $1.6M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.6M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $1.7M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.6M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.6M | 17% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $1.7M | 17% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Weld County Inc | $4,220,000 | 8 | 15% |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $3,101,000 | 8 | 1% |
| University of Northern Colorado Foundation | $1,400,000 | 2 | 7% |
| The Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc | $170,000 | 5 | 11% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $106,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Colorado | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Colorado Mission of Mercy | $30,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Weld Food Bank | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Weld County Inc | $4,220,000 | 8 | 15% |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $3,101,000 | 8 | 1% |
| University of Northern Colorado Foundation | $1,400,000 | 2 | 7% |
| The Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc | $170,000 | 5 | 11% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $106,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Colorado | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Colorado Mission of Mercy | $30,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Weld Food Bank | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project 1 27 | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Greeley Transitional House Dba Greeley Family House | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra Association Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| A Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Woman's Place Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Senior Resource Services | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Adventure West Council Boy Scouts of America | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boulder Ballet | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northern Colorado Friends of Ferals | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Monfort Family 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Weld Community Foundation · The Weld Trust · Anschutz Family Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Tointon Family Foundation · Wenaas Family Foundation · Weld Legacy Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · The Denver Foundation · Sorelle Family Foundation · Knoph Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Monfort Family Foundation
- How much does Monfort Family Foundation give?
- Monfort Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $1,548,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Monfort Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (65%), Philanthropy (31%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Monfort Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Weld County Inc ($4.2M), Colorado State University Foundation ($3.1M), University of Northern Colorado Foundation ($1.4M).
- Does Monfort Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Monfort Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Monfort Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Weld Community Foundation, The Weld Trust.
- Where is Monfort Family Foundation based?
- Monfort Family Foundation is based in CO.
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