Colorado · Private foundation
Mountain Spirit 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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $124k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Mountain Spirit Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 7 | $14k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $7k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $12k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $11k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Powerhouse | $28,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Durango Adult Education Center | $15,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Auburn University Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Fort Lewis College Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Merely Players | $4,250 | 1 | 1% |
| La Plata Open Space Conservancy | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Durango Food Bank | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Durango Education Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shanta Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mountain Spirit 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: Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado · Colorado Gives Foundation · Ballantine Family Fund · Larry and Elizabeth Crawford Family Foundation · Thoren Family Charitable Trust · The Moniker Foundation · Westmeath Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Mountain Spirit Foundation
- How much does Mountain Spirit Foundation give?
- Mountain Spirit Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $14,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Mountain Spirit Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Education (26%), Employment (17%).
- Who are Mountain Spirit Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Powerhouse ($28k), Durango Adult Education Center ($15k), Auburn University Foundation ($10k).
- Does Mountain Spirit Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mountain Spirit 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 Mountain Spirit Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado, Colorado Gives Foundation, Ballantine Family Fund.
- Where is Mountain Spirit Foundation based?
- Mountain Spirit Foundation is based in CO.
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