Colorado · Private foundation
Ness Family 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.
- $47k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Ness Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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 | $34k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $101k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $162k | 93% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Lion Education & Family Services Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Advance | $55,000 | 2 | 21% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Walking Mountains | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Art Museum | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Every Mother Counts | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pedaling Minds Inc | $10,691 | 2 | 7% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rainbow Socks Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Lion Education & Family Services Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Advance | $55,000 | 2 | 21% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Walking Mountains | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Art Museum | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Every Mother Counts | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pedaling Minds Inc | $10,691 | 2 | 7% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rainbow Socks Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Colorado Museum of Natural History | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Childrens Museum of Denver Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Protect Our Winters | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The New Local Co | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wow Children's Museum World of Wonder | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Butterfly Consortium | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($77k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ness 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.
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How this is measured
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About Ness Family Foundation
- How much does Ness Family Foundation give?
- Ness Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $46,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Ness Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (69%), Arts & Culture (15%), Environment (5%).
- Who are Ness Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Snow Lion Education & Family Services Inc ($65k), Advance ($55k), University of Colorado Foundation ($45k).
- Does Ness Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ness 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 Ness Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation.
- Where is Ness Family Foundation based?
- Ness Family Foundation is based in CO.
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