Colorado · Private foundation
Nick DeWolf 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.
- $216k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $106,918
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Nick DeWolf 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; $3k 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 | 15 | $216k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $218k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $266k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $251k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $66k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $92k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $94k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Center for Physics | $695,938 | 7 | 26% |
| Global Warming Mitigation Project | $260,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Aspen Science Center | $65,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Wilderness Workshop | $26,000 | 4 | 1% |
| National Museum of Mathematics | $25,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Aspen Journalism | $12,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The Evergreen School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | $6,790 | 3 | 0% |
| Ecoflight | $5,003 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bush School | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Center for Physics | $695,938 | 7 | 26% |
| Global Warming Mitigation Project | $260,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Aspen Science Center | $65,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Wilderness Workshop | $26,000 | 4 | 1% |
| National Museum of Mathematics | $25,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Aspen Journalism | $12,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The Evergreen School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | $6,790 | 3 | 0% |
| Ecoflight | $5,003 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bush School | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Glen Canyon Institute | $4,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| High Country News | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Colorado Rocky Mountain School Inc | $2,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Aspen Historical Society | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Compass for Lifelong Discovery | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Nick DeWolf Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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.
Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · Aspen Business Center Foundation · Arches Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Ruth a Carver Foundation · John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Found · Alpenglow Foundation · Brady Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Seattle Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Nick DeWolf Foundation
- How much does Nick DeWolf Foundation give?
- Nick DeWolf Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $215,918 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Nick DeWolf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (63%), Environment (31%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are Nick DeWolf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Aspen Center for Physics ($696k), Global Warming Mitigation Project ($260k), Aspen Science Center ($65k).
- Does Nick DeWolf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nick DeWolf 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 Nick DeWolf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aspen Community Foundation, Aspen Business Center Foundation, Arches Foundation.
- Where is Nick DeWolf Foundation based?
- Nick DeWolf Foundation is based in CO.
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