Colorado · Public charity
Outward Bound Inc
Our mission is to change lives through challenge and discovery. We teach to and work by the following values: compassion, integrity, excellence, inclusion and diversity. Our programs are based on the principles of learning through experience, challenge and adventure.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $253,088
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $503,389
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Outward Bound Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $2.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $2.7M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voyageur Outward Bound School | $2,941,134 | 8 | 10% |
| Colorado Outward Bound School (Cobs) | $1,754,329 | 8 | n/a |
| North Carolina Outward Bound School | $1,662,544 | 8 | 5% |
| Outward Bound California (Obca) | $1,365,362 | 8 | n/a |
| Northwest Outward Bound School | $1,276,202 | 8 | 8% |
| Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School Inc | $1,223,536 | 8 | 5% |
| Hurricane Island Outward Bound School | $1,184,128 | 8 | 5% |
| Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc | $1,074,716 | 8 | 2% |
| New York City Outward Bound Center Inc Dba NYC Outward Bound Schools | $1,073,203 | 8 | 4% |
| Philadelphia Outward Bound Center | $1,063,735 | 8 | 8% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voyageur Outward Bound School | $2,941,134 | 8 | 10% |
| Colorado Outward Bound School (Cobs) | $1,754,329 | 8 | n/a |
| North Carolina Outward Bound School | $1,662,544 | 8 | 5% |
| Outward Bound California (Obca) | $1,365,362 | 8 | n/a |
| Northwest Outward Bound School | $1,276,202 | 8 | 8% |
| Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School Inc | $1,223,536 | 8 | 5% |
| Hurricane Island Outward Bound School | $1,184,128 | 8 | 5% |
| Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc | $1,074,716 | 8 | 2% |
| New York City Outward Bound Center Inc Dba NYC Outward Bound Schools | $1,073,203 | 8 | 4% |
| Philadelphia Outward Bound Center | $1,063,735 | 8 | 8% |
| Northstar Foundation | $177,986 | 4 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Outward Bound Inc 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: Klingenstein Foundation · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Outward Bound Inc
- How much does Outward Bound Inc give?
- Outward Bound Inc reported 10 grants totaling $2,361,110 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Outward Bound Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (77%), Environment (15%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are Outward Bound Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Voyageur Outward Bound School ($2.9M), Colorado Outward Bound School (Cobs) ($1.8M), North Carolina Outward Bound School ($1.7M).
- Does Outward Bound Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Outward Bound Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Klingenstein Foundation, The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation, Community Foundation of New Jersey.
- Where is Outward Bound Inc based?
- Outward Bound Inc is based in CO.
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