Colorado · Private foundation
Phil and Ruth Spano 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.
- $235k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation 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.
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 | 6 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $270k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $275k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $200k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $125k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $53k | 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 Historical Society | $300,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Dominican Home Health Agency Inc | $215,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Caruso Family Charities | $176,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Lutheran Medical Center Foundation | $120,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Canine Partners of the Rockies Inc | $111,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Heartlight Center Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Commonspirit Health | $51,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Partnership Cradle to Career | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Children's Resource Center | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($160k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Phil and Ruth Spano 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 · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation
- How much does Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation give?
- Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $235,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (31%), Arts & Culture (22%), Education (14%).
- Who are Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Aspen Historical Society ($300k), Dominican Home Health Agency Inc ($215k), Caruso Family Charities ($176k).
- Does Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Phil and Ruth Spano 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 Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation based?
- Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation is based in CO.
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