Colorado · Private foundation
Pinon Trail 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.
- $121k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,970
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Pinon Trail Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 13 | $116k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $120k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $76k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $86k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $20k | 90% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $31,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Denver | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cobalt Foundation | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Academy | $21,355 | 5 | 0% |
| The Ryyan Chacra Foundation | $15,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Warren Village Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado News Collaborative | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Efshar Project | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Melanoma Research Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $31,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Denver | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cobalt Foundation | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Academy | $21,355 | 5 | 0% |
| The Ryyan Chacra Foundation | $15,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Warren Village Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado News Collaborative | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Efshar Project | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Melanoma Research Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Every Child Reading | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Rose Andom Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alternative Newsweekly Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equest | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Great Education Colorado | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Judaism Your Way | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reach Out and Read Colorado | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Colorado | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Commons | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Grow Local Colorado | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Tennis Park | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Delores Project | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Wild Bear Nature Center | $150 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($300k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pinon Trail 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 · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Robert E & Anne T Sneed Aka Family Foundation · Boettcher Foundation · The Connie Burwell White and William W White Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Shana Glassman Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc
How this is measured
About Pinon Trail Foundation
- How much does Pinon Trail Foundation give?
- Pinon Trail Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $120,620 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Pinon Trail Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (31%), Religion (15%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Pinon Trail Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc ($31k), University of Denver ($25k), Cobalt Foundation ($22k).
- Does Pinon Trail Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pinon Trail 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 Pinon Trail Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation.
- Where is Pinon Trail Foundation based?
- Pinon Trail Foundation is based in CO.
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