Colorado · Private foundation
Priester 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.
- $11M
- Granted FY2023
- 9
- Grants FY2023
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,371,917
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $2,195,068
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Priester Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.5M went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 9 | $11M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $175k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $172k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seeds of Hope | $1,707,086 | 4 | n/a |
| All Souls Catholic Parish in Englewood | $1,657,601 | 4 | n/a |
| Arrupe Jesuit High School | $1,441,917 | 4 | n/a |
| Central City Opera House Association | $300,383 | 4 | 4% |
| Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Haven of Hope | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bishop Machebeuf High School Inc | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Denver Art Museum | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc | $4,150 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seeds of Hope | $1,707,086 | 4 | n/a |
| All Souls Catholic Parish in Englewood | $1,657,601 | 4 | n/a |
| Arrupe Jesuit High School | $1,441,917 | 4 | n/a |
| Central City Opera House Association | $300,383 | 4 | 4% |
| Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Haven of Hope | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bishop Machebeuf High School Inc | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Denver Art Museum | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc | $4,150 | 3 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arapahoe Library Friends Foundation Inc | $2,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Sioux Falls Catholic Schools | $2,100 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.1M), not named here.
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: The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · Saeman Family Foundation a Charitable Trust · Jk Mullen Foundation · The Martin Family Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Priester Foundation
- How much does Priester Foundation give?
- Priester Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $10,975,339 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Priester Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (49%), International (15%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Priester Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Seeds of Hope ($1.7M), All Souls Catholic Parish in Englewood ($1.7M), Arrupe Jesuit High School ($1.4M).
- Does Priester Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Priester 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 Priester Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Catholic Foundation No Colorado, Saeman Family Foundation a Charitable Trust, Jk Mullen Foundation.
- Where is Priester Foundation based?
- Priester Foundation is based in CO.
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