Colorado · Private foundation
Ray Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $442k
- Granted FY2023
- 14
- Grants FY2023
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $33,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- 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 Ray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 14 | $442k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $4.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $220k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $440k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $459k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $360k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $183k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University Foundation | $3,334,079 | 3 | 2% |
| Animal Friends Alliance | $950,857 | 5 | 17% |
| Larimer County Partners Dba Partners Mentoring Youth | $345,000 | 7 | 7% |
| The Greeley Dream Team Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Project Self-Sufficiency of Northern Colorado | $172,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Homeward Alliance Inc | $167,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of Weld County Inc | $160,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center | $160,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $157,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Weld Food Bank | $147,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University Foundation | $3,334,079 | 3 | 2% |
| Animal Friends Alliance | $950,857 | 5 | 17% |
| Larimer County Partners Dba Partners Mentoring Youth | $345,000 | 7 | 7% |
| The Greeley Dream Team Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Project Self-Sufficiency of Northern Colorado | $172,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Homeward Alliance Inc | $167,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of Weld County Inc | $160,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center | $160,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $157,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Weld Food Bank | $147,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Childsafe Colorado Inc | $92,880 | 6 | 6% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocate Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County | $85,920 | 5 | 1% |
| Colorado Youth Outdoors Charitable Trust | $82,800 | 5 | 2% |
| The Matthews House | $77,832 | 2 | 2% |
| Finally Home Foundation | $60,000 | 5 | 5% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Care and Share Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ray 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: Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · El Pomar Foundation · Northern Colorado United for Youth · Realities for Children Charities · Don & May Wilkins Charitable Trust · United Way of Larimer County · Anschutz Family Foundation · Weld Community Foundation · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · Nebraska Community Foundation
How this is measured
About Ray Foundation
- How much does Ray Foundation give?
- Ray Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $442,357 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ray Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (56%), Animals (15%), Youth Development (11%).
- Who are Ray Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Colorado State University Foundation ($3.3M), Animal Friends Alliance ($951k), Larimer County Partners Dba Partners Mentoring Youth ($345k).
- Does Ray Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ray 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 Ray Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION, Colorado Gives Foundation, Community Foundation of Northern Colorado.
- Where is Ray Foundation based?
- Ray Foundation is based in CO.
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