Delaware · Private foundation
RK 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.
- $126k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,011
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,011
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 42
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations RK Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 | 18 | $123k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $275k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $218k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $169k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $194k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $108,369 | 4 | 0% |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc | $80,055 | 5 | 0% |
| Amp the Cause | $62,055 | 4 | 2% |
| Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation | $50,305 | 5 | 1% |
| The Green & Gold Foundation | $37,555 | 5 | 5% |
| Year One Inc | $37,555 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance for Choice in Education | $35,033 | 3 | 0% |
| HOYA Foundation | $32,544 | 5 | 2% |
| Food For Thought Denver | $30,044 | 4 | 0% |
| Colorado Succeeds | $30,033 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 72 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
RK Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Rose Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Daniels Fund · The Anschutz Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Denver Broncos Foundation · Kenneth Kendal King Foundation · Boettcher Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation
How this is measured
About RK Foundation
- How much does RK Foundation give?
- RK Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $125,542 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 42 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does RK Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (42%), Community Improvement (9%), Employment (9%).
- Who are RK Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Colorado Foundation ($108k), Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc ($80k), Amp the Cause ($62k).
- Does RK Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does RK 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 RK Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Rose Community Foundation.
- Where is RK Foundation based?
- RK Foundation is based in DE.
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