Colorado · Private foundation
Robert B Sturm Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2019
- 3
- Grants FY2019
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $600,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $1,137,474
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 67% of the organizations Robert B Sturm Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 3 | $1.8M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $1.2M | 60% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $70k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $1,025,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies | $119,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Ort America Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Milken Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
About Robert B Sturm Foundation
- How much does Robert B Sturm Foundation give?
- Robert B Sturm Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $1,787,474 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Robert B Sturm Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (37%), Animals (37%), Education (20%).
- Who are Robert B Sturm Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Denver Dumb Friends League ($1.0M), Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies ($120k), Ort America Inc ($30k).
- Does Robert B Sturm Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert B Sturm 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.
- Where is Robert B Sturm Foundation based?
- Robert B Sturm Foundation is based in CO.
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