· Private foundation
Rollie R Kelley Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- $10k–50k3 grants · $85k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $345k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DENVER FOUNDATION | $250,000 |
| ILIFF SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY | $65,000 |
| YMCA | $65,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $65,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES | $50,000 |
| DENVER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS | $50,000 |
| DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE | $50,000 |
| SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| DAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| YOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION | $19,997 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2026, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DWDAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY10× · 2017–2026 · $1.1M · revenue +29%
- CMColorado Museum of Natural History9× · 2017–2026 · $500k · revenue +26%
DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS6× · 2021–2026 · $300k · revenue +203%
Funded once
- DCDENVER CENTER OF PERFORMING ARTSone grant, 2020 · $55k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
Goodwill's mission is to provide education, career development, and employment opportunities to help coloradans in need achieve self-sufficiency, dignity, and hope through the power of work.
The denver metro chamber of commerce is the architect of tomorrow, igniting change and driving progress to build dynamic economies and communities. we champion innovation, forge powerful partnerships, and relentlessly advocate for our…
AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…
Promote common business interests of its members, including improving the business climate and the economy of the state of colorado.
To bring conventions and leisure visitors to denver for the economic benefit of the city, the community, and our partners.
Cwee fosters personal and professional transformation for low-income families through confidence building, customized skills training, and career advancement.
See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…
Denver public schools foundation is a catalyst for change in dps.
Catalyzing community to advance and accelerate economic opportunities for colorado women and their families.
The rocky mountain world trade center association provides sustained value to its constituents by being the private sector focal point for international business in denver and throughout the rocky mountain region.
Metropolitan state university of denver foundation, inc is a non-profit corporation organized to promote the general welfare and development of the metropolitan state university of denver through strategic planning, fundraising and…
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE DENVER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Colorado Museum of Natural History ↗
- Who funds DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds METRO CARING ↗
- Who funds YOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
- Who funds SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF COLORADO ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rollie R Kelley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rollie R Kelley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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