Colorado · Private foundation
Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $888k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 52
- Grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $377,808
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 67
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 20
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 48 | $866k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $948k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 45 | $823k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $864k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 55 | $774k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 67 | $674k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | $305,850 | 6 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $133,167 | 5 | n/a |
| Colorado Christian University | $117,375 | 6 | 0% |
| Utah Valley University | $84,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Utah Tech University | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Denver | $30,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Aurora University | $29,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $28,250 | 5 | 0% |
| St Mary's Hospital Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $22,300 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | $305,850 | 6 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $133,167 | 5 | n/a |
| Colorado Christian University | $117,375 | 6 | 0% |
| Utah Valley University | $84,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Utah Tech University | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Denver | $30,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Aurora University | $29,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $28,250 | 5 | 0% |
| St Mary's Hospital Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $22,300 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Regis University | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $19,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Maranatha Baptist University Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Seattle University | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | $18,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Weber State University | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Baylor University | $14,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Wgu Corporation | $14,500 | 1 | 0% |
| California Baptist University | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Brigham Young University | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Roseman University of Health Sciences | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lewis University | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Eckerd College | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $8,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Technical College of the Rockies | $8,678 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rush University Medical Center | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bellevue University | $7,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Samford University | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ozark Christian College | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Appalachian Bible College Inc | $5,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Salt Lake Community College | $5,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Chapman University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Martin's University | $4,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Idaho State University | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern New Hampshire University | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Fordham University | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Westminster University | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Midland University | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | $3,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwestern University | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ringling College of Art and Design Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Concordia University Irvine | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Canisius University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sam Houston State University | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harding University Inc | $2,250 | 1 | n/a |
| The Colorado College | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Saccomanno Higher Education 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: Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The San Diego Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
Compare Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation with peer funders
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About Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation
- How much does Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation give?
- Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $887,611 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 67 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Health (1%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of Utah ($306k), Utah State University ($133k), Colorado Christian University ($117k).
- Does Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation.
- Where is Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation based?
- Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation is based in CO.
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