· Private foundation
Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation
Its FY2025 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k36 grants · $181k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $267k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $62k
- $250k+1 grant · $378k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY | $377,808 |
| UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | $62,183 |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER | $35,750 |
| COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES | $34,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF UTAH | $31,000 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | $23,500 |
| COLORADO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY | $23,000 |
| INTELLITEC COLLEGE | $15,500 |
| WESTERN GOVERNERS UNIVERSITY | $14,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER | $14,500 |
| SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY | $14,000 |
| UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY | $13,500 |
| AURORA UNIVERSITY | $13,000 |
| ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY | $12,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO | $12,000 |
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
78 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 43 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCColorado Christian University6× · 2020–2025 · $117k · revenue +36%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF DENVER6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +22%
AURORA UNIVERSITY3× · 2022–2025 · $29k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- SMST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +58%
- ROREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADOone grant, 2023 · $9k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER ANSHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUSone grant, 2024 · $6k
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.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.
Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…
Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…
How this is measured
46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 132 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.
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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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 2% of income from government
- Berklee College of Music Inc: 0% of income from government
- Eckerd College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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