Colorado · Private foundation
Scharp Family 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.
- $19k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $420k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Scharp Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | $19k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $17k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $21k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $18k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $20k | 7% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church | $73,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christ | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Tri-Lakes Cares | $7,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Coronado Elementary PTA | $3,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Morris Animal Foundation | $2,850 | 8 | 0% |
| Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies | $1,800 | 8 | 0% |
| Illuminate Colorado | $1,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Victim Outreach Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Star Girlz Empowerment Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church | $73,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christ | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Tri-Lakes Cares | $7,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Coronado Elementary PTA | $3,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Morris Animal Foundation | $2,850 | 8 | 0% |
| Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies | $1,800 | 8 | 0% |
| Illuminate Colorado | $1,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Victim Outreach Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Star Girlz Empowerment Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Tessa | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| National Mill Dog Rescue | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Sme Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Scharp Family 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Scharp Family Foundation
- How much does Scharp Family Foundation give?
- Scharp Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $18,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Scharp Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (56%), Animals (18%), Education (16%).
- Who are Scharp Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church ($73k), Fellowship of Christ ($13k), Tri-Lakes Cares ($7k).
- Does Scharp Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Scharp Family 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 Scharp Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, Verizon Foundation.
- Where is Scharp Family Foundation based?
- Scharp Family Foundation is based in CO.
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