Colorado · Private foundation
Spira Giving Colorado
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $110k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Spira Giving Colorado funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $110k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $158k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $105k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Appreciation Society | $250,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Bicycle Colorado | $55,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Denver Young Artists Orchestra Association | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Creative Music Works Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 11% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
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About Spira Giving Colorado
- How much does Spira Giving Colorado give?
- Spira Giving Colorado reported 3 grants totaling $109,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Spira Giving Colorado fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (74%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Spira Giving Colorado's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Music Appreciation Society ($250k), Bicycle Colorado ($55k), Denver Young Artists Orchestra Association ($25k).
- Does Spira Giving Colorado fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Spira Giving Colorado 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 Spira Giving Colorado based?
- Spira Giving Colorado is based in CO.
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