Colorado · Private foundation
Sprout Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2021
- 4
- Grants FY2021
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $400,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $786,666
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Sprout Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $1.6M | 17% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $5.4M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $7.5M | 42% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $8.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $2,900,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Headwaters Ecology and Community Centers | $1,055,000 | 2 | 74% |
| Judi's House Inc | $167,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc | $160,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Invest in Kids | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge Project | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ability Connection Colorado Inc | $33,333 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Beginnings | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Raft(Resource Area for Teaching)Colorado | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Colorado Water Trust | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $2,900,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Headwaters Ecology and Community Centers | $1,055,000 | 2 | 74% |
| Judi's House Inc | $167,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc | $160,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Invest in Kids | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge Project | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ability Connection Colorado Inc | $33,333 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Beginnings | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Raft(Resource Area for Teaching)Colorado | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Colorado Water Trust | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Denver Kids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Third Sector New England Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Historic Fraser Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Year Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($19M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sprout Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Rose Community Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sprout Foundation Inc
- How much does Sprout Foundation Inc give?
- Sprout Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $1,196,810 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Sprout Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Environment (83%), Education (15%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Sprout Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: University of Colorado Foundation ($2.9M), Headwaters Ecology and Community Centers ($1.1M), Judi's House Inc ($168k).
- Does Sprout Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sprout Foundation Inc 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 Sprout Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, Caring for Colorado Foundation.
- Where is Sprout Foundation Inc based?
- Sprout Foundation Inc is based in CO.
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