· Private foundation
Sturm 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $211k
- $50k–250k14 grants · $1.3M
- $250k+5 grants · $2.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH (NJH) | $1,000,000 |
| NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH (NJH) | $600,000 |
| DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE (DMNS) | $596,399 |
| DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE (DMNS) | $298,419 |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION (UNIVCOFOUND) | $250,000 |
| JUDAISM YOUR WAY (JYW-OPERMM) | $165,000 |
| DSST PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (DSST) | $150,000 |
| ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION (ACCF) | $135,930 |
| STRIVE PREPARATORY SCHOOLS (STRIVE) | $100,000 |
| SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION (SAINT) | $100,000 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF DENVER (CHILDREN) | $100,000 |
| JUDAISM YOUR WAY (JYW-ENDOWMEN) | $89,930 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DENVER (UNIDEN) | $80,000 |
| ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION (ACCF) | $74,930 |
| JUDAISM YOUR WAY (JYW-ENDOWMEN) | $59,094 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those 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.
26 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $312k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMColorado Museum of Natural History3× · 2022–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +12%
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH4× · 2020–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +13%- CCCOLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION3× · 2021–2023 · $710k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF DENVERone grant, 2021 · $1.1M · revenue +12%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue +37%
- DBDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INCone grant, 2021 · $650k · revenue +14%
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.
See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
Denver public schools foundation is a catalyst for change in dps.
AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…
To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.
To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.
The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Metropolitan state university of denver foundation, inc is a non-profit corporation organized to promote the general welfare and development of the metropolitan state university of denver through strategic planning, fundraising and…
Dsst public schools transforms urban public education by eliminating educational inequity and preparing all students for success in college and the 21st century.
To advance the science of jurisprudence, secure the more efficient administration of justice, encourage the adoption of proper legislation, advocate thorough and continuing legal education, uphold the honor and integrity of the bar,…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
How this is measured
26 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. 26 of the 71 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.
- Who funds Colorado Museum of Natural History ↗
- Who funds ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds DSST PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DENVER ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF DENVER INC ↗
- Who funds Aurora Public Schools Foundation ↗
- Who funds JUDAISM YOUR WAY ↗
- Who funds Strive Preparatory Schools ↗
- Who funds KIPP Colorado Schools ↗
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: Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · University of Denver · Daniels Fund · The Colorado Health Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Nathan B & Florence R Burt Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado · Gary Philanthropy
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sturm Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sturm Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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