Colorado · Private foundation
T & R Birdsong Fund
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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $271k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations T & R Birdsong Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $20k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $8k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $7k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $700 | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $13k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $233k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, 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 | $332,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Colorado Golf Foundation | $8,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Reach Out and Read Colorado | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sobriety House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Curious Theatre Company | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wapiyapi | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Developmental Disabilities Resource Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of the South Platte Valley Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $332,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Colorado Golf Foundation | $8,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Reach Out and Read Colorado | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sobriety House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Curious Theatre Company | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wapiyapi | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Developmental Disabilities Resource Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of the South Platte Valley Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Maxfund Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Symphony Association | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget T & R Birdsong Fund 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 · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About T & R Birdsong Fund
- How much does T & R Birdsong Fund give?
- T & R Birdsong Fund reported 4 grants totaling $10,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does T & R Birdsong Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (84%), Philanthropy (5%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are T & R Birdsong Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Colorado Foundation ($333k), Colorado Golf Foundation ($9k), Reach Out and Read Colorado ($8k).
- Does T & R Birdsong Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does T & R Birdsong Fund 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 T & R Birdsong Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is T & R Birdsong Fund based?
- T & R Birdsong Fund is based in CO.
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