Colorado · Public charity
The Access Fund
The mission of THE ACCESS FUND is to lead and inspire the climbing community toward sustainable access and conservation of the climbing environment.
- $77k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $20k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Access Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $21k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $19k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $55k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Estes Park | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Climbers Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salt Lake Climbers Alliance Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| South Central Pennsylvania Climbers | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Climbing Association of Southern Arizona Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gunks Climbers Coalition | $7,000 | 1 | 16% |
| New River Alliance of Climbers Inc | $6,166 | 1 | 9% |
| Eastern Kentucky University | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Estes Park | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Climbers Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salt Lake Climbers Alliance Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| South Central Pennsylvania Climbers | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Climbing Association of Southern Arizona Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gunks Climbers Coalition | $7,000 | 1 | 16% |
| New River Alliance of Climbers Inc | $6,166 | 1 | 9% |
| Eastern Kentucky University | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Climbers Coalition | $5,166 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About The Access Fund
- How much does The Access Fund give?
- The Access Fund reported 2 itemized grants totaling $20,000, out of $76,882 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Access Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (60%), Environment (15%).
- Who are The Access Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Town of Estes Park ($50k), The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation ($12k), Wisconsin Climbers Association ($10k).
- Does The Access Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Access Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Access Fund based?
- The Access Fund is based in CO.
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