Colorado · Private foundation
The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation
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.
- $908k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $367,240
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $400,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $908k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $683k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $673k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $606k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $616k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $589k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $490k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $286k | 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 California Berkeley Foundation | $490,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Santa Monica College Foundation | $486,852 | 3 | 5% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $351,800 | 2 | 0% |
| The Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc | $325,100 | 2 | 5% |
| The University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce Foundation | $120,000 | 1 | 1% |
| EL CAMINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE District Foundation | $115,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Conservatory Lab Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Colorado Mountain College Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Colorado College | $11,100 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $490,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Santa Monica College Foundation | $486,852 | 3 | 5% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $351,800 | 2 | 0% |
| The Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc | $325,100 | 2 | 5% |
| The University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce Foundation | $120,000 | 1 | 1% |
| EL CAMINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE District Foundation | $115,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Conservatory Lab Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Colorado Mountain College Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Colorado College | $11,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Manhattan University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bravo Colorado at Beaver Creek-Vail Inc Dba Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation
- How much does The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation give?
- The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $908,040 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Arts & Culture (1%), Employment (1%).
- Who are The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of California Berkeley Foundation ($490k), The Santa Monica College Foundation ($487k), University of Colorado Foundation ($352k).
- Does The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation 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 The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation based?
- The Carol H and Kevin W Sharer Education Foundation is based in CO.
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