Colorado · Private foundation
The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative
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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $355,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $41M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 31 | $1.5M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $1.7M | 41% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $1.8M | 37% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $1.9M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $2.0M | 32% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $1.3M | 56% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $344k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, 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 | $3,102,476 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $1,445,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greenhouse Scholars | $436,150 | 7 | 3% |
| Civico | $305,000 | 3 | 43% |
| The Dairy Center for the Arts | $241,667 | 5 | 5% |
| Colorado Thrives | $220,893 | 4 | 32% |
| Access Opportunity | $215,000 | 7 | 4% |
| National Center for Women and Information Technology | $183,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Boulder Community Health Foundation | $170,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Boulder Cancer Fighters | $160,000 | 7 | 10% |
Show all 52 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 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: Community Foundation Boulder County · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Thiry-O'Leary Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · The Anschutz Foundation · Daniels Fund · Impactassetsinc · Starting Line Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative
- How much does The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative give?
- The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative reported 32 grants totaling $1,482,191 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Community Improvement (10%), Health (4%).
- Who are The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Colorado Foundation ($3.1M), University of Chicago ($1.4M), Greenhouse Scholars ($436k).
- Does The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative 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 Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Boulder County, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative based?
- The Caruso Foundation dba Caruso Entrepreneurship Initiative is based in CO.
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