Colorado · Private foundation
The Catalyst 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.
- $700k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2024
- $700,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $700,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations The Catalyst Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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 | 1 | $700k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $175k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $103k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $180k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $285k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbraham and Monson Academy | $875,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Isidore Newman School | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youthforce Nola | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Greater New Orleans Development Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 7% |
| New Orleans Startup Fund Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Urban League of Louisiana | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana Childrens Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kickin Parkinsons Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Catalyst 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.
Open a dossier: Baptist Community Ministries · Woldenberg Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Catalyst Foundation
- How much does The Catalyst Foundation give?
- The Catalyst Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $700,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Catalyst Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (63%), Education (26%), Community Improvement (6%).
- Who are The Catalyst Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wilbraham and Monson Academy ($875k), Isidore Newman School ($150k), Youthforce Nola ($150k).
- Does The Catalyst Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Catalyst 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 Catalyst Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baptist Community Ministries, Woldenberg Foundation, Goldring Family Foundation.
- Where is The Catalyst Foundation based?
- The Catalyst Foundation is based in CO.
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