Colorado · Private foundation
The Chill 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.
- $102k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Chill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 12 | $102k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $101k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $96k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $96k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $186k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $87k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $87k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center | $90,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Project Angel Heart | $90,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Colorado Symphony Association | $81,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Denver Botanic Gardens Inc | $81,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Denver Art Museum | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $49,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Warren Village Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center | $90,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Project Angel Heart | $90,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Colorado Symphony Association | $81,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Denver Botanic Gardens Inc | $81,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Denver Art Museum | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $49,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Warren Village Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($192k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Chill 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: The Anschutz Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Chill Foundation
- How much does The Chill Foundation give?
- The Chill Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $102,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Chill Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Arts & Culture (24%), Community Improvement (11%).
- Who are The Chill Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center ($90k), Project Angel Heart ($90k), Colorado Symphony Association ($82k).
- Does The Chill Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Chill 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 Chill Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anschutz Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation.
- Where is The Chill Foundation based?
- The Chill Foundation is based in CO.
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