Colorado · Private foundation
The Dean 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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2021
- 14
- Grants FY2021
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Dean Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Weld Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Dean Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $95k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $79,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 7% of the organizations The Dean Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $550 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 14 | $95k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $29k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $31k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $27k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $27k | 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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Weld County Inc | $12,950 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Northern Colorado Foundation | $12,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Greeley Stampede Foundation | $6,000 | 6 | 11% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $3,300 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Wyoming Foundation | $1,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Women to Women Inc | $1,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Weld Food Bank | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Poudre Learning Center Foundation I | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Radio for Northern Colorado | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($176k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dean 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Tointon Family Foundation · Weld Community Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Weld Trust · Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · The Independent Charitable Gift Fund · The Denver Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Dean Foundation
- How much does The Dean Foundation give?
- The Dean Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $94,645 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Dean Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (57%), Religion (28%), Education (5%).
- Who are The Dean Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: United Way of Weld County Inc ($13k), University of Northern Colorado Foundation ($13k), Greeley Stampede Foundation ($6k).
- Does The Dean Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dean 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 Dean Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Tointon Family Foundation, Weld Community Foundation.
- Where is The Dean Foundation based?
- The Dean Foundation is based in CO.
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