Colorado · Public charity
The Denver Rotary Club Foundation
The mission of the denver rotary club is to participate actively in the diverse life of its community through the grants it makes each year. The foundation's grants emphasize its belief in the promise and value of youth and education, affirming our commitment to the humanitarian goals of rotary.
- $218k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $164k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $63,694
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Denver Rotary Club Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 6 | $164k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $54k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $103k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $85k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $56k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $67k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $70k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $62k | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Kids Inc | $430,774 | 9 | 2% |
| Rotary Club of Denver | $73,243 | 2 | 26% |
| Etm-Colorado Inc | $31,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Full Passagecollege Coach Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Colorado Art Education Association | $26,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Resources Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Make A Chess Move | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Harambee Inc | $17,776 | 2 | 15% |
| Colorado Art Awards Inc | $16,600 | 1 | 42% |
| Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Kids Inc | $430,774 | 9 | 2% |
| Rotary Club of Denver | $73,243 | 2 | 26% |
| Etm-Colorado Inc | $31,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Full Passagecollege Coach Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Colorado Art Education Association | $26,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Resources Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Make A Chess Move | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Harambee Inc | $17,776 | 2 | 15% |
| Colorado Art Awards Inc | $16,600 | 1 | 42% |
| Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | $11,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Highlands Ranch Rotary Club | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Denver Art Museum Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Castle Pines Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Earthlinks Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Aspen Rotary Club Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Denver Rotary Club Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Denver Rotary Club Foundation
- How much does The Denver Rotary Club Foundation give?
- The Denver Rotary Club Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $163,796, out of $218,431 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Denver Rotary Club Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (58%), Community Improvement (9%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are The Denver Rotary Club Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Denver Kids Inc ($431k), Rotary Club of Denver ($73k), Etm-Colorado Inc ($31k).
- Does The Denver Rotary Club Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Denver Rotary Club Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Denver Rotary Club Foundation based?
- The Denver Rotary Club Foundation is based in CO.
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