Colorado · Public charity
The Donor Alliance Foundation
The Foundation was created in December 1993 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and re-established in August 2017, to operate exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. The Foundation is a supporting organization to Donor Alliance, Inc., the federally designated nonprofit tax exempt organization that facilitates organ and…
- $225k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $205k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Donor Alliance Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | 11 | $205k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $200k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $195k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $184k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $160k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $175k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $202k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $404,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | $171,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Brent Eley Foundation | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Transplant Foundation Inc | $84,500 | 7 | 4% |
| National Kidney Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Hospital Foundation | $65,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation | $63,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Limb Preservation Foundation | $52,650 | 4 | 3% |
| Heartlight Center Inc | $52,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $404,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | $171,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Brent Eley Foundation | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Transplant Foundation Inc | $84,500 | 7 | 4% |
| National Kidney Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Hospital Foundation | $65,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation | $63,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Limb Preservation Foundation | $52,650 | 4 | 3% |
| Heartlight Center Inc | $52,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Portercare Adventist Health System | $26,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Transplant Living Centers Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 12% |
| University of Denver | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| National Kidney Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wyoming Medical Center Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Liver Foundation | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Grief Center of Southwest Colorado | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St John's Health Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| There With Care | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Judi's House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Health | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hep C Connection dba Liver Health Connection | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Taylors Gift Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoenix Society Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chris Klug Foundation | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Donor Alliance 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 Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Donor Alliance Foundation
- How much does The Donor Alliance Foundation give?
- The Donor Alliance Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $205,000, out of $225,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Donor Alliance Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (61%), Education (31%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are The Donor Alliance Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Regents of the University of Colorado ($404k), Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ($172k), Brent Eley Foundation ($90k).
- Does The Donor Alliance Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Donor Alliance Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Donor Alliance Foundation based?
- The Donor Alliance Foundation is based in CO.
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