· Private foundation
The Duffey Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| STRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL | $20,000 |
| NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF WOODEN BOAT BUI | $5,000 |
| OLD WEST MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| ROUTT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING | $5,000 |
| colorado mountain college foundatio | $2,500 |
| UNIV OF WYOMING FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| YAMPA RIVER BOTANIC PARK | $1,000 |
| BOYS GIRLS CLUB | $1,000 |
| YAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| HOSPICENORTHWEST COLORADO HEALTH | $1,000 |
| OPERA STEAMBOAT | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +111% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NSNorthwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding5× · 2021–2025 · $175k · revenue +45%
- SMSTRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL9× · 2017–2025 · $139k · revenue +169%
- YRYAMPA RIVER BOTANIC PARK SOCIETY9× · 2017–2025 · $79k · revenue +814% · 73% of their budget
Funded once
- GHGRAYS HARBOR HISTORICAL SEAPORT AUTHORITYone grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -30%
- TVTHE VETERANS CENTERone grant, 2023 · $5k
- CHCATHREDAL HOMEone grant, 2021 · $5k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Providing entertainment and education through the production of high-quality orchestral music.
AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…
The colorado chamber of commerce mission is to enhance the business climate of the state of colorado by promoting a positive legislative and regulatory environment and providing programs and services for its members, economic education,…
Produce annual summer music series
Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau's, now doing business as Visit Colorado Springs (VCOS), primary exempt purpose is promotion of the Pikes Peak Region. VCOS is designed to stimulate the visitor industry in the Pikes Peak…
The mission of the colorado springs conservatory is to inspire, motivate, and challenge all students to aspire to their highest potential as artists and as human beings through arts immersion studies and community arts advocacy.
The mission of the boulder philharmonic orchestra is to enrich connections and communities through the power of orchestral music. the boulder philharmonic orchestra presents performances that reflect our community's values, creativity, and…
The purpose(s) of the Partnership is to improve the quality of life and economic well-being across Routt County by: (i) enabling business and job retention to increase employment and improve the public welfare, (ii) promoting and assisting…
To build a lasting connection to the pikes peak region by preserving and sharing our cultural history. this mission is accomplished through our support of the colorado springs pioneers museum, owned and operated by the city of colorado…
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
a member based state association of over 100 companies targeting meeting planners & incentive buyers. members include bureaus, hotels, resorts, destination management companies, activity companies, & other meeting services. we are…
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding ↗
- Who funds STRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds YAMPA RIVER BOTANIC PARK SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FORT COLLINS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds GRAYS HARBOR HISTORICAL SEAPORT AUTHORITY ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS ↗
- Who funds OPERA STEAMBOAT ↗
- Who funds DISCOVER CHEYENNE INC ↗
- Who funds COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE VETERANS CENTER ↗
- Who funds ROUTT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST COLORADO VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Friends of the Chief Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds SEMINARS AT STEAMBOAT ↗
- Who funds STEAMBOAT ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds AdventHealth Home Health and Hospice Inc ↗
- Who funds YAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PURSUIT TRANSFORMATION COMPANY INC ↗
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 · Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation · Steve and Kelly Bloom Family Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund · Frank Williams Foundation Inc · Steamboat Springs Education Fund · Trousil Family Foundation Fka Indiana Gump Foundation · O'Neal Family Foundation · Kettering Family Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Duffey Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Duffey Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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