Colorado · Private foundation
The Giving Stone
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $124k
- Granted FY2020
- 8
- Grants FY2020
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
80% of The Giving Stone’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Denver Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Giving Stone named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $124k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 33% of the organizations The Giving Stone funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 6 | $110k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $73k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $3k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Caring | $61,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc | $47,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Denver | $29,035 | 3 | 11% |
| Historic Santa Claus Campground Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 15% |
| The Growhaus | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mile High Workshop Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Evergreen Rotary Foundation Inc | $11,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $52 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($171k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Giving Stone supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Giving Stone
- How much does The Giving Stone give?
- The Giving Stone reported 8 grants totaling $123,500 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does The Giving Stone fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (50%), Education (17%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
- Who are The Giving Stone's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Metro Caring ($61k), Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc ($47k), Rotary Club of Denver ($29k).
- Does The Giving Stone fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Giving Stone accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Giving Stone?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Giving Stone based?
- The Giving Stone is based in CO.
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