· Private foundation
The Giving Stone
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k1 grant · $4k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| METROCARING | $25,000 |
| ASPEN ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| THE GROWHAUS | $20,000 |
| MLE HIGH WORKSHOP | $15,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER | $15,000 |
| IMPACT CHARITABLE | $10,000 |
| EVERGREEN ROTARY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THE DENVER FOUNDATION | $3,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of its 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.
5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2020, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MCMETRO CARING4× · 2018–2022 · $61k · revenue +105%
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER INC4× · 2018–2022 · $47k · revenue +56%
- RCROTARY CLUB OF DENVER3× · 2022–2024 · $29k · revenue +9%
Funded once
- MBMONTVIEW BLVD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $10k
- SVSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERSone grant, 2019 · $6k
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.
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
Community organization dedicated to advancing a deep understanding of global affairs and cultures.
The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.
Goodwill's mission is to provide education, career development, and employment opportunities to help coloradans in need achieve self-sufficiency, dignity, and hope through the power of work.
Support the work of the denver health and hospital authority in its mission to sustain and advance the health and well-being of denver, colorado and the rocky mountain region.
Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.
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…
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
Advance workers rights & social justice through building sustained relationships and taking direct action to create concrete change in the lives of working families
Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.
The denver metro chamber of commerce is the architect of tomorrow, igniting change and driving progress to build dynamic economies and communities. we champion innovation, forge powerful partnerships, and relentlessly advocate for our…
We are committed to improving the strength and stability of our business community. We help our members maximize the value of their membership to increase success.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 15 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 THE DENVER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds METRO CARING ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER INC ↗
- Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF DENVER ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC SANTA CLAUS CAMPGROUND INC ↗
- Who funds THE GROWHAUS ↗
- Who funds Mile High Workshop Inc ↗
- Who funds Evergreen Rotary Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds IMPACT CHARITABLE ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION 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: The Denver Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Giving Stone funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Giving Stone. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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