Colorado · Private foundation
The Halverson Foundation
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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $924k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Halverson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 37 | $83k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $95k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $56k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $48k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $52k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $62k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $41k | 16% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $42k | 26% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yampa River Botanic Park Society | $50,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Kent Denver Country Day School | $46,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Africa School Assistance Project | $45,000 | 8 | 3% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $40,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Alaya Preschool | $30,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association | $21,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $18,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Lift Up of Routt County | $17,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Wilderness Society | $17,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Community Food Share Inc | $14,500 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 52 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($122k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Halverson 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Anschutz Family Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Records Johnston Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation
How this is measured
About The Halverson Foundation
- How much does The Halverson Foundation give?
- The Halverson Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $87,015 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Halverson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), International (13%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are The Halverson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Yampa River Botanic Park Society ($50k), Kent Denver Country Day School ($46k), Africa School Assistance Project ($45k).
- Does The Halverson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Halverson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Halverson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Gates Family Foundation.
- Where is The Halverson Foundation based?
- The Halverson Foundation is based in CO.
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