Colorado · Public charity
The Helen G Bonfils Foundation
The helen g. Bonfils foundation, organized and operated for the exclusive benefit and support of the denver center for the performing arts (dcpa), is an organization described in section 509(a)(3) of the internal revenue code. The dcpa was incorporated in 1953 for the purpose of creating and promoting an interest in and an appreciation…
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $40M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Helen G Bonfils Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $500k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Center for the Performing Arts | $5,500,000 | 8 | 2% |
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About The Helen G Bonfils Foundation
- How much does The Helen G Bonfils Foundation give?
- The Helen G Bonfils Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,000,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Helen G Bonfils Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (100%).
- Who are The Helen G Bonfils Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Denver Center for the Performing Arts ($5.5M).
- Does The Helen G Bonfils Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is The Helen G Bonfils Foundation based?
- The Helen G Bonfils Foundation is based in CO.
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