Colorado · Private foundation
The Joy Fund
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.
- $140k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 93%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $23,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 93% of the organizations The Joy Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k 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 | 12 | $140k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $92k | 93% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $28k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $53k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceres Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ecdysis Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | $23,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Protect Democracy Project | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boulder Food Rescue | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Partnership With Native Americans | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Maine Needs Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Urban Gardens | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceres Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ecdysis Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | $23,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Protect Democracy Project | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boulder Food Rescue | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Partnership With Native Americans | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Maine Needs Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Urban Gardens | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Moab Valley Multicultural Center | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Land Institute | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Savory Instituteorg Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Slow Money Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Friendship Bridge | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Colorado Education Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sister Carmen Community Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trust for Land Restoration Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Venture Out Project Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| As You Sow | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Joy Fund 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: Community Foundation Boulder County · Patagoniaorg · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Joy Fund
- How much does The Joy Fund give?
- The Joy Fund reported 12 grants totaling $140,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Joy Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (24%), Environment (23%), Public Benefit (16%).
- Who are The Joy Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Ceres Inc ($30k), Ecdysis Foundation ($25k), Democracy Forward Foundation ($23k).
- Does The Joy Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joy Fund 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 Joy Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Boulder County, Patagoniaorg, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is The Joy Fund based?
- The Joy Fund is based in CO.
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