Colorado · Private foundation
The Ladd 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.
- $265k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Ladd 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.
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 | 4 | $265k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $540k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $260k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $310k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $243k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $208k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $229k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $242k | 19% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Academy | $910,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Denver Botanic Gardens Inc | $350,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Wedontwaste Inc | $265,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Anne's Episcopal School Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mile High Ministries | $140,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Hutchison School | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cottonwood Institute | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Metro Caring | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($258k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ladd 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 · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About The Ladd Foundation
- How much does The Ladd Foundation give?
- The Ladd Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $265,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ladd Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (53%), Environment (15%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are The Ladd Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Colorado Academy ($910k), Denver Botanic Gardens Inc ($350k), Wedontwaste Inc ($265k).
- Does The Ladd Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ladd 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 Ladd Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Ladd Foundation based?
- The Ladd Foundation is based in CO.
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