Colorado · Private foundation
The Laff Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $51k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $163k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Laff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $51k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $35k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $27k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $19k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $13k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $17k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $42k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opera Colorado | $21,650 | 4 | 0% |
| Denver Youth Program | $20,600 | 5 | 1% |
| Temple Sinai | $18,528 | 5 | n/a |
| Nathan Yip Foundation | $12,787 | 2 | 2% |
| Denver Bar Foundation | $9,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Project Pave Inc | $8,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado | $8,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Jvs Socal | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Colorado Bar Foundation | $4,068 | 3 | 0% |
| Central City Opera House Association | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opera Colorado | $21,650 | 4 | 0% |
| Denver Youth Program | $20,600 | 5 | 1% |
| Temple Sinai | $18,528 | 5 | n/a |
| Nathan Yip Foundation | $12,787 | 2 | 2% |
| Denver Bar Foundation | $9,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Project Pave Inc | $8,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado | $8,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Jvs Socal | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Colorado Bar Foundation | $4,068 | 3 | 0% |
| Central City Opera House Association | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Colorado Judicial Institute | $3,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Susan G Komen Colorado | $2,100 | 3 | n/a |
| 365 Health Inc | $2,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $1,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Cancer League of Colorado Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimers Greater Los Angeles | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Metro Caring | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($95k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Laff 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: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Jess & Rose Kortz & Pearle Rae Levey Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Colorado Health Foundation · Bardsley Foundation · Boettcher Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Laff Foundation
- How much does The Laff Foundation give?
- The Laff Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $51,315 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Laff Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Philanthropy (21%), Crime & Legal (15%).
- Who are The Laff Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Opera Colorado ($22k), Denver Youth Program ($21k), Temple Sinai ($19k).
- Does The Laff Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Laff 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 Laff Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Jess & Rose Kortz & Pearle Rae Levey Foundation.
- Where is The Laff Foundation based?
- The Laff Foundation is based in CO.
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