Colorado · Private foundation
The Lilly Family 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.
- $105k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The Lilly Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 | 11 | $105k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $82k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $95k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $48k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $21k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Horizons House | $21,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Lotus Network Fka Intl | $16,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Boulder Community Health Foundation | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Local Theater Company | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Colorado Dream Hunts | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lumen Christi High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Access Fund | $7,750 | 4 | 0% |
| New Era Colorado Foundation | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Unbound | $5,250 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Horizons House | $21,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Lotus Network Fka Intl | $16,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Boulder Community Health Foundation | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Local Theater Company | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Colorado Dream Hunts | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lumen Christi High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Access Fund | $7,750 | 4 | 0% |
| New Era Colorado Foundation | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Unbound | $5,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Institute for Shipboard Education | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Growing Project | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Friends With Four Paws Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Trees Water and People | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Floats Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sacred Heart Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvest of Hope Pantry | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Dairy Center for the Arts | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Loving All Animals Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Anthony High School | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($154k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lilly Family 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 · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Wolf Family Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About The Lilly Family Foundation
- How much does The Lilly Family Foundation give?
- The Lilly Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $105,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Lilly Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Human Services (13%), Health (10%).
- Who are The Lilly Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: University of Colorado Foundation ($50k), New Horizons House ($21k), Lotus Network Fka Intl ($16k).
- Does The Lilly Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lilly Family 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 Lilly Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Community Foundation Boulder County, The Wolf Family Foundation.
- Where is The Lilly Family Foundation based?
- The Lilly Family Foundation is based in CO.
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