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The Moniker 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
88
Grants FY2025
75
Organizations funded FY2024
100%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$286,018
Organizations funded a year
1 to 75
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$19M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Moniker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving84$1.2M65%
FY202475$1.1M100%
FY20231$823k0%
FY20221$786k0%
FY20211$694k0%
FY20201$580kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$654kPhilanthropy$653kFood & Nutrition$192kYouth Development$174kHuman Services$163kHealth$144kArts & Culture$121kEnvironment$90kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Vail Religious Foundation$2,883,645445%
The Fort Lewis College Foundation$310,75021%
Peak Education$127,00023%
Mindfulness and Positivity Project$51,000121%
Flying Pig Farm$47,000212%
Yampatika$40,00023%
Colorado Mountain College Foundation Inc$37,00020%
Smart Bellies$32,00022%
The Cycle Effect$30,00021%
Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen$21,00020%
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All grantees of The Moniker Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Vail Religious Foundation$2,883,645445%
The Fort Lewis College Foundation$310,75021%
Peak Education$127,00023%
Mindfulness and Positivity Project$51,000121%
Flying Pig Farm$47,000212%
Yampatika$40,00023%
Colorado Mountain College Foundation Inc$37,00020%
Smart Bellies$32,00022%
The Cycle Effect$30,00021%
Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen$21,00020%
Durango 9-R$20,0001n/a
Sos Outreach$20,00020%
Companeros Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center$20,00021%
Building Hope Summit County$20,00020%
Atlas Preparatory School Inc$20,00020%
Cafe Food Rescue$17,00012%
La Plata Family Centers Coalition$16,00012%
Young Tracks Inc$15,00011%
Kids on Bikes Inc$15,0001n/a
Durango Education Foundation$15,0001n/a
Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide Inc$15,0001n/a
Careers in Construction Colorado$14,00020%
Warhorse Ranch$12,50028%
Zoomers Inc$11,0001n/a
Montezuma Land Conservancy$11,00021%
Stillwater Music$10,75020%
Pine River Shares$10,00012%
Mountain Studies Institue$10,00011%
i AM Music Inc$10,00012%
Sexual Assault Services Organization$10,0001n/a
Colorado New Play Festival$10,0001n/a
The Catamount Institute$10,0001n/a
Animas High School$10,00010%
Montessori Intergenerational Learning Communities$10,0001n/a
Yampa Valley Sustainability Council$10,00011%
Colorado Springs Child Nursery Centers Inc$10,00010%
Steamboat Reading Inc$10,0001n/a
Teach for America Inc$10,00010%
Better Tomorrow$10,0001n/a
Manitou Art Theatre$10,00013%
Integrated Community$10,00011%
Lake Dillon Foundation for the Performing Arts Dba Theatre Silco$10,00010%
Friends of the Paradise Theater$10,00022%
Pikes Peak United Way$10,00010%
Kingdom Builders Family Life Center$10,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado Inc$10,00012%
The Community Treehouse$10,0001n/a
Marias Literary Foundation$10,0001n/a
La Plata Youth Services$10,00011%
Youth Documentary Academy$10,00013%
Parents Challenge$10,00010%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$10,00010%
Durango Arts Center Inc$10,0001n/a
Mancos Valley Dragonfly School$10,00013%
Dream Centers of Colorado Springs$10,00010%
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Colorado Springs$10,00012%
Alternatives to Violence Inc$9,10020%
Lift Up of Routt County$9,00020%
Paonia Players$6,0001n/a
Womens Resource Center in Durango$5,75012%
Boys & Girls Club of Northwest Colo$5,50020%
Yampa Valley Autism Program$5,5001n/a
Upadowna$5,00016%
Diakonia$5,00011%
Special Kids-Special Families Inc$5,00010%
Girls on the Run of the Rockies$5,00010%
Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center$4,00020%
Durango Demon Booster Club Inc$4,00023%
Routt County Riders$2,50020%
Friends of the Yampa Inc$2,50020%
The Farm Collaborative$2,0001n/a
There With Care$2,00010%
Durango Adult Education Center$2,00010%
Durango Food Bank$2,0001n/a
Outreach United Resource Center Inc$2,00010%
Struggle of Love Foundation$2,0001n/a
Delta Food Pantry Inc$2,0001n/a
Seed Peace$2,0001n/a
Summit Public Radio and Tv Inc$2,00011%
Guided Hope$2,00012%
Focus Points Family Resource Center$2,00010%
Startup Colorado$2,00010%
Food Bank of the Rockies$2,00010%
Steamboat Springs Chamber Foundation$2,0001n/a
San Juan Mountains Association$2,00010%
Fellowship of the Rockies$2,0001n/a
Minds Matter Colorado Inc$2,00010%
Childsafe Colorado Inc$2,0001n/a
Delta Homeless Ministries Inc the Abraham Connection$2,0001n/a
Growing Gardens of Boulder County$2,00010%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$2,00010%
Partners in Housing Inc$1,08010%
Southwest Colorado Education Collaborati$1,00010%
High Country Conservation Center$1,0001n/a
United Way of the Yampa Valley$1,00010%
Fundamental Needs Inc$1,00010%
Steamboat Dance Theatre$1,00011%
Kidpower of Colorado Inc$1,00010%
Youth Closet and Toy Chest$1,0001n/a
Steamboat Springs Discovery Learning Center$1,00010%
Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Society$80010%
Four Corners Office for Resource Eff$75010%
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region$5041n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($902k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Moniker Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 74 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVail Religious Foundation: $2,883,645 over 4y, 45% of budgetThe Fort Lewis College Foundation: $310,750 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPeak Education: $127,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetMindfulness and Positivity Project: $51,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetFlying Pig Farm: $47,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetYampatika: $40,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetColorado Mountain College Foundation Inc: $37,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSmart Bellies: $32,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Cycle Effect: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetManna - the Durango Soup Kitchen: $21,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSos Outreach: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCompaneros Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBuilding Hope Summit County: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAtlas Preparatory School Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCafe Food Rescue: $17,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLa Plata Family Centers Coalition: $16,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetYoung Tracks Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCareers in Construction Colorado: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWarhorse Ranch: $12,500 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetMontezuma Land Conservancy: $11,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetStillwater Music: $10,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPine River Shares: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMountain Studies Institue: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgeti AM Music Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAnimas High School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYampa Valley Sustainability Council: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetColorado Springs Child Nursery Centers Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetManitou Art Theatre: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetIntegrated Community: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLake Dillon Foundation for the Performing Arts Dba Theatre Silco: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Paradise Theater: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPikes Peak United Way: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLa Plata Youth Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYouth Documentary Academy: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetParents Challenge: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMancos Valley Dragonfly School: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetDream Centers of Colorado Springs: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInterfaith Hospitality Network of Colorado Springs: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAlternatives to Violence Inc: $9,100 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLift Up of Routt County: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Resource Center in Durango: $5,750 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Northwest Colo: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUpadowna: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetDiakonia: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSpecial Kids-Special Families Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 74.

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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.

El Pomar FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Anschutz Family Found…Gates Family Foundati…The Colorado Health F…Pikes Peak Community …Community Foundation …The Joseph Henry Edmo…Rocky Mountain Health…Daniels FundCraig-Scheckman Famil…Ballantine Family Fund
El Pomar FoundationCO87× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El Pomar Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado · The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Daniels Fund · Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation · Ballantine Family Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Moniker Foundation

How much does The Moniker Foundation give?
The Moniker Foundation reported 88 grants totaling $1,245,116 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 75 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Moniker Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (12%), Philanthropy (12%), Food & Nutrition (4%).
Who are The Moniker Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Vail Religious Foundation ($2.9M), The Fort Lewis College Foundation ($311k), Peak Education ($127k).
Does The Moniker Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Moniker 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 Moniker Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include El Pomar Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Anschutz Family Foundation.
Where is The Moniker Foundation based?
The Moniker Foundation is based in CO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 135 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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