Colorado · Public charity
The Outdoor Foundation
The foundation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes related to outdoor recreation activites and education, including the preservation of the natural environment, addressing issues of the outdoor industry and promoting participation.
- $514k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Outdoor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k 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 | 10 | $464k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $532k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $699k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.2M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $551k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $516k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $740k | 79% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $879k | 82% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Park Foundation | $724,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Riversport Foundation | $514,000 | 7 | 3% |
| City of Grand Rapids | $486,000 | 6 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $353,500 | 5 | 0% |
| River City Foundation | $351,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Thorne Ecological Institute | $331,114 | 3 | 4% |
| Seattle Parks Foundation | $302,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Chesapeake Bay Trust | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $265,590 | 3 | 0% |
| Maine Audubon Society | $254,499 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 116 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Outdoor 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: National Park Foundation · National Recreation Foundation Incorporated · Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Rei Cooperative Action Fund · The Nature Conservancy · National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc · Clif Family Foundation · National Park Trust Inc · Justice Outside · National Forest Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation
How this is measured
About The Outdoor Foundation
- How much does The Outdoor Foundation give?
- The Outdoor Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $514,029 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Outdoor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (52%), Recreation & Sports (22%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are The Outdoor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Park Foundation ($724k), Riversport Foundation ($514k), City of Grand Rapids ($486k).
- Does The Outdoor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Outdoor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Park Foundation, National Recreation Foundation Incorporated, Patagoniaorg.
- Where is The Outdoor Foundation based?
- The Outdoor Foundation is based in CO.
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