Colorado · Private foundation
The Porphyry Road 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.
- $192k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $23,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations The Porphyry Road Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 | 14 | $192k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $135k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $221k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $190k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $171k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $180k | 65% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $178k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $187k | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Peace Inc | $298,000 | 9 | 12% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $113,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $113,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $64,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $59,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Artbridge Projects Inc | $53,000 | 3 | 3% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $51,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Footsteps Inc | $47,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $42,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Investigative Newsource | $41,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($172k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Porphyry Road Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Pinion Street Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Polis Schutz Family Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Tides Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About The Porphyry Road Foundation
- How much does The Porphyry Road Foundation give?
- The Porphyry Road Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $192,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Porphyry Road Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (19%), Civil Rights (19%), Health (16%).
- Who are The Porphyry Road Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ultimate Peace Inc ($298k), NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc ($113k), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($113k).
- Does The Porphyry Road Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Porphyry Road 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 Porphyry Road Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, Pinion Street Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation.
- Where is The Porphyry Road Foundation based?
- The Porphyry Road Foundation is based in CO.
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