Colorado · Public charity
The Recovery Foundation
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to operate exclusively for the benefit of, to perform certain functions of, and to carry out the charitable purposes of the denver foundation and other charitable organizations
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $248,700
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations The Recovery Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $468k 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 | 5 | $1.1M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $718k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $1.1M | 83% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $850k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $400k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $69k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $850k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe House Inc | $849,996 | 1 | 4% |
| Step Denver | $500,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Community Housing Development Association Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 23% |
| 5280 High School | $369,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Valley Hope Association | $325,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sobriety House Inc | $290,801 | 2 | 5% |
| Savio House | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Peak Denver | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Denver Indian Health and Family Ser | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| La Clinica Tepeyac | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe House Inc | $849,996 | 1 | 4% |
| Step Denver | $500,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Community Housing Development Association Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 23% |
| 5280 High School | $369,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Valley Hope Association | $325,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sobriety House Inc | $290,801 | 2 | 5% |
| Savio House | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Peak Denver | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Denver Indian Health and Family Ser | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| La Clinica Tepeyac | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Recoveryworks | $250,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Jeffco Action Center Inc the Action Center | $225,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hornbuckle Foundation | $225,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Friends of the Haven | $200,000 | 2 | 79% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $176,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Dont Look Back Center Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Mile High United Way Inc | $36,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Face It Together Inc | $33,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Mental Health America of Colorado | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Recovery Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Caring for Denver Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Anschutz Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Recovery Foundation
- How much does The Recovery Foundation give?
- The Recovery Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $1,127,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Recovery Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (45%), Housing & Shelter (25%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are The Recovery Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arapahoe House Inc ($850k), Step Denver ($500k), Community Housing Development Association Inc ($500k).
- Does The Recovery Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Recovery Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Caring for Denver Foundation, Caring for Colorado Foundation.
- Where is The Recovery Foundation based?
- The Recovery Foundation is based in CO.
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