Delaware · Private foundation
The Taking Flight 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.
- $104k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Taking Flight Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | $104k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $79k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $91k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $96k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $93k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $51k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $73k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $76k | 64% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Family Assistance Association | $186,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Birds of Prey Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Boulder Jewish Community Center | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Circle of Hope Health Care Svcs Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Alexander Dawson Foundation | $25,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Aeroangel Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Friends of the Bridger-Teton | $25,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Hillside Learning Center | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Child and Family Advocacy Program | $19,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $17,770 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 56 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Taking Flight 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: Community Foundation Boulder County · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Support Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Louis P Singer Fund Inc · Emsa Fund Inc · Mile High United Way Inc · The Wolf Family Foundation · Collins Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Taking Flight Foundation
- How much does The Taking Flight Foundation give?
- The Taking Flight Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $104,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Taking Flight Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Health (14%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Taking Flight Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Emergency Family Assistance Association ($187k), Birds of Prey Foundation ($45k), The Boulder Jewish Community Center ($35k).
- Does The Taking Flight Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Taking Flight 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 Taking Flight Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Boulder County, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is The Taking Flight Foundation based?
- The Taking Flight Foundation is based in DE.
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