· Private foundation
Thomas and Diane Barrett 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAINT JOHN EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL | $19,635 |
| DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS | $5,000 |
| COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO | $2,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF COLORADO | $2,000 |
| SAINT FRANCIS CENTER | $1,200 |
| COMMUNITY COLLEGE DENVER FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| HIGHLINE CANAL CONSERVATORY | $1,000 |
| OPERA COLORADO | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| CHI PSI EDUCATIONAL TRUST | $250 |
| DENVER ART MUSEUM | $250 |
| HISTORY COLORADO | $80 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +203%- DBDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC5× · 2021–2025 · $23k · revenue +14%
- PBPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC4× · 2021–2025 · $8k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- SJSAINT JOHNS EPISCOPAL CATHEDRALone grant, 2024 · $70k
- RMROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INCone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +9%
- PPPLANNED PARENTHOOD ROCKY MOUNTAINone grant, 2022 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.
To bring conventions and leisure visitors to denver for the economic benefit of the city, the community, and our partners.
See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…
To advance the science of jurisprudence, secure the more efficient administration of justice, encourage the adoption of proper legislation, advocate thorough and continuing legal education, uphold the honor and integrity of the bar,…
To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.
AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…
Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
The denver metro chamber of commerce is the architect of tomorrow, igniting change and driving progress to build dynamic economies and communities. we champion innovation, forge powerful partnerships, and relentlessly advocate for our…
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
Community radio for northern colorado's (crnc) mission is to strengthen our community by cultivating the mind and spirit - informing, inspiring, and entertaining. crnc strives to meet its mission by operating two public media services -…
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC ↗
- Who funds THE ST FRANCIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds OPERA COLORADO ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
- Who funds DENVER ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds METRO CARING ↗
- Who funds CE12 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Colorado Museum of Natural History ↗
- Who funds LIVLYME FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHI PSI EDUCATIONAL TRUST INC ↗
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: The Denver Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomas and Diane Barrett Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas and Diane Barrett Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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