How much does Timely Rain give?

Timely Rain reported 15 grants totaling $252,943 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.

What does Timely Rain fund?

By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Arts & Culture (32%), Health (4%).

Who are Timely Rain's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Casa Werma Foundation ($229k), The Sakyong Foundation ($97k), Sakyong Potrang ($83k).

Does Timely Rain fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Timely Rain 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 Timely Rain?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chintamani Foundation, Pema Chodron Foundation, Community Foundation Boulder County.

Foundation Dossiers

Colorado · Private foundation

Timely Rain

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$253k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 15
Grants FY2024: 10
Organizations funded FY2023: 60%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $1,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $229,105
Organizations funded a year: 8 to 27; FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 7
Total assets, FY2024: $1.3M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Timely Rain funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Human ServicesInternationalEnvironmentReligionYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	15	$253k	67%
FY2023	10	$70k	60%
FY2022	8	$49k	38%
FY2021	13	$56k	46%
FY2020	27	$95k	63%
FY2019	16	$94k	19%
FY2018	16	$120k	n/a

98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$433kArts & Culture$233kHealth$31kEnvironment$15kInternational$6kPhilanthropy$5kCivil Rights$4kEducation$4kOther$0

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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Casa Werma Foundation	$229,105	1	55%
The Sakyong Foundation	$96,500	5	9%
Sakyong Potrang	$83,074	3	n/a
DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center	$45,000	1	1%
Heart Essence Sangha Inc	$35,654	7	n/a
Light of Berotsana	$23,000	5	n/a
Sonoma Mountain Zen Center	$22,410	5	n/a
Luscious Lands Foundation	$15,000	1	n/a
Karme Choling	$6,300	3	n/a
Shambhala USA	$5,210	4	n/a

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All grantees of Timely Rain by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Casa Werma Foundation	$229,105	1	55%
The Sakyong Foundation	$96,500	5	9%
Sakyong Potrang	$83,074	3	n/a
DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center	$45,000	1	1%
Heart Essence Sangha Inc	$35,654	7	n/a
Light of Berotsana	$23,000	5	n/a
Sonoma Mountain Zen Center	$22,410	5	n/a
Luscious Lands Foundation	$15,000	1	n/a
Karme Choling	$6,300	3	n/a
Shambhala USA	$5,210	4	n/a
Vajradhatu	$4,500	5	n/a
Emergency Family Assistance Association	$2,500	1	0%
Lotus Outreach	$2,449	4	0%
Tashi Choling Incorporated	$2,000	1	n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Is 89 Parents Teachers Association	$1,700	2	1%
Pundarika Foundation	$1,500	2	n/a
Great Stupa	$1,216	1	n/a
Khyentse Foundation	$1,039	1	0%
Vajra Regent Osel Tendzin Library and Archives	$1,000	1	n/a
Konchok Foundation	$1,000	1	1%
Middle Way School	$1,000	1	0%
Friends Without a Border	$1,000	1	0%
Blood Cancer United Inc	$825	1	0%
Women for Afghan Women Inc	$515	1	0%
Naropa University	$500	1	0%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)	$500	1	0%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc	$500	1	0%
Denver Art Museum	$500	1	0%
Actblue Charities Inc	$500	1	0%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc	$460	2	0%
We the Protesters Inc	$400	1	0%
Tip of the Spear Landmine Removal Inc	$258	1	0%
Rainforest Action Network	$250	1	0%
Museum of Modern Art	$180	1	0%
Meals on Wheels of Boulder Inc	$110	1	0%
Environment America Inc	$100	1	0%
International Medical Corps	$100	1	0%
Protect Our Winters	$100	1	0%
Denver Rescue Mission	$75	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.

Timely Rain supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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.

Chintamani FoundationCA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chintamani Foundation · Pema Chodron Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Timely Rain

How much does Timely Rain give?: Timely Rain reported 15 grants totaling $252,943 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Timely Rain fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Arts & Culture (32%), Health (4%).
Who are Timely Rain's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Casa Werma Foundation ($229k), The Sakyong Foundation ($97k), Sakyong Potrang ($83k).
Does Timely Rain fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Timely Rain 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 Timely Rain?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chintamani Foundation, Pema Chodron Foundation, Community Foundation Boulder County.
Where is Timely Rain based?: Timely Rain is based in CO.