Colorado · Private foundation
Townsend Foundation
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.
- $144k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,575
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,491
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Townsend Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $144k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $135k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $121k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $119k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $116k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $107k | 87% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $53k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $47k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Precious Child Inc | $95,094 | 7 | 0% |
| Wish for Wheels Inc | $69,250 | 5 | 3% |
| The Denver Street School | $45,150 | 6 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $42,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation | $20,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Good Dog Rescue | $19,000 | 5 | 7% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $17,554 | 6 | 0% |
| The Navigators | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Oaks International | $4,120 | 1 | n/a |
| CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties | $3,250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Precious Child Inc | $95,094 | 7 | 0% |
| Wish for Wheels Inc | $69,250 | 5 | 3% |
| The Denver Street School | $45,150 | 6 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $42,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation | $20,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Good Dog Rescue | $19,000 | 5 | 7% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $17,554 | 6 | 0% |
| The Navigators | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Oaks International | $4,120 | 1 | n/a |
| CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties | $3,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Bodhi Battalion Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| More Better Bikes | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rbc Ministries | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $2,069 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom Service Dogs Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safehouse Denver Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shining Stars Foundation | $770 | 2 | 0% |
| Stepping Stone Communities Inc | $515 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Angel Heart | $432 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($501k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Townsend 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Townsend Foundation
- How much does Townsend Foundation give?
- Townsend Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $143,755 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Townsend Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (65%), Education (13%), Public Safety & Disaster (6%).
- Who are Townsend Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: A Precious Child Inc ($95k), Wish for Wheels Inc ($69k), The Denver Street School ($45k).
- Does Townsend Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Townsend 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 Townsend Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Janus Henderson Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is Townsend Foundation based?
- Townsend Foundation is based in CO.
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