Colorado · Public charity
Vail Valley Cares
Vail Valley Cares is an ecumenical Christian organization dedicated to sharing the love of God by helping meet the local communitys needs. The organization owns and operates two Thrift stores in Eagle County, Colorado. All goods are donated and re-sold to the public.
- $641k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $476k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 14% of the organizations Vail Valley Cares funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 31 | $466k | 48% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $328k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $288k | 32% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $255k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $248k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vail Valley Charitable Fund Inc | $165,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Bright Future Foundation for Eagle County | $162,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Aspen Hope Center | $116,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Samaritan Center of the Rockies Inc | $105,500 | 6 | 20% |
| Hospice of the Valley Inc | $94,500 | 7 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $87,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Casa of the Continental Divide | $80,500 | 7 | 5% |
| Catholic Charities | $70,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Eagle Valley Senior Life Inc | $64,100 | 6 | 26% |
| Suicide Prevention Coalition of Eagle Valley | $62,500 | 7 | 2% |
Show all 37 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vail Valley Charitable Fund Inc | $165,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Bright Future Foundation for Eagle County | $162,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Aspen Hope Center | $116,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Samaritan Center of the Rockies Inc | $105,500 | 6 | 20% |
| Hospice of the Valley Inc | $94,500 | 7 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $87,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Casa of the Continental Divide | $80,500 | 7 | 5% |
| Catholic Charities | $70,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Eagle Valley Senior Life Inc | $64,100 | 6 | 26% |
| Suicide Prevention Coalition of Eagle Valley | $62,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Young Life | $57,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Youthpower365 | $50,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Small Champions Inc | $47,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Education Foundation of Eagle Cnty | $45,000 | 6 | 7% |
| The 4 Eagle Foundation | $40,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Colorado West Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Eagle Valley Mental Health | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eagle County School District | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vail Christian Academy | $22,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Mountain Family Health Centers | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Swift Eagle Charitable Foundation | $14,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Vida Foundation USA | $14,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Vail Christian High School | $14,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Literacy Project Ec Volunteers for Literacy | $13,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Eagle County Colorado Crime Stoppers Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eagle County Emergency Responders Fund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vail Valley Works Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Eagle River Youth Coalition Inc Dba Mountain Youth | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Clare of Assisi Catholic Parish in Edwards | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vail Christian School Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cycle Effect | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mountain Dreamers | $7,000 | 2 | 2% |
| World Class Accessibility Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Little Bird Creative Community | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Methodist Church of Eagle Valley | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bond - McCoy Volunteer Fire | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eagle River Presbyterian Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Vail Valley Cares supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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: United Way of Eagle River Valley · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Eagle Valley Mental Health · The Colorado Health Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Vail Clinic Inc % Vhh Accounting Department · Slifer Smith & Frampton Foundation · Vail Valley Foundation · Kelton Family Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · The Denver Foundation
How this is measured
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About Vail Valley Cares
- How much does Vail Valley Cares give?
- Vail Valley Cares reported 33 itemized grants totaling $476,000, out of $640,603 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
- What does Vail Valley Cares fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Health (22%), Education (10%).
- Who are Vail Valley Cares's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Vail Valley Charitable Fund Inc ($165k), Bright Future Foundation for Eagle County ($163k), Aspen Hope Center ($116k).
- Does Vail Valley Cares fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vail Valley Cares?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Eagle River Valley, Colorado Gives Foundation, Rocky Mountain Health Foundation.
- Where is Vail Valley Cares based?
- Vail Valley Cares is based in CO.
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