Colorado · Private foundation
Watson Family 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.
- $12k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,521
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $142k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Watson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $809 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 | 6 | $11k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $13k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $9k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $18k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $14k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $12k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $13k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Challenge Foundation Inc | $26,191 | 9 | 0% |
| Suddenly Pink Foundation | $25,972 | 8 | 5% |
| Tee It Up for the Troops Inc | $11,992 | 6 | 0% |
| Illuminate Community Recovery Servi | $10,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Colorado Council on Economic Education | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Face It Together Inc | $3,640 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $3,052 | 6 | 0% |
| Colorado Gynecologic Cancer Alliance | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Heartlight Center Inc | $1,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Out and About Colorado | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Challenge Foundation Inc | $26,191 | 9 | 0% |
| Suddenly Pink Foundation | $25,972 | 8 | 5% |
| Tee It Up for the Troops Inc | $11,992 | 6 | 0% |
| Illuminate Community Recovery Servi | $10,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Colorado Council on Economic Education | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Face It Together Inc | $3,640 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $3,052 | 6 | 0% |
| Colorado Gynecologic Cancer Alliance | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Heartlight Center Inc | $1,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Out and About Colorado | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Dress for Success Denver | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Musicares Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Sue Miller Day of Caring | $750 | 1 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $553 | 3 | 0% |
| Wesley Players Theatre Company | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Elderheart Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mile High 360 | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Golf Foundation | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $309 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Watson Family 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 · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Watson Family Foundation
- How much does Watson Family Foundation give?
- Watson Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $11,689 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Watson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (45%), Education (31%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Watson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Challenge Foundation Inc ($26k), Suddenly Pink Foundation ($26k), Tee It Up for the Troops Inc ($12k).
- Does Watson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Watson Family 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 Watson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation.
- Where is Watson Family Foundation based?
- Watson Family Foundation is based in CO.
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