Colorado · Public charity
Weld Legacy Foundation
WELD LEGACY FOUNDATION awards grants related to health and education to nonprofits, schools and government entities to enhance the lives of weld county residents.
- $7.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,570
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,130,739
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $34M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Weld Legacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 9 | $3.2M | 22% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $510k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $517k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $316k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $2.0M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $1.2M | 33% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Community Health | $2,650,726 | 7 | 3% |
| Banner Health | $1,685,377 | 7 | n/a |
| The Weld Trust | $1,493,015 | 3 | 2% |
| Ensight Skills Center | $649,550 | 8 | 25% |
| United Way of Weld County Inc | $585,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver | $357,216 | 3 | 1% |
| A Woman's Place Incorporated | $269,896 | 1 | 10% |
| Lifemed Safety Inc | $165,751 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Northern Colorado Foundation | $155,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Adeo Colorado | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Community Health | $2,650,726 | 7 | 3% |
| Banner Health | $1,685,377 | 7 | n/a |
| The Weld Trust | $1,493,015 | 3 | 2% |
| Ensight Skills Center | $649,550 | 8 | 25% |
| United Way of Weld County Inc | $585,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver | $357,216 | 3 | 1% |
| A Woman's Place Incorporated | $269,896 | 1 | 10% |
| Lifemed Safety Inc | $165,751 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Northern Colorado Foundation | $155,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Adeo Colorado | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Weld County School District 6 | $123,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Banner Imaging Services Colorado LLC | $83,702 | 4 | n/a |
| Quality Constructors | $54,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Weld Food Bank | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Barton Carey Medical Products | $49,523 | 4 | n/a |
| Senior Resource Services | $45,000 | 3 | 7% |
| American Burn Association | $42,594 | 3 | 0% |
| Banner Home Medical Equipment | $37,278 | 4 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $34,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Niche Design House | $32,282 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of a Womans Place | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Women to Women Inc | $28,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Falcon Aerolab LLC | $24,750 | 1 | n/a |
| McKee Culinary & Nutrition | $21,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Banner Home Care | $18,530 | 3 | n/a |
| Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Grief Center | $14,700 | 1 | 25% |
| The Avery Center | $11,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Greeley Lions Club | $10,000 | 1 | 53% |
| Greeley Area Habitat for Humanity | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greeley Town Center Business Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels of Greeley Inc | $9,150 | 1 | 2% |
| En-Pro Management Inc | $9,139 | 1 | n/a |
| The International Association of Lions Clubs | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greeley Transitional House Dba Greeley Family House | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greeley Independence Stampede Inc | $5,750 | 1 | 0% |
| White Orchards LLC | $5,607 | 1 | n/a |
| Adventure West Council Boy Scouts of America | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Kid's Place | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($365k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Weld Legacy Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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: The Weld Trust · United Way of Weld County Inc · Weld Community Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · Colorado Gives Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · Anschutz Family Foundation · Sorelle Family Foundation · Wenaas Family Foundation · Monfort Family Foundation · Tointon Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Weld Legacy Foundation
- How much does Weld Legacy Foundation give?
- Weld Legacy Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $3,182,425, out of $7,108,383 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Weld Legacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (78%), Human Services (8%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are Weld Legacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sunrise Community Health ($2.7M), Banner Health ($1.7M), The Weld Trust ($1.5M).
- Does Weld Legacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Weld Legacy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Weld Trust, United Way of Weld County Inc, Weld Community Foundation.
- Where is Weld Legacy Foundation based?
- Weld Legacy Foundation is based in CO.
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