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Western Union 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.

$3.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2024
317
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$125,006
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
312 to 490
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$1.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Western Union Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalAnimalsArts & 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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving21$3.9M67%
FY2023317$4.1M27%
FY2022448$3.7M55%
FY2021490$4.8M66%
FY2020312$5.2Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Employment$9.2MInternational$6.5MYouth Development$2.1MSocial Science$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.2MEducation$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$964kHealth$618kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 807 grantees
All grantees of Western Union Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Aspen Institute Inc$1,525,00050%
Watson Institute$1,263,665513%
International Rescue Committee INC$660,80640%
International Medical Corps$638,14540%
Ja Worldwide Inc$618,73731%
Labor Mobility Partnerships Inc$612,850217%
Education for Employment$552,48543%
Re Coded Co$525,00047%
Global Alliance for Africa$520,000471%
Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative$511,305211%
Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa$500,00035%
Upwardly Global$465,30541%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$324,90340%
Save The Children Federation Inc$321,74440%
Back 2 School America$300,000144%
Plan International USA Inc$295,02020%
National Partnership for New Americans$250,89217%
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc$250,80352%
Mercy Corps$250,11130%
Center for Global Development$244,08221%
Mile High United Way Inc$226,80030%
Hias Inc$205,08440%
Pursuit Transformation Company Inc$175,00021%
Denver Public Schools Foundation$165,27541%
Talent Beyond Boundaries Inc$147,736114%
Mi Casa Resource Center$102,65523%
The Howard University$100,25040%
United Nations Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Human Rights First$100,00011%
Capable$100,00016%
Rose Foundation$100,0001n/a
Chicago Community Foundation$100,0001n/a
Refugees International Inc$100,00012%
Willow International Everfree$100,00013%
Foundation for Black Entrepreneurship$85,00017%
Sos Children's Villages-Usa Inc$67,85011%
Ravinia Festival Association$65,00040%
Hope for the Fatherless$56,28747%
Gold Crown Foundation$55,00031%
North American Telugu Association Inc$55,00021%
Ircs Center for Economic Opportunity Inc$50,00012%
The Second Stage Theatre Inc$40,00030%
United States Fund for Unicef$36,05340%
Samaritan's Purse$36,00940%
Off the Street Club$35,00041%
Elevate USA$35,00041%
Law SchoolYes We Can$31,42137%
Bridge of Hope Greater Denver$26,62732%
Family Tree Inc$25,40010%
Vsk Foundation$25,00130%
Avon Old Farms School Inc$25,00010%
Jvs Socal$25,00010%
Prospera Community Development$25,00011%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc$23,45530%
Village Exchange Center Inc$20,73030%
Food Bank of the Rockies$18,10340%
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc$15,66430%
Denver Rescue Mission$15,22140%
Girls Incorporated of New York City$15,00010%
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc$15,00010%
Global Down Syndrome Foundation$14,75020%
Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$14,74230%
Lifewater Inc$14,42020%
Latin American Educational Foundation Inc$14,05022%
Blood Cancer United Inc$13,32520%
Best Friends Animal Society$10,08040%
Dr y S Rajasekhara Reddy Foundation Inc$10,00013%
St Jean Baptiste Parochial High School$10,0001n/a
Museum of Arts and Design$8,50020%
Junior Achievement of New York Inc$7,50030%
XV Foundation$7,01417%
Friends of Douglas County K-9$6,60023%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$6,44940%
Denver Montessori Society$6,02020%
Girl Scouts of Colorado$5,98640%
Metro Caring$5,94840%
American Cancer Society Inc$5,91330%
Colorado Womens Rugby Association$5,8401n/a
Children's Bereavement Center Inc$5,75010%
Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver$5,10010%
Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc$5,01420%
Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation$5,00010%
Fayetteville Public Library Foundation$5,00010%
Peconic Land Trust Inc$5,00020%
B Civic$5,0001n/a
Developmental Fx Developmental & Fragile X Resource$5,00020%
The Boston Athletic Association$5,00010%
College Money Matters Inc$5,0001n/a
Georgetown University$4,95030%
Denver Dumb Friends League$4,76440%
The River School$4,52010%
Isha Foundation Inc$4,42320%
Latinas First Foundation$4,36131%
Alliance for Choice in Education$4,25020%
Episcopal Relief and Development$4,20540%
University of Dayton$4,20030%
Nandalala Mission of California Inc$4,01041%
Optimist International Foundation$4,00020%
Farmshare Austin$4,00010%
Action Against Hunger - USA$3,80040%
Colorado Urban Leadership Foundation$3,79730%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$3,69740%
Havern Center Inc$3,67910%
Exceptional Kids Inc$3,60040%
The Eating Disorder Foundation$3,50021%
New York University$3,50030%
Women's World Banking Inc$3,50020%
St Joseph Catholic School$3,5004n/a
Small Steps Nurturing Center$3,40020%
Compassion International Incorporated$3,3843n/a
Independence Institute$3,31320%
Graland Country Day School$3,25020%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$3,20030%
Feeding America$3,05840%
Pari Foundation$3,00013%
Graland Country Day School Foundation$3,00010%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$3,00020%
Food for the Poor Inc$2,99040%
Women of Alice Inc$2,80011%
Punahou School$2,65020%
Special Olympics Colorado$2,63040%
La Raza Services Inc$2,60020%
The Gabby Krause Foundation$2,60030%
K9s for Warriors Inc$2,60020%
Colorado Institute of Developmental Pediatrics Inc$2,56520%
St John Bosco Association$2,50011%
Dalton Schools Inc$2,50010%
OneJustice$2,50010%
Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Thunderridge High School$2,4753n/a
American Heart Association Inc$2,46640%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,43040%
PTA Colorado Congress C3 PTSA$2,39831%
Doxa$2,3301n/a
St Dominic High School$2,2501n/a
Protect Our Winters$2,25030%
De la Salle High School of Concord Inc$2,2502n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,22740%
PTA Colorado Congress$2,10010%
Safe Harbor Lab Rescue$2,05040%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$2,01130%
Womenspace$2,00020%
Ali Forney Center Inc$2,00020%
Life Styles Inc$2,00020%
E3 Ranch Foundation Inc$2,00010%
National Park Foundation$2,00030%
Orinda Network for Education$2,00010%
Ballard Food Bank$1,95730%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$1,95540%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,95040%
Youth With a Mission - San Diegobaja$1,9001n/a
The Life You Can Save$1,80030%
National Wildlife Federation$1,80040%
Elegant Culture and Tradition Center$1,7801n/a
Direct Relief$1,71440%
Dolls for Daughters$1,66530%
Senior Support Services Inc$1,65030%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,63310%
Thornton Community Food Bank Inc$1,6253n/a
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc$1,58540%
Judi's House Inc$1,56030%
Share a Smile a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$1,55130%
Bear Creek Instrumental Music Boosters$1,55022%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center$1,55020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,53930%
Baylor University$1,50530%
Foundation 1023$1,50531%
Start Small Think Big Inc$1,50020%
Tuesday's Children$1,50010%
Global Orphan Relief$1,50020%
Safe Passage$1,50010%
Youth With a Mission$1,4892n/a
Believe in Haiti$1,46030%
Equal Justice Initiative$1,45030%
The Salvation Army$1,3942n/a
University of Colorado Foundation$1,34030%
The Wilderness Society$1,28520%
Foundation at Pck$1,28021%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$1,27730%
Nami Colorado$1,25010%
Loyola Marymount University$1,25010%
Ethiopian Community Dev Council Inc$1,20520%
Girls on the Run 334$1,20011%
Friends of Levitt Pavilion Denver$1,20020%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$1,12540%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$1,12530%
Musical Instrument Museum$1,11540%
USA Triathlon Foundation$1,11010%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$1,10710%
Jsh4 Memorial Fund Incorporated$1,1001n/a
Second Chance Center Inc$1,10010%
Chosen Generation$1,1002n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado$1,05320%
Warren Village Inc$1,05030%
Northwest Family Assistance Center$1,04120%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,03140%
Cornerstones Inc$1,02820%
One Colorado Education Fund$1,02540%
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children$1,01310%
Challenge to Excellence Charter School$1,01020%
Prager University Foundation$1,01030%
The Wild Animal Sanctuary$1,00640%
Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado Inc$1,00410%
Aspen Prep Academy$1,00010%
Take Note Colorado$1,00025%
Scottish Rite Foundation of Colorado$1,00010%
Colorado Ballet$1,00010%
Colorado Animal Care Foundation$1,00020%
Colorado Cancer Foundation$1,0002n/a
Metropolitan Museum of Art$1,00010%
Illuminate Colorado$1,00010%
Friends of Slavens School Inc$1,00020%
Colorado Rockies Bible Camp and Conference Inc$1,00020%
Vons Vision Inc$1,00010%
Friends of Retired Greyhounds$1,00011%
Kirkland Dance Center$1,0001n/a
Kent Denver Country Day School$1,00020%
Junior League of Denver Inc$1,00020%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$1,00010%
Woodward Academy Inc$1,00010%
Rutgers University Foundation$1,00040%
Mind Brain Philanthropic Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$1,0002n/a
Naretoi$99021%
Lucky Bikes$97520%
Energy Outreach Colorado$97040%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$93230%
Colorado Puppy Rescue of Colorado$91440%
Our Rescue$91220%
The Good Food Institute Inc$90030%
San Antonio Sports Foundation$90010%
Lasagna Love Inc$84130%
Farm Animal Reform Movement Inc$82630%
Angel Eyes$81030%
Feed the Children Inc$79520%
The Clear Fund$79230%
Big City Mountaineers$78520%
Sos Outreach$78020%
Humane World for Animals Inc$77540%
Race Forward$77410%
Project Angel Heart$76030%
St Marys Academy for the Sisters of Loretto$7551n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$75030%
Project Worthmore$75010%
Equal Justice Works$75020%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$75020%
Northeast Community College Foundation$75010%
Unbound$74010%
Luvin Arms$73020%
Holt International Children's Services Inc$72520%
International School of Denver$70920%
Americans United for Separation of Church and State$70530%
Thambraas USA$70311%
Broken Shovels Farm and Sanctuary School$68620%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$64530%
Weimaraner Rescue of the South Inc$63010%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$63030%
Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc$63030%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$63030%
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$62620%
Kuvo Denver Educational Broadcasting$6253n/a
Colorado Trout Unlimited$61010%
University of Denver$60520%
Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado$60010%
Arizona Historical Society$60010%
Colorado Children's Campaign$60010%
Interfaith Community Services Inc$60020%
Paani$60010%
Frosted Faces Foundation Inc$60020%
Ligonier Valley Young Mens Christia Association$60020%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$60020%
Trevor Project Inc$58130%
The Maxfund Inc$57320%
Firehouse Quilts of Colorado Inc$5502n/a
Omega Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Center Inc$55020%
Breakthrough T1d$55010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$54720%
National Mill Dog Rescue$54220%
Duke University$54210%
Global Sanctuary for Elephants$53610%
Hope Haven Charitable Trust$53030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$52820%
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc$52530%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation$52530%
The Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County Florida Inc$52520%
Lydiksen Parent Faculty Club$51120%
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$50320%
Friends of Air Life$5002n/a
Basis Charter Schools Inc$50010%
Heroic Hearts Project Inc$50020%
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation$50010%
Commonspirit Mountain Region$50010%
Rainforest Trust$50010%
Conservation Lands Foundation$50010%
Ronesa$5002n/a
Schools for Justice Foundation$50010%
Girl Scouts of Western Washington$50010%
The Nazarene Fund$50010%
Family Tree Inc$50010%
2 Blondes All Breed Rescue Inc$50010%
Empire State University Foundation Inc$50030%
Moms and Mutts Colorado Rescue for Pregnant and Nursing Dogs$50010%
Marquette University$50010%
NAMI National$50010%
Children's Diabetes Foundation$50010%
Regis Jesuit High School$5001n/a
Friends of Denver School of the Arts$50010%
Washington and Lee University$50020%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$50020%
International Development Enterprises$49420%
La Plata County Humane Society$48020%
Challenged Athletes Inc$47520%
Together Rising$45730%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$45020%
St Lawrence University$45020%
Shattuck-St Mary's School$45030%
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network$45030%
Colorado Healing Fund$44230%
Hastings College$42520%
Senior Veterans Inc$41410%
Cherry Creek School District Parent Teacher Organization Thunder Ridge Midd$4091n/a
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$40630%
Nourish Meals on Wheels$40620%
National Sports Center for the Disabled Inc$40220%
Cherry Creek Schools Foundation$40230%
Premier Basketball Club$40020%
Child Advocates - Denver Casa$40040%
Cherrelyn Elementary Ptso$4001n/a
Los Gatos Rowing Club$40020%
CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties$40040%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$40020%
International Cultic Studies Association Inc$37520%
Heifer Project International$37030%
Safehouse Denver Inc$36020%
National Alliance to End Homelessness$36020%
ACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc$35010%
Arizona Humane Society$35010%
Johns Hopkins University$35010%
Shiloh Home Inc$35010%
India Literacy Project$35010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$35020%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$35010%
Emergency Family Assistance Association$35020%
Americares Foundation Inc$34030%
Salvation Army National Corp$3384n/a
Ocean Conservancy$33530%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$32520%
Donorschooseorg$32410%
Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation Inc$31220%
Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue Inc$30420%
The Right Step Inc$30110%
Sarcoma Foundation of America$30020%
Augsburg University$30010%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$30020%
Caridad Center Inc$30020%
Cc88 Inc$3001n/a
Fshd Society$30040%
Volunteers of America Inc$3002n/a
Colorado Pet Pantry$29930%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$28930%
Weecycle$27510%
Leland High School Booster Club$27510%
Rocky Mountain Lab Rescue$27520%
We the Protesters Inc$27510%
Wildcat Mountain Elementary School Parent Teacher$27530%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$27020%
Honor Bell Foundation Inc$26710%
Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing$26020%
Women's Bean Project$25810%
Second Chance Spca$25510%
Interculture Foundation Inc$25520%
United Service Organizations Inc$25540%
Phoenix Multisport Inc$25010%
The George Washington University$25010%
Friends of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center$25010%
Bridge House$25010%
Sister Carmen Community Center Inc$25010%
Washington University$25010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$25010%
Parker Task Force for Human Services$25010%
Faithtrust Institute$2501n/a
Harbin Shs Animal Rescue$25010%
Mission Wolf$25010%
Colorado State University Foundation$25020%
Longmont Humane Society Inc$25010%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc$25010%
Re-Member$25010%
Attention Inc$25010%
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado$25010%
Days End Farm Horse Rescue Inc$25020%
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$25010%
California Lutheran University$25010%
Voices for Children Inc$25010%
Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgend Community Center of Colorado$24340%
Team Rubicon Inc$24230%
Babson College$24210%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$24020%
Natures Edge Wildlife Rescue$2401n/a
The Blue Bench$23540%
Earthjustice$23530%
Ck Catholic Education Foundation$23010%
Charlotte Rescue Mission$22720%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$22510%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$22530%
Uyghur Human Rights Project$22010%
Colorado Reptile Humane Society$2161n/a
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$21030%
NAMI Seattle$21020%
Romero Institute$21020%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$20610%
Alameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank$20310%
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$20320%
St Jude Hospital$20320%
Bromwell Elementary School PTA Group 0965$20010%
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation$20010%
Students Helping Honduras Inc Dba One Thousand Schools$20020%
Kairos International$20020%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$20010%
SAT-7 Education & Development Inc$2002n/a
Sakura Foundation$20020%
American Whitewater$20020%
Amherst College Trustees$20030%
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association Inc$20020%
Syracuse University$20020%
Northwestern University$20020%
Sunshine Home Share Colorado$20020%
Colorado Haiti Project Inc$20010%
Hope Services$20020%
Custer County Search and Rescue Inc$20010%
Prairie Paws Animal Shelter Inc$20010%
San Francisco AIDS Foundation$20020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$20020%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$20010%
Graceworks Inc$2001n/a
Ukraine House Foundation$20010%
The Rise School of Denver$20020%
Colorado CASA Inc$20020%
The Mental Health Association of New York City Inc$20010%
Japanese-American Community Graduation Program$20021%
Burning Limb Foundation$20010%
Tri-Boro Food Pantry$20010%
Sewa International Inc$20010%
League of Women Voters of Alameda Inc$1971n/a
Children's Miracle Network$19030%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America$19030%
Internet Archive$18020%
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found$18010%
Jt Moore PTO$18010%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$17520%
Center for Action and Contemplation$17020%
True Colors United Inc$17020%
Women for Afghan Women Inc$16230%
The Growhaus$16020%
Heifer International Foundation$15720%
A Precious Child Inc$15320%
Safe Place Inc$15010%
VT Seva$15010%
Colorado Symphony Association$15010%
Flags for Fallen Vets$1501n/a
Denver Inner City Parish Inc$15010%
Winter Park Ski Education Foundation$15010%
Compass Montessori School Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge$15010%
University of the Pacific$15010%
High Fives Nonprofit Foundation$15010%
American Indian College Fund$15010%
Junior Achievement USA$15030%
Mountain States Children's Home$15010%
Beyond Borders Inc$15010%
Akshaya Patra Foundation (Usa)$15010%
Cornwall College Old Boys Association - Mid Atlantic$1501n/a
Carthage College$15010%
Shattuck - St Mary's School Foundation$15010%
American Diabetes Association$15010%
Colorado Museum of Natural History$14520%
Casa De Paz$14010%
Oxfam-America Inc$14020%
Cascade Public Media$14020%
Vetpaw Inc$1402n/a
Northwest Community Bail Fund$14020%
Creighton University$13510%
American Forests$13520%
St Josephs Indian School$1301n/a
March of Dimes Inc$12630%
Folds of Honor Foundation$12510%
Share Our Strength$12510%
Hilltop Artists in Residence$12520%
Feeding Southwest Virginia$12510%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Somerset Hunterdon and Warren Counties$12510%
Douglas County Libraries Foundation$12520%
South Florida Public Media Group Inc$12010%
The Navigators USA Inc$12010%
Youth With a Mission Denver Inc$1201n/a
Toys for Tots Inc$12010%
Montessori Educational Foundation of Douglas County$12010%
Hope for Paws$12010%
Nova Ukraine$11920%
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Inc$11520%
Hispanic Federation Inc$11210%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$11230%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$11020%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$11010%
Douglas County Educational Foundation$10710%
South Bronx United Inc$10710%
Performing Animal Welfare Society$10710%
Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline$10520%
Wellspring Community$10510%
Denver Urban Gardens$10520%
Center for African American Health$10510%
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc$10510%
Children's Cancer Research Fund$10410%
Louisiana Abortion Fund$10310%
Friends of Foothills Animal Shelter$10310%
I Am Als$10310%
Lake Forest Elementary PTO$10210%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Qalicb Inc$1021n/a
Herhealtheq Corp$10110%
PTA Colorado Congress$10010%
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities$10010%
Aging Resources of Douglas County$10010%
Vertical Raise Np Inc$1001n/a
Paragon Service Dogs$10010%
Cancer League of Colorado Inc$10010%
Time For Change Foundation$10010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$10010%
Art Creation Foundation For Children Inc$10010%
Share & Grow Association$1001n/a
Seeds of Hope Charitable Trust$10010%
The V Foundation$10010%
Charity Navigator$10010%
Matthew Hill Foundation Inc$10010%
Wholly Kicks$10010%
Huntington's Disease Society of America Inc$10010%
Soli Deo Gloria$10010%
Greenpeace Foundation$10020%
Grand County Rural Health Network Inc$10010%
Crested Butte Land Trust$10010%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$1001n/a
Freedom Revived$10010%
Charge Syndrome Foundation$10010%
Ramsey Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary Inc$1001n/a
Yours Humanly$10010%
Harvard-Westlake School$10010%
Yellow Boat of Hope USA$1001n/a
Friends of Big Bear Valley$10010%
Panzi Foundation$10010%
Secor$10010%
Resolve Inc$10010%
Overland Mountain Bike Association$10020%
End of the Trail Rescue$10010%
Pan Peru USA Corp$1001n/a
The Dollywood Foundation$10010%
Camp Id-Ra-Ha-Je Association$10030%
Seva Foundation$10010%
Emeryville Citizens Assistance Program$1001n/a
University of Mary Washington Foundation$10010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$10030%
Python Software Foundation$10010%
Colorado Grey Hound Adoption$1001n/a
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights$10010%
William & Mary Foundation$10010%
Access Reproductive Justice$10010%
Immigrant Families Together Foundation$10010%
We Ride 4$10010%
Greater Park Hill Community Inc$10010%
Cobalt Foundation$10020%
The Mpn Research Foundation$10010%
Valley Program Foundation for Children With Autism Inc$1001n/a
Rocky Mountain French Bulldog Rescue$10010%
Johnnys Ambassadors Inc$10010%
Hearts Across the Miles$10011%
Mountain Pet Rescue$10010%
Gabriel Foundation$10010%
Evergreenhealth Foundation$10010%
Moms of Many Strengths$10020%
Casady School$1001n/a
Care and Share Inc$10010%
Alameda Meals on Wheels Inc$10010%
Ellen Meadows Prosthetic Hand Foundation$10010%
African American Youth Leadership Conference$10010%
Jefferson County Library Foundation$10010%
Water for People$10010%
Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation Inc$10010%
Colorado Public Television$10010%
New Life for Haiti$1001n/a
Colorectal Cancer Alliance$10010%
Indigo Rescue Inc$10010%
The Hip Hop Museum$10010%
Western Colorado University Foundation$10010%
InfraGard National Members Alliance Inc$10010%
The Niall Mellon Townships Initiative Ltd$1001n/a
Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation Inc$10010%
Denver Center for the Performing Arts$10010%
Horse Angels Rescue$1001n/a
Colorado Safe Haven for Newborns$1001n/a
Handicap International$10010%
Per Scholas Inc$10010%
Avenues for Youth$10010%
The Center for Trauma & Resilience CTR$10010%
Stray Rescue of St Louis$9610%
WGBH Educational Foundation$9020%
The Children's Health Fund$9030%
Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue$9020%
Airlink Inc$8520%
Charlottes Day$811n/a
Arthritis Foundation Inc$8020%
Cornell University$8020%
Rocky Mountain Great Dane Rescue Inc$8010%
Helpage USA Inc$7820%
Nebraska Humane Society$7610%
Animal Rescue of the Rockies$7520%
Easter Seals Colorado$7520%
Mercury One Inc$7510%
Parkinson Association of the Rockies$7510%
Thousand Currents$7510%
Platte River Academy$7510%
Disabled Veterans National Foundation$7510%
NAACP Foundation$7510%
Nanuet Community Ambulance Corps$7510%
Bat Conservation International$7010%
Turquoise Paw Rescue$702n/a
The Colorado Trail Foundation$7010%
Midamerica Boston Terrier Rescue$6810%
The Salvation Army World Service Office$6210%
Habitat for Humanity of Alamance Co$6010%
High Point Academy$6010%
Miami University$551n/a
The Humane Society of Boulder Valley Inc$5510%
The Bail Project Inc$5310%
Special Children's Charities$5210%
Black Girls Code Inc$5210%
Living With Xxy Inc$5210%
Bessies Hope$5110%
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$5010%
Film2future$5010%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ohio Charities$5010%
Rezdawg Rescue Inc$5010%
Shower the People$5010%
Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area$5010%
Copd Foundation Inc$5010%
Project Sanctuary Inc$5010%
Hope House of Colorado$5010%
Khan Academy Inc$5020%
Meals on Wheels Programs and Services of Rockland Inc$5010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$5010%
Voteorg$5010%
California State Parks Foundation$5020%
National Urban League Inc$5010%
Birds of Prey Foundation$5010%
Alumni Association of St Marys College of Maryland Inc$50153%
Concussion Legacy Foundation Inc$5020%
Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children$5010%
National Parks Conservation Association$5020%
Aha San Jose Inc$501n/a
National Diaper Bank Network Inc$5010%
Nebraska Humanities Council$5010%
Girls in STEM$5010%
The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation$5010%
Islamic Relief USA$5010%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$5010%
One Tree Planted Inc$5010%
Stop Soldier Suicide Inc$5010%
Matthew Shepard Foundation$5020%
Integrated Family Community Services$5010%
Network for Animals USA Inc$5010%
Black Women for Wellness$5010%
Bettertogether Forever$5010%
Brothers Redevelopment Inc$5010%
Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter$5010%
National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated$5010%
American Bible Society$5020%
Ruby's Rainbow$5010%
Prairiecare Fund$5010%
Soldiers' Angels$5010%
Firestone Charter Academy$5010%
Gates Philanthropy Partners$4510%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$4520%
Autism Society of Colorado$4510%
Baps Charities Inc$4510%
Motown Historical Musuem Inc$4510%
Facing Homelessness Denver Corp$431n/a
Tacoma Musical Playhouse$4010%
Smithsonian Institution$4010%
Institute for Creation Research$4020%
Love Futbol Inc$4020%
Chattahoochee Nature Center Inc$3710%
Denver Police Foundation$3610%
The Scripps Howard Foundation$3610%
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc$3510%
Oceana Inc$3510%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$3510%
The Trust for Public Land$3510%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$3510%
The Heritage Foundation$3510%
Ear Community Inc$3510%
American Rivers Inc$3510%
Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc$3510%
Defenders of Wildlife$3510%
Rainforest Alliance Inc$3510%
Paws Atlanta Incorporated$3510%
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$3510%
Good Sports Inc$3420%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$3420%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America$3420%
Salvation Army$301n/a
National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center$3010%
Columbia Basin College Foundation$3010%
Destination Imagination Colorado Inc$2610%
The Innocence Project Inc$2610%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$2510%
Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)$2510%
Free the Girls$2510%
Feed Thy Neighbor$2510%
Colorado Fusion Soccer Club Inc$2510%
Tampa Bay Beagle Rescue Inc$2510%
St Andrew's Episcopal School Inc$2510%
Church World Service Inc$2510%
Clothes to Kids of Denver Inc$2510%
Hope Communities Inc$2510%
Boulder Community Foundation$251n/a
Operation Jack Autism Foundation$2510%
Angels of America's Fallen$2510%
Movember Foundation$2510%
Pollinator Stewardship Council Inc$2510%
Planned Parenthood San Antonio$2510%
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Inc$2510%
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana and Kentucky$2510%
Africa School Assistance Project$2510%
Boulder Historical Society Inc$2510%
Friends of Strays Inc$2510%
Jailbreak Husky Rescue$251n/a
Mission Msa$2510%
Metavivor Research and Support Inc$2510%
Ifwhenhow$2510%
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition$2510%
Robin Hood Foundation$2510%
Salt of the Earth Helping Hands Inc$251n/a
Colorado Women's Employment & Education Inc$2510%
Mental Health America of Greenville County Inc$2510%
Siena University$2510%
1mattersorg$2510%
National Veterans Foundation Inc$2510%
Golden Gate Mens Chorus Aka Dick Kramer Gay Mens Chorale$2510%
Lulac Institute Inc$2510%
Allied Housing Inc$2510%
Als United Greater San Diego$2510%
Ronald McDonald House Global$2410%
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc$2010%
Every Mother Counts$2010%
National Autism Association Inc$2010%
Cobbled Streets-Helping Homeless & Foster Kids Move Forward$2010%
National Arbor Day Foundation$2020%
Center for Women Children and Families Inc$2010%
Escuela Adelante$2010%
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2010%
Burn Pits 360$2010%
Gavi Alliance$1710%
Inside Out Youth Services$1720%
Friends of Pima Animal Care Center$1510%
Pan American Development Foundation$1510%
Douglas County Canine Rescue$1510%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$1310%
Glaad Inc$1220%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$1010%
Stupid Cancer Inc$1010%
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago$1010%
Safe in Austin Rescue Ranch$1010%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$1010%
Prevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn$1010%
Mile High Workshop Inc$1010%
Grand County Search & Rescue$1010%
The Livestrong Foundation$1010%
Cancer Support Community$1010%
United Way of Kentucky Inc$710%
Celebrate Edu$510%
Lubirds Light Foundation$510%
La Puente Home Inc$510%
Animal Friends Alliance$510%
Shelter to Soldier Inc$510%
Food for Hope$510%
Imagine Foundation$510%
Kaizen Food Rescue$510%
Project Restart Inc$510%
Impact 100 Metro Denver$510%
Dear Jack Foundation Inc$510%
Advocates for Recovery Colorado$510%
The Colorado Search and Rescue Association Inc$510%
3hopeful Hearts$510%
Veterans Community Project$510%
Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning$510%
Resilience 1220 Inc$510%
Denver Zoological Foundation$510%
Nathan Yip Foundation$510%
Epic Experience$510%
Streets Hope$510%
Ralston House$510%
Summer Scholars$510%
Dignity Project$510%
Work Options for Women Dba Work Options$510%
Redline$510%
The Park People$510%
Street Fraternity Inc$510%
SparkHope Automotive$510%
Asian Mental Health Collective Inc$410%
Black Mental Health Alliance for Education and Consultation Inc$410%
The Loveland Foundation Inc$410%
United States Association for UNHCR$210%
Wellspring Living Inc$110%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 174 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Western Union Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $1,525,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWatson Institute: $1,263,665 over 5y, 13% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $660,806 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $638,145 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJa Worldwide Inc: $618,737 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLabor Mobility Partnerships Inc: $612,850 over 2y, 17% of budgetEducation for Employment: $552,485 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetRe Coded Co: $525,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetGlobal Alliance for Africa: $520,000 over 4y, 71% of budgetWhitaker Peace and Development Initiative: $511,305 over 2y, 11% of budgetVariety - the Children's Charity of Iowa: $500,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetUpwardly Global: $465,305 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $324,903 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $321,744 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBack 2 School America: $300,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetPlan International USA Inc: $295,020 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNational Partnership for New Americans: $250,892 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetJunior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc: $250,803 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $250,111 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Global Development: $244,082 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMile High United Way Inc: $226,800 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHias Inc: $205,084 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPursuit Transformation Company Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDenver Public Schools Foundation: $165,275 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTalent Beyond Boundaries Inc: $147,736 over 1y, 14% of budgetMi Casa Resource Center: $102,655 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetThe Howard University: $100,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights First: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCapable: $100,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetRefugees International Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWillow International Everfree: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFoundation for Black Entrepreneurship: $85,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetSos Children's Villages-Usa Inc: $67,850 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRavinia Festival Association: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHope for the Fatherless: $56,287 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetGold Crown Foundation: $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNorth American Telugu Association Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetIrcs Center for Economic Opportunity Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Second Stage Theatre Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $36,053 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $36,009 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOff the Street Club: $35,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetElevate USA: $35,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLaw SchoolYes We Can: $31,421 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetBridge of Hope Greater Denver: $26,627 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetFamily Tree Inc: $25,400 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVsk Foundation: $25,001 over 3y, 0.3% of budget

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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 200.

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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.

The Janus Henderson FoundationCO98.4× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Janus Henderson Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · The Anschutz Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · Boettcher Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · El Pomar 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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How do I get to Western Union Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Western Union Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Western Union Foundation

How much does Western Union Foundation give?
Western Union Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $3,870,496 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 312 and 490 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Western Union Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (38%), International (26%), Youth Development (9%).
Who are Western Union Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Aspen Institute Inc ($1.5M), Watson Institute ($1.3M), International Rescue Committee INC ($661k).
Does Western Union Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Western Union 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 Western Union Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Janus Henderson Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
Where is Western Union Foundation based?
Western Union Foundation is based in CO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1013 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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