Colorado · Private foundation
Wjd 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.
- $448k
- Granted FY2023
- 30
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $346k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 30
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 8
- Total assets, FY2023
- $6.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Wjd Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 30 | $346k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $389k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $627k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mount St Vincent Home Inc | $142,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Chosen & Dearly Loved Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Academy Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mount St Vincent Home Inc | $142,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Chosen & Dearly Loved Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Academy Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Denver Santa Clause Shop Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities USA | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Petit Family Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Freedom Service Dogs Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Girl Power 2 Cure Dba Rett University | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($727k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wjd 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: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Wjd Foundation
- How much does Wjd Foundation give?
- Wjd Foundation reported 30 itemized grants totaling $346,000, out of $448,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 30 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Wjd Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (44%), Recreation & Sports (23%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Wjd Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation ($225k), Mount St Vincent Home Inc ($142k), Food Bank of the Rockies ($50k).
- Does Wjd Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wjd 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 Wjd Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Mile High United Way Inc.
- Where is Wjd Foundation based?
- Wjd Foundation is based in CO.
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