Colorado · Private foundation
Zoma Foundation Inc
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.
- $10M
- Granted FY2023
- 45
- Grants FY2023
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
76% of Zoma Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Nature Conservancy, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 27 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Zoma Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 36 organizations, $10M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $2,748,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 51
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Total assets, FY2023
- $529M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Zoma Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M 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 | 42 | $9.4M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $10M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $13M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 51 | $19M | 65% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $6.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tompkins Conservation | $5,000,000 | 1 | 23% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $4,169,000 | 1 | 1% |
| High Line Canal Conservancy | $3,000,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Arapahoe Community College Foundation Inc | $1,999,957 | 3 | 23% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $1,905,837 | 6 | 0% |
| Bright Beginnings | $1,350,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Western Resource Advocates | $1,251,458 | 5 | 5% |
| The Colorado Education Initiative | $1,030,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation | $988,898 | 2 | 7% |
| Youthpower365 | $971,643 | 3 | 6% |
Show all 69 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($27M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Zoma Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Daniels Fund · Gates Family Foundation · Rose Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · Mile High United Way Inc · Telligen Community Initiative
How this is measured
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About Zoma Foundation Inc
- How much does Zoma Foundation Inc give?
- Zoma Foundation Inc reported 45 grants totaling $10,281,818 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 51 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Zoma Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (42%), International (18%), Education (11%).
- Who are Zoma Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Tompkins Conservation ($5.0M), World Wildlife Fund Inc ($4.2M), High Line Canal Conservancy ($3.0M).
- Does Zoma Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zoma Foundation Inc 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 Zoma Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation.
- Where is Zoma Foundation Inc based?
- Zoma Foundation Inc is based in CO.
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