Funding search · EIN 233081735 · Denver, CO

Fulcrum Foundation

Name: Fulcrum Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

270
grants reported: $9.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Food Bank of the Rockies4 grants · $600,000
Feeding America4 grants · $600,000
The Trust for Public Land4 grants · $300,000
Denver Children'S Advocacy Center4 grants · $300,000
Safehouse Denver4 grants · $300,000
Mayo Clinic4 grants · $200,000
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains4 grants · $200,000
Denver Public School Foundation4 grants · $200,000
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $200,000
Rainforest Trust4 grants · $200,000

Giving over time

$2.1M

2022

$2.2M

2023

$2.2M

2024

$2.8M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 270 grants.

$150,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$150,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$150,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$150,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$150,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$150,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$150,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$150,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$100,000
Logan School for Creative Learning · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Common Cause · New York, NY · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Democracy Forward · Washington, DC · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Denver Children'S Advocacy Center · Denver, CO · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Florence Immigration & Refugee Rights Project · Tucson, AZ · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Lawyers for Good Government · Washington, DC · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Naacp Legal Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, LA · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Reports Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Safehouse Denver · Denver, CO · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
The Trust for Public Land · Denver, CO · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Denver Children'S Advocacy Center · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Safehouse Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
The Trust for Public Land · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Denver Children'S Advocacy Center · Denver, CO · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Safehouse Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
The Trust for Public Land · Denver, CO · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Denver Children'S Advocacy Center · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
Safehouse Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$75,000
The Trust for Public Land · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Coalition for Rainforest Nations · New York, NY · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless · Denver, CO · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Denver Public School Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Rainforest Foundation US · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (Raices) · San Antonio, TX · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Un World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Climate Emergency Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Coalition for Rainforest Nations · New York, NY · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Denver Public School Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Rainforest Foundation US · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (Raices) · San Antonio, TX · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Un World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Climate Emergency Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Coalition for Rainforest Nations · New York, NY · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless · Denver, CO · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Denver Public School Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Rainforest Foundation US · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (Raices) · San Antonio, TX · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Un World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Climate Emergency Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Coalition for Rainforest Nations · New York, NY · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Denver Public School Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Rainforest Foundation US · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$50,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$35,000
Wild Earth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$35,000
Jazz Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2022
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.