Funding search · EIN 454059068 · Cherry Hills Village, CO
Thiry-O'Leary Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 141
- grants reported
- $7.2M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Top recipients
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- Unite America Institute4 grants · $1.4M
- The Nature Conservancy4 grants · $1.2M
- Denver Hybrid College2 grants · $500,000
- Gladstone Foundation2 grants · $350,000
- Stanford University Development Services2 grants · $300,000
- University of Denver1 grant · $255,000
- The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation1 grant · $250,000
- The Draper Richards Kaplan1 grant · $250,000
- Denver Hybrid College Foundation1 grant · $236,000
- High Line Canal Conservancy1 grant · $200,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 141 grants.
- $609,352
Unite America Institute · Denver, CO · 2024
Support and promote democracy reform initiatives across the country
- $500,000
The Nature Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support the nature vest program and to support the one conservancy fund
- $400,000
Unite America Institute · Denver, CO · 2023
Support and promote democracy reform initiatives across the country
- $302,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Conservation of lands and waters
- $255,000
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Support for students
- $250,000
Denver Hybrid College · Denver, CO · 2024
Support for students
- $250,000
Gladstone Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Supporting biomedical research
- $250,000
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
Supporting social entrepreneurs on critical issues
- $250,000
Denver Hybrid College · Boulder, CO · 2022
General support
- $250,000
The Draper Richards Kaplan · Arlington, VA · 2022
To support early stage, high impact organizations who aspire to change the world
- $250,000
The Nature Conservancy · Denver, CO · 2022
To support impact, finance and markets - waiting for the acknowledgement letter
- $250,000
Unite America Institute · Stanford, CA · 2022
General support
- $236,000
Denver Hybrid College Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Advance edu - to provide resources and opportunities for the community
- $200,000
High Line Canal Conservancy · Centennial, CO · 2023
Protection of the canal
- $200,000
Stanford University Development Services · Stanford, CA · 2023
Denise o'leary and kent thiry endowed pending fund
- $125,000
League of Women Voters of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Protect and expand voting rights and representation
- $100,000
Dsst Public School Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
Support for students
- $100,000
La Raza Services · Denver, CO · 2024
Support essential human services
- $100,000
Represent US Education Fund · Florence, MA · 2024
Support american democracy
- $100,000
Stanford University Development Services · Stanford, CA · 2024
Denise o'leary and kent thiry endowed pending fund
- $100,000
The Colorado Association for Commerce and Industry Educational Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Support educaitonal initiatives and programs
- $100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Conservation of lands and waters
- $100,000
Gladstone Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Gladstone postdoctoral program
- $100,000
The Trust for Public Land · Stanford, CA · 2022
2nd of 2 year pledge to help fund tpl's conservation finance work in colorado
- $100,000
Unite America Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
Democracy reform initiatives in alaska
- $69,600
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Protecting public land
- $54,000
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center · Denver, CO · 2024
Afrik impact sponsorship for the african leadership group
- $50,000
Denver Health & Hospitals Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
To support high qualtty health care, research and train health care providers
- $50,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
Annual gift to support the smithsonian
- $50,000
Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2023
Community enrichment and counterterrorism learning lab and mizel museum
- $50,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
The thiry-o'leary ai1r fund
- $50,000
Urban Peak · Denver, CO · 2023
New building in honor of jamie van leeuwen
- $50,000
Fundacja Happy Kids · Orange County, FL · 2022
Helping groups of handicapped orphans from ukraine and finding safe places to live in poland
- $50,000
Institute for Political Innovation · Boulder, CO · 2022
Supporting pursuit of cross-partisan and comprehensive national agenda to pass final-five voting in 5 states by 2025
- $50,000
Maya'S Way · Denver, CO · 2022
To support women under 40 with cancer
- $50,000
Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2022
2022 annual event and in honor of blair richardson for counterterrorism education learning lab
- $50,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
Annual gift
- $45,000
Steadman Philippon Research Institute · Vail, CO · 2023
Research in orthopaedics, sports medicine and healthy aging
- $35,000
Lion Global Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Develop educated, conscientious and empowered community ($10,000); and counterterrorism education learning lab (25,000)
- $35,000
The Colorado Sun · Denver, CO · 2024
Support local, independent journalism
- $35,000
University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Eye institute in honor of dr. Naresh
- $30,000
Colorado Black Women Endowment Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
Sponsoring a luncheon to raise money for college grants for women entrepreneurs
- $30,000
Schwab Charitable · Orlando, FL · 2023
For james warner donor advised fund
- $30,000
Gardner Valley School · Medora, ND · 2022
Supporting projects at gardner school.
- $25,000
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence · Denver, CO · 2024
Domestic abuse treatment center
- $25,000
Colorado Thrives · Denver, CO · 2024
Annual contribution
- $25,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Support local communities
- $25,000
Independence Institute · Denver, CO · 2024
Support research and education about public policy
- $25,000
Represent Women · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Support gender-balanced representation
- $25,000
US Ski and Snowboard · Park City, UT · 2024
Support athlete training, developemtn, competition, education
- $25,000
Colorado Forum · Denver, CO · 2023
Support of tech hub now!
- $25,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2023
Wild things are happening exhibition
- $25,000
Dsst Public School Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
Senior signing day - support for students
- $25,000
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2023
Lifesaving care for children and adults
- $25,000
Imagination Library of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
To support a colorado book gifting program that mails free books to pre-kindergarten children
- $25,000
Issue One · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Representus Education Fund · Florence, MA · 2022
To support nonpartisan anti-corruption
- $25,000
Unite America · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support issue one
- $25,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Dept of ophthalmology fund at the university of colorado anschutz medical campus
- $23,880
Craig Hospital Foundation · Englewood, CO · 2022
Support of spark, (push gala)
- $20,000
High Hopes Colorado · Littleton, CO · 2024
Supporting free enterprise and education reform
- $20,000
Steadman Philippon Research Institute · Vail, CO · 2024
Research in orthopaedics, sports medicine and healthy aging
- $20,000
Catalyst · New York, NY · 2023
2023 bloomberg brackets for a cause fundraiser-gender equality in the workplace
- $15,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
Denver evening of tribute sponsorship
- $10,000
Bay Area Discover Museum · Sausilito, CA · 2024
To support play-based learning for children
- $10,000
Breakthrough T1d · Denver, CO · 2024
Support type 1 diabetes research
- $10,000
Common Sense · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Entertainment and technology recommendations for families
- $10,000
The Women'S Foundation of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Safeguard and accelerate women's progress
- $10,000
Arlington Community Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
Braylon meade memorial scholarship fund-improving the quality of life for those who ife and work in arlington
- $10,000
Colorado Thrives · Denver, CO · 2023
Annual contribution
- $10,000
Door County Land Trust · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2023
Protection of land critical to wildlife habitat
- $10,000
Gardner Valley School · Gardner, CO · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Colorado Thrives · Stanford, CA · 2022
Annual contribution
- $10,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support of common cause education fund
- $10,000
Common Sense Media · Orange County, FL · 2022
"the power of media to transform kids' futures" fundraiser
- $10,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2022
Annual fund leadership campaign
- $10,000
Dsst Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support for dsst
- $10,000
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics · New York, NY · 2022
General support for fellowship awards to graduate students
- $10,000
Firefly Autism · Washington, DC · 2022
Learning and support for individuals on the autism spectrum
- $10,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Supporting pro bono legal work for people in need
- $10,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2022
Supporting transportation, lodging, food and medicine for women in need
- $10,000
The Blue Bench · Denver, CO · 2022
Support sexual assault prevention and healing
- $10,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
To the ludeman family center for women's health research in honor of mary sissel for the 2022 annual community event
- $10,000
Volunteers of America Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Support human services for the needed
- $10,000
Yale University - Chief Excecutive Leadership Institute · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
- $9,400
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
2022 aha heart ball in honor of sidney brown
- $8,000
Gardner Valley School · Gardner, CO · 2024
Support for students
- $7,000
Denver Center for Performing · Denver, CO · 2022
To support denver center for performing arts
- $5,250
Hazelden Betty Ford · Center City, MN · 2023
Fmh 2023 fundraiser
- $5,000
Denver Scholarship Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General scholarships
- $5,000
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation · Center City, MN · 2024
Addiction treatment center
- $5,000
Melanoma Research Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Skin caner foundation and melanoma research foundation
- $5,000
Castle Rock Parks & Trail Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Ridgeline rain damage trail maintenance
- $5,000
Global Livingston Institute · Denver, CO · 2023
For community programs and public health work
- $5,000
International Mountain Bicycling Assoc · Boulder, CO · 2023
Protectin trails and promote mountain biking
- $5,000
Trust for Public Land · Washington, DC · 2023
Protecting public land
- $5,000
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center · Denver, CO · 2022
General support for african leadership group
- $5,000
Colorado Open Lands · Lakewood, CO · 2022
Supporting land conservation in colorado
- $5,000
Family To Family Adoptions · Arlington, VA · 2022
Awarded to a charity of choice to contestants in a dance competition-specifically to a non religious adoption agency
- $5,000
Hazeldon Betty Ford Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2022
2022 fmh annual fund raiser
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