Funding search · EIN 830300897 · Denver, CO

The Patten-Davis Foundation

Name: The Patten-Davis Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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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.

50
grants reported: $11.0M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $77,800
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

University of Colorado Foundation15 grants · $6.2M
The Park People5 grants · $1.9M
The Nature Conservancy5 grants · $1.3M
National Trust for Historic Preserv5 grants · $682,666
Arcs Foundation5 grants · $355,600
Cheyenne Regional Foundation2 grants · $225,000
Friends of Nursing5 grants · $195,000
Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroo3 grants · $80,000
The Denver Hospice1 grant · $50,000
Univ of Wyoming Foundation2 grants · $26,500

Giving over time

$1.5M

2021

$1.8M

2022

$3.5M

2023

$1.5M

2024

$2.8M

2025

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$2.0M
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Bell Opthamalogy Chair
$1.5M
The Park People · Denver, CO · 2025
Denver Digs Trees, incentive matching fund & emergency rescue grant
$500,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2024
Bell Opthamalogy Chair
$500,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2021
Center for rare melanoma fund
$466,667
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2022
Center for rare melanoma fund
$466,667
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2022
Lucy Patten Davis Translational Research Fund
$466,666
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2022
Human Immunology & Immunotherapy Initiative Fund
$333,333
National Trust for Historic Preserv · Washington, DC · 2025
Farnsworth House Support
$333,333
National Trust for Historic Preserv · Washington, DC · 2024
Farnsworth House Support
$333,333
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2023
CC Research for high risk, high reward ideas
$333,333
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Lucy Patten Davis Translational Research Fund
$300,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2021
Patten-Davis Foundation Strategic Faculty Recruit Fund
$250,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
General needs
$250,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at UC Anschutz
$250,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General needs
$250,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General needs
$250,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
General needs
$250,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2021
General needs
$200,000
Cheyenne Regional Foundation · Cheyenne, WY · 2025
Davis Hospice Center
$200,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2021
Lucy Patten Davis Translational Research Fund
$190,000
The Park People · Denver, CO · 2024
Denver Digs Trees, incentive matching fund & memorial gift
$166,667
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Center for Rare Melanoma Fund
$166,667
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2023
BDC Executive Director's Fund
$100,000
The Park People · Denver, CO · 2023
Denver Digs Trees, incentive matching fund & memorial gift
$80,000
The Park People · Denver, CO · 2021
Denver Digs Trees & incentive matching fund
$75,600
Arcs Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Scholarships
$75,000
Arcs Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
Scholarships
$75,000
Friends of Nursing · Englewood, CO · 2025
Scholarships
$75,000
Arcs Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Scholarships
$75,000
Friends of Nursing · Englewood, CO · 2024
Scholarships
$66,000
The Park People · Denver, CO · 2022
Denver Digs Trees, incentive matching fund & memorial gift
$65,000
Arcs Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Scholarships
$65,000
Arcs Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021
Scholarships
$60,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
Ludeman Family Center
$50,000
The Denver Hospice · Denver, CO · 2021
Activities for children and to support fundraising
$40,000
Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroo · Cheyenne, WY · 2025
Endowment
$25,000
Cheyenne Regional Foundation · Cheyenne, WY · 2023
Davis Hospice Center
$25,000
Friends of Nursing · Englewood, CO · 2023
Scholarships
$23,500
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2024
Women's Health Research
$20,000
Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroo · Cheyenne, WY · 2022
Endowment
$20,000
Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroo · Cheyenne, WY · 2021
Endowment
$16,500
Univ of Wyoming Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2024
Center for Law & Energy resources in the Rockies
$10,000
Farnsworth House of Nat'L Tr for Hi · Plano, IL · 2023
General Operations
$10,000
Univ of Wyoming Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2023
Center for Law & Energy resources in the Rockies
$10,000
Friends of Nursing · Englewood, CO · 2022
Scholarships
$10,000
Friends of Nursing · Englewood, CO · 2021
Scholarships
$10,000
National Trust for Historic Preserv · Washington, DC · 2021
The Peter Grant Fund for Colorado
$5,000
Glessner House · Chicago, IL · 2023
General needs
$5,000
National Trust for Historic Preserv · Washington, DC · 2023
Memorial
$1,000
National Trust for Historic Preserv · Washington, DC · 2022
Memorial

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