Funding search · EIN 841467131 · Boulder, CO

Sheila Fortune Foundation

Name: Sheila Fortune 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.

289
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,500
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

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.

4 grants matching “salida” · $34,000

$10,000
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation · Salida, CO · 2025
Program support
$8,500
Salida Circus Outreach · Salida, CO · 2024
Program support
$8,000
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation · Salida, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation · Salida, CO · 2022
Art Program Support

Top recipients

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

St Francis in the Fields Episocopal Church1 grant · $336,000
Ecoarts Connections3 grants · $31,000
Barnstone Art for Kids3 grants · $29,000
El Sistema Indianapolis3 grants · $25,000
Beyond the Bars3 grants · $25,000
Yes and Collaborative Arts3 grants · $24,000
Santa Fe Teen Arts Center3 grants · $24,000
Norris Square Neighborhood Project3 grants · $23,000
Mirror Image3 grants · $23,000
Girls First3 grants · $23,000

Giving over time

$538,000

2022

$464,500

2023

$407,000

2024

$739,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 289 grants.

$336,000
St Francis in the Fields Episocopal Church · Malvern, PA · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Barnstone Art for Kids · Phoenixville, PA · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Beyond the Bars · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$15,000
El Sistema Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Arts Council of Southern Indiana · New Albany, IN · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Ecoarts Connections · Boulder, CO · 2025
Program support
$12,000
El Sistema Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Georgia E Gregory School of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Girls First · Norristown, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Greater Philadelphia Ymca · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Mas Comunidad · Peasco, NM · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Mirror Image · Denver, CO · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Moving Arts Espanola · Velarde, NM · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Mtcarmel Wellness and Community Center · Trinidad, CO · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Musicopia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
New Mexico Jazz Workshop · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Norris Square Neighborhood Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Santa Fe Teen Arts Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Settlement Music School of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Yes and Collaborative Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
A Child'S Song · Thornton, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Concrete Couch · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Expressive Path · Norristown, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Five Star Life · Elkhart, IN · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Keshet Dance Company · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Lighthouse Writers Workshop · Denver, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Roshni · Englewood, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation · Salida, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
San Miguel Mentoring Program · Telluride, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Unity Performing Arts Foundation · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Urban Musical Theater · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Variety Arts of Louisville · Lafayette, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Village Exchange Center · Aurora, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Ecoarts Connections · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program support
$9,500
Ecoarts Connections · Boulder, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$9,000
Ecoarts Connections · Boulder, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$8,500
Kids Dance Outreach · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$8,500
Salida Circus Outreach · Salida, CO · 2024
Program support
$8,500
Moving Arts Espanola · Velarde, NM · 2022
Art Program Support
$8,000
Los Ninos Del Teatro · Ranchos De Taos, NM · 2025
Program support
$8,000
The Learning Council · Paonia, CO · 2025
Program support
$8,000
Blue Sage Center for the Arts · Paonia, CO · 2024
Program support
$8,000
Darlington Fine Arts Center · Garnet Valley, PA · 2024
Program support
$8,000
Platteforum · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$8,000
Harrington Arts Alliance · Loveland, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$8,000
Kids Dance Outreach · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Art Program Support
$8,000
Rock To the Future · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$8,000
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation · Salida, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
Art Students League of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Barnstone Art for Kids · Phoenixville, PA · 2024
Program support
$7,500
New Mexico Jazz Workshop · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Blue Sage Center for the Arts · Paonia, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
Darlington Arts Center · Garnet Valley, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
Platteforum · Denver, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
Asian Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,500
Harrington Arts Alliance · Loveland, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,500
Heart and Hand Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,500
Kids Dance Outreach · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,500
Rock To the Future · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,500
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation · Salida, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Indiana · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Mount Carmel Wellness and Community Center · Trinidad, CO · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Art Students League of Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Barnstone Art for Kids · Phoenixville, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Embudo Valley Arts Association · Dixon, NM · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
New Mexico Jazz Workshop · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Performing Arts Academy · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Poetry Heals · Manitou Springs, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Vintage Theatre Productions · Aurora, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Blue Sage Center for the Arts · Paonia, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,000
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,000
Darlington Arts Center · Garnet Valley, PA · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,000
Platteforum · Denver, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,000
The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Denver Children'S Choir · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Koresh Dance Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Philadelphia Clef Club · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Santa Fe Teen Arts Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Spanish Danzart Society · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Yes and Collaborative Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Allens Lane Art Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Backstory Theatre · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Creede Repertory Theatre · Creede, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Curious Theatre Company · Denver, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Mt Carmel Health Wellness and Community Center · Trinidad, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Taller Puertorriqueo · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Art Students League of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Barnstone Art for Kids · Phoenixville, PA · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Embudo Valley Arts Association · Dixon, NM · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
New Mexico Jazz Workshop · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Performing Arts Academy · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Poetry Heals · Manitou Springs, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Vintage Theatre Productions · Aurora, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,000
Art From Ashes · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Arts Council of Southern Indiana · New Albany, IN · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Buildabridge International · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support

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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.