Funding search · EIN 841525821 · Boulder, CO

Brett Family Foundation

Name: Brett Family 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.

195
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

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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.

The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County5 grants · $396,500
University of Colorado Foundation14 grants · $250,000
The Bell Policy Center4 grants · $228,000
New Era Colorado Foundation4 grants · $135,500
Progressnow Colorado Education4 grants · $50,000
Colorado Symphony Association4 grants · $45,000
Public Broadcasting of Colorado4 grants · $40,000
Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable4 grants · $40,000
Colorado Democracy Network4 grants · $37,500
Community Resource Center4 grants · $35,500

Giving over time

$573,000

2022

$494,000

2023

$503,500

2024

$481,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 195 grants.

$106,500
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2023
Brett - shoemaker fund: lyons community foundation
$100,000
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program support - brett-shoemaker fund; wildfire relief fund
$90,000
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2025
Brett - shoemaker fund: lyons community foundation
$90,000
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2024
Brett - shoemaker fund: lyons community foundation
$67,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Colorado trustee network
$60,000
The Bell Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$60,000
The Bell Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support; program support - taxpayer education project
$58,000
The Bell Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$50,000
The Bell Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$40,500
New Era Colorado Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
General Support
$37,500
New Era Colorado Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2022
Operating support
$36,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2022
Program support - cu boulder conference on world affairs, center for african and african american studies fund, marshall fire support fund
$35,000
New Era Colorado Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2025
General Support
$33,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2024
Colorado trustee network
$30,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2025
Center for African and African American Studies
$25,000
Blair County Historical Society · Altoona, PA · 2022
Operating support
$22,500
New Era Colorado Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
General Support
$19,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2022
Program support - school of public affairs fund, leaders in law & community fellowship program, cu engagement center, cu independent fund
$15,000
Colorado Symphony Association · Denver, CO · 2025
General Support
$15,000
Colorado Times Recorder · Denver, CO · 2025
General Support
$15,000
Colorado Symphony Association · Denver, CO · 2024
General Support
$15,000
Progressnow Colorado Education · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$15,000
Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$15,000
Progressnow Colorado Education · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$13,000
Community Resource Center · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$10,000
Colorado Democracy Network · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$10,000
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$10,000
Conservation Colorado Education Fund · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$10,000
Impact Charitable · Denver, CO · 2025
Oxygen Fund
$10,000
Progressnow Colorado Education · Denver, CO · 2025
General Support
$10,000
Public Broadcasting of Colorado · Centennial, CO · 2025
General Support
$10,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2025
Cmdi
$10,000
Civic News Company · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable · Denver, CO · 2024
General Support
$10,000
Colorado Democracy Network · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$10,000
Colorado Times Recorder · Denver, CO · 2024
General Support
$10,000
National Trust for Local News · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Progressnow Colorado Education · Denver, CO · 2024
General Support
$10,000
Public Broadcasting of Colorado · Centennial, CO · 2024
General Support
$10,000
The Colorado Education Initiative · Denver, CO · 2024
Colorado trustee network
$10,000
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2024
Zoe chase memorial fund: lyons community foundation
$10,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2024
Bueno center for multicultural education fund
$10,000
Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$10,000
Colorado Democracy Network · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$10,000
Colorado Symphony Association · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
$10,000
National Trust for Local News · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Public Broadcasting of Colorado · Centennial, CO · 2023
General Support
$10,000
The Colorado Independent Dba Colorado News Collaborative · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$10,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Center for African and African American Studies
$10,000
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Colorado Poverty Law Project · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Community Resource Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Conservation Colorado Education Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Impact On Education · Louisville, CO · 2022
Program support - marshall fire relief
$10,000
National Trust for Local News · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Public Broadcasting of Colorado · Centennial, CO · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Sister Carmen Community Center · Lafayette, CO · 2022
Program support - marshall fire relief
$10,000
The Colorado Independent Dba Colorado News Collaborative · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2022
Program support - president's opportunity fund
$8,000
Colorado Immigrant Justice Fund · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$8,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2025
General Support
$8,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2024
General Support
$8,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2023
College of Media, Communication, and School of Public Affairs Fund
$8,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2023
General Support
$7,500
Civic News Company · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$7,500
Cobalt Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$7,500
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General Support
$7,500
Cobalt Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$7,500
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
$7,500
Community Resource Center · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$7,500
Conservation Colorado Education Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$7,500
Great Education Colorado Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$7,500
Together Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$7,500
Conservation Colorado Education Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$7,500
Great Education Colorado Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$7,500
Together Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$7,500
Cobalt Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$7,500
Colorado Democracy Network · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$7,500
Colorado Fiscal Institute · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$7,500
Colorado People'S Alliance · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$7,500
Great Education Colorado Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$7,500
Together Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Operating support
$6,000
Colorado Poverty Law Project · Denver, CO · 2024
General Support
$6,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2024
College of Media, Communication, and School of Public Affairs Fund
$6,000
Colorado Poverty Law Project · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Aspen Journalism · Aspen, CO · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable · Denver, CO · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Colorado Fiscal Institute · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$5,000
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Right · Denver, CO · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Futuro Media Group · New York, NY · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Great Education Colorado Fund · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$5,000
Impact On Education · Louisville, CO · 2025
General support
$5,000
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
Cifc
$5,000
Mainstream Colorado Education · Denver, CO · 2025
General Support
$5,000
National Trust for Local News · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
The Colorado Education Initiative · Denver, CO · 2025
Colorado trustee network
$5,000
Together Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$5,000
Transformative Leadership for Change · Denver, CO · 2025
General Support
$5,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Broomfield, CO · 2025
General Support

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