Funding search · EIN 841396597 · Denver, CO

Foundation for Educational Excellence

Name: Foundation for Educational Excellence grants, 2022–2024
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.

77
grants reported: $5.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $48,815
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.

What they fund

educational community health

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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.

Denver University1 grant · $525,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver3 grants · $507,500
Buildstrong Academy3 grants · $496,676
The Stead School2 grants · $470,000
Brees Dream Foundation1 grant · $400,000
Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation2 grants · $320,000
Mile High Learning3 grants · $267,500
Greenlight Fund2 grants · $220,260
Special Olympics of Co3 grants · $207,104
The First Tee2 grants · $122,000

Giving over time

$2.0M

2022

$1.9M

2023

$2.0M

2024

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

$525,500
Denver University · Denver, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$400,000
Brees Dream Foundation · Independence, OH · 2024
Health and community
$300,000
Buildstrong Academy · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$270,000
The Stead School · Commerce City, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$200,000
The Stead School · Commerce City, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$195,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$193,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$190,000
Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$166,379
Buildstrong Academy · Denver, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$155,260
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Educational purposes
$130,000
Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$119,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$119,000
The Other Side Academy · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Educational purposes
$118,880
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational purposes
$117,000
The First Tee · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$116,445
Home Builders Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational purposes
$116,445
Hoola Na Pua- Co Central Union Church · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational purposes
$100,000
Stead School · Commerce City, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$100,000
Here Tomorrow · Neptune Beach, FL · 2023
Educational purposes
$97,630
Colorado Open Golf Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$97,500
Mile High Learning · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$95,000
Mile High Learning · Denver, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$95,000
Hoola Na Pua · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational purposes
$95,000
Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2023
Educational purposes
$91,000
Temple Grandin Equine Center · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$80,000
Special Olympics of Co · Centennial, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$77,630
Colorado State University Foundation (Temple Grandin Equine Center) · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$75,000
Mile High Learning · Denver, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$75,000
Cha Carmel · Carmel, CA · 2022
Educational purposes
$73,000
On Eagles Wings · Concord, NC · 2023
Educational purposes
$65,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
Educational purposes
$65,000
Invest in Kids · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$65,000
Special Olympics of Co · Centennial, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$64,408
Denver Police Foundation · Bloomfield, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$64,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$62,104
Special Olympics of Co · Centennial, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$58,815
Tim Tebow Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Educational purposes
$50,000
Building Talent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational purposes
$48,815
Eagle Valley Community Foundation · Edwards, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$42,000
True North · Telluride, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$40,000
Alsacst Jude · Denver, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$39,000
On Eagles Wings · Concord, NC · 2022
Educational purposes
$39,000
Project Sanctuary · Granby, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$35,000
Metropolitan State University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$32,500
A Better World · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational purposes
$32,500
Amp the Cause · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$32,500
Challenge Foundation · Togard, OR · 2022
Educational purposes
$32,500
Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
Educational purposes
$30,297
Buildstrong Academy · Denver, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$29,000
True North · Telluride, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$20,000
Boys & Girls Brigade · Neenah, WI · 2024
Educational purposes
$19,500
Ascendigo Autism Services · Carbondale, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$19,500
Care Ring · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Educational purposes
$19,500
Freedom Communities · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Educational purposes
$19,500
Freedom Service Dogs · Englewood, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$19,500
Roc · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Educational purposes
$19,500
Sungatekids · Englewood, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$16,500
Marine Corp Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Educational purposes
$15,526
On Eagles Wings (Fields of Hope Charitable) · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Educational purposes
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Denver, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$10,000
Carmelite Sisters · Alhambra, CA · 2024
Educational purposes
$10,000
Evan Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
Educational purposes
$10,000
Imagination Library of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$10,000
Project Our Town · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$10,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational purposes
$10,000
Victory Service Dogs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$10,000
Rehabilitation Institue of Chicago - Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Educational purposes
$10,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Educational purposes
$10,000
Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$6,000
Aurora Public Schools Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$6,000
Aurora Public School · Aurora, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$6,000
Aurora Public School · Aurora, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$5,000
Community College of Aurora · Aurora, CO · 2024
Educational purposes
$5,000
Denver Public School · Denver, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$5,000
The First Tee · Denver, CO · 2023
Educational purposes
$5,000
Colorado Open Golf Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational purposes
$5,000
Highlands Elementary Pto · Erie, CO · 2022
Educational purposes

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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.