Funding search · EIN 364410533 · Aspen, CO

Joy Foundation

Name: Joy Foundation 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.

49
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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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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.

Inernational Rescue Committee3 grants · $757,200
American Academy in Berlin3 grants · $250,000
Mayo Clinic2 grants · $200,000
Aspen Institute3 grants · $200,000
Better Angels Society1 grant · $125,000
Natural Resources Defense Council2 grants · $31,100
Chabad Jewish Community Center Aspen3 grants · $27,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs2 grants · $25,000
Pitzer College2 grants · $14,900
Oceana2 grants · $13,200

Giving over time

$501,940

2022

$552,000

2023

$674,000

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$300,000
Inernational Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$257,200
Inernational Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$200,000
Inernational Rescue Committee · Alberta Lea, MN · 2022
General support
$150,000
American Academy in Berlin · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$125,000
Better Angels Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
General support
$100,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
General support
$75,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$75,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$50,000
American Academy in Berlin · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
American Academy in Berlin · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$50,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$22,100
Natural Resources Defense Council · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General support
$20,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2022
General support
$16,000
Chabad Jewish Community Center Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2024
General support
$10,400
Pitzer College · Claremont, CA · 2024
General support
$10,200
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$9,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General support
$6,000
Chabad Jewish Community Center Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2023
General support
$5,000
Fairvote · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General support
$5,000
Sixth & I Synagogue · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Fairvote · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General support
$5,000
Rush University · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Chabad Jewish Community Center Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2022
General support
$5,000
Chicago Historial Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$4,500
Pitzer College · Claremont, CA · 2022
General support
$4,300
Milton Academy · Milton, MA · 2024
General support
$4,000
School Year Abroad · North Andover, MA · 2024
General support
$4,000
Camp for All Kids · St Louis, MO · 2023
General support
$4,000
School Year Abroad · North Andover, MA · 2023
General support
$4,000
School Year Abroad · North Andover, MA · 2022
General support
$3,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$3,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$3,000
Camp for All Kids · St Louis, MO · 2022
General support
$3,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$3,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$3,000
Sea Shepard · Alexandra, VA · 2022
General support
$2,800
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,500
Sea Shepard · Alexandra, VA · 2024
General support
$2,500
Milton Academy · Milton, MA · 2022
General support
$2,000
Hias Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$1,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$1,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Jewish Women International · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$940
American Associates of the National Theatre · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$500
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General 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.