The Joy Fund

What they fund

foodcommunitiesprotectthosewateraccountablebouldercounty

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.

• Community Foundation Serving Boulder County3 grants · $93,000
• Ecdysis Foundation2 grants · $25,000
• Democracy Forward Foundation1 grant · $23,000
• Ceres2 grants · $20,000
• Boulder Food Rescue1 grant · $20,000
• Protect Democracy Project1 grant · $20,000
• Partnership With Native Americans1 grant · $20,000
• Global Greengrants Fund2 grants · $20,000
• Ouray Food Pantry2 grants · $17,500
• Community Partners for the Civics Center2 grants · $12,500

Giving over time

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

• $45,500

  Community Foundation Serving Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2023

  General operations

• $37,500

  Community Foundation Serving Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2022

  General support

• $23,000

  Democracy Forward Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2025

  To protect the rights and institutions that make our nation's democracy strong by working through the legal system andadministrative processes to preserve the rule of law and hold government accountable, and to educate … read allTo protect the rights and institutions that make our nation's democracy strong by working through the legal system andadministrative processes to preserve the rule of law and hold government accountable, and to educate the public about those efforts less
• $20,000

  Boulder Food Rescue · Boulder, CO · 2025

  Food redistribution - rescue food that would otherwise go to waste and distribute it to low-income communities across boulder

• $20,000

  Partnership With Native Americans · Addison, TX · 2025

  Food and water to support the long-term solutions for strong, self-sufficient native american communities

• $20,000

  Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2025

  To prevent our democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. We do this by working to strengthen the checks and balances that have held the executive branch accountable to the laws and longstand… read allTo prevent our democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. We do this by working to strengthen the checks and balances that have held the executive branch accountable to the laws and longstanding practices that have protected our democracy through both democratic and republican administrations less
• $15,000

  Ecdysis Foundation · Estelline, SD · 2022

  General support

• $12,500

  Ouray Food Pantry · Ridgway, CO · 2025

  To provide ongoing food support to individuals and families in ouray county who are struggling with difficult life circumstances

• $12,000

  Maine Needs · Portland, ME · 2025

  We strive to help individuals and families in maine meet their basic, material needs by providing donated clothing, hygiene products, household items, and other necessities. We focus our work on those starting life over… read allWe strive to help individuals and families in maine meet their basic, material needs by providing donated clothing, hygiene products, household items, and other necessities. We focus our work on those starting life over from scratch: domestic abuse survivors, asylum seekers and those facing financial hardships. We partner with schools, caseworkers, nurses and nonprofits to provide these material resources less
• $10,000

  Community Foundation Serving Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2024

  General operations

• $10,000

  Denver Urban Gardens · Denver, CO · 2024

  General operations

• $10,000

  Drylands Agroecology Research · Longmont, CO · 2024

  General operations

• $10,000

  Ecdysis Foundation · Estelline, SD · 2024

  General operations

• $10,000

  Global Greengrants Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024

  General operations

• $10,000

  Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023

  Food & water

• $10,000

  Tides Foundationmovement Voter Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  General operations

• $10,000

  Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022

  Food & water

• $10,000

  Global Greengrants Fund · Boulder, CO · 2022

  General support

• $7,500

  Camfed USA Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025

  Catalyze the power of the most vulnerable girls and young women to create the future they imagine for themselves, for their communities, and for africa

• $7,500

  Give Directly · New York, NY · 2025

  To reduce poverty by providing financial assistance directly to those in need

• $7,500

  Clean and Prosperous America Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024

  General operations

• $7,500

  Community Partners for the Civics Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  General operations

• $7,500

  Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2022

  General support

• $7,500

  Savory Institute Org · Boulder, CO · 2022

  General support

• $7,000

  Tides Foundationtrans Justice Funding Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  General operations

• $5,000

  Community Partners for the Civics Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

  Civics center is a voter registration group focused on high school students. The organization encourages state and localgovernments, as well as schools and nonprofits, to ease voter registration access and promote youth… read allCivics center is a voter registration group focused on high school students. The organization encourages state and localgovernments, as well as schools and nonprofits, to ease voter registration access and promote youth voting less
• $5,000

  Freedom of the Press Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

  Mission is to protect, defend, and empower public-interest journalism in the 21st century

• $5,000

  Sister Carmen Community Center · Lafayette, CO · 2025

  Provide assistance to residents of east boulder county who are in need, without discrimination

• $5,000

  Camfed · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  General operations

• $5,000

  Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center · Longmont, CO · 2024

  General operations

• $5,000

  Conservation Colorado Education Fund · Denver, CO · 2024

  General operations

• $5,000

  Friendship Bridge · Lakewood, CO · 2024

  General operations

• $5,000

  Give Directly · New York, NY · 2024

  General operations

• $5,000

  Kzmu · Moab, UT · 2024

  General operations

• $5,000

  Ouray Food Pantry · Ridgway, CO · 2024

  General operations

• $5,000

  Slow Money Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024

  Genral operations

• $5,000

  Moab Valley Multicultural Center · Moab, UT · 2023

  General operations

• $5,000

  Moab Valley Multicultural Center · Moab, UT · 2022

  General support

• $5,000

  Seekhaven Family Crisis & Resource Center · Moab, UT · 2022

  General support

• $2,500

  The Trust for Land Restoration · Ridgway, CO · 2025

  The mission is to conserve and protect significant scenic sites and historic landscapes in the san juan mountains of sw colorado, specializing in the restoration, conservation, and protection of ecologically significant… read allThe mission is to conserve and protect significant scenic sites and historic landscapes in the san juan mountains of sw colorado, specializing in the restoration, conservation, and protection of ecologically significant properties that have been degraded by human activity less
• $2,500

  As You Sow · Berkeley, CA · 2023

  General operations

• $2,500

  Venture Out Project · Northampton, MA · 2022

  General support

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