Funding search · EIN 300202608 · Denver, CO

Pema Foundation

Name: Pema 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.

197
grants reported: $12.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

community education religious health service medical military

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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.

The Catholic Foundation2 grants · $4.3M
Ace Scholarships3 grants · $1.3M
National Western Stock Show3 grants · $1.2M
American Enterprise Institute3 grants · $1.0M
St John Paul the Great Catholic Hs2 grants · $500,000
St John Vianney Theological Seminary3 grants · $350,000
Junior Achievement3 grants · $335,900
Endow2 grants · $304,000
Ducks Unlimited3 grants · $164,250
National Catholic Bioethics Center3 grants · $160,000

Giving over time

$2.8M

2022

$2.7M

2023

$6.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 197 grants.

$4.3M
The Catholic Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Religious
$784,250
Ace Scholarships · Denver, CO · 2022
Education
$532,600
National Western Stock Show · Dallas, CO · 2024
Community
$523,400
National Western Stock Show · Dallas, CO · 2023
Community
$375,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Community service
$372,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Community service
$364,250
Ace Scholarships · Denver, CO · 2023
Education
$256,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Community service
$250,000
St John Vianney Theological Seminary · Denver, CO · 2024
Education
$250,000
St John Paul the Great Catholic Hs · Denver, CO · 2023
Education
$250,000
St John Paul the Great Catholic Hs · Denver, CO · 2022
Education
$204,000
Endow · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022
Religious
$150,000
Sophia Institute · Manchester, NH · 2024
Community
$124,250
Ace Scholarships · Denver, CO · 2024
Education
$121,000
National Western Stock Show · Dallas, CO · 2022
Community
$120,000
Ducks Unlimited · Evergreen, CO · 2024
Community
$112,500
Junior Achievement · Denver, CO · 2024
Community
$112,500
Junior Achievement · Denver, CO · 2022
Community
$110,900
Junior Achievement · Denver, CO · 2023
Community
$100,000
Endow · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Religious
$100,000
Family for Families · Golden, CO · 2023
Community
$100,000
Focus · Genesee, CO · 2022
Religious
$68,000
Media Research Center · Herndon, VA · 2024
Community
$60,000
National Catholic Bioethics Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Health
$60,000
Religious Sisters of Mercy · Alma, MI · 2022
Religious
$50,000
Archbishop'S Catholic Appeal · Denver, CO · 2024
Religious
$50,000
Family for Families · Golden, CO · 2024
Community
$50,000
National Catholic Bioethics Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Health
$50,000
Archbishop'S Catholic Appeal · Denver, CO · 2023
Religious
$50,000
Augustine Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023
Education
$50,000
National Catholic Bioethics Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Health
$50,000
Rocky Mountain Voice · Centennial, CO · 2023
Community
$50,000
St John Vianney Theological Seminary · Denver, CO · 2023
Education
$50,000
Acm Lifting Lives · Encino, CA · 2022
Community
$50,000
Archbishop'S Catholic Appeal · Denver, CO · 2022
Religious
$50,000
Augustine Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022
Education
$50,000
St John Vianney Theological Seminary · Denver, CO · 2022
Education
$40,000
Convention of States Action · Houston, TX · 2023
Community
$40,000
Chosen and Dearly Loved · Bellevue, WA · 2022
Community
$35,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2023
Community
$30,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2024
Community
$30,000
Independence Institute · Winchester, VA · 2023
Community
$30,000
Religious Sisters of Mercy · Alma, MI · 2023
Religious
$30,000
The Catholic Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Religious
$29,000
Volunteers of America · Denver, CO · 2023
Community
$25,150
St Joseph Hospital Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Medical
$25,000
Chosen and Dearly Loved · Bellevue, WA · 2024
Community
$25,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
Community
$25,000
Seeds of Hope · Denver, CO · 2024
Community
$25,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2024
Community
$25,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2023
Community service
$25,000
Catholic Relief Services · Austin, TX · 2023
Community
$25,000
Focus · Genesee, CO · 2023
Religious
$25,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023
Community
$25,000
Seeds of Hope · Denver, CO · 2023
Community
$25,000
Vail Interfaith Chapel · Vail, CO · 2023
Religious
$25,000
Western Golf Association · Glenview, IL · 2023
Community
$25,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2022
Community service
$25,000
Napa Institute · Irvine, CA · 2022
Education
$25,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022
Community
$25,000
Seeds of Hope · Denver, CO · 2022
Community
$25,000
Sisters of Life · Suffern, NY · 2022
Religious
$24,250
Ducks Unlimited · Evergreen, CO · 2023
Community
$20,000
Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Education
$20,000
Independence Institute · Winchester, VA · 2024
Community
$20,000
Chosen and Dearly Loved · Bellevue, WA · 2023
Community
$20,000
Common Sense Policy Roundtable · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023
Education
$20,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2023
Community
$20,000
Fire Fighters Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Community
$20,000
Rocky Mountain Hyperbaric Association for Brain Injuries · Louisville, CO · 2023
Health
$20,000
St Claire of Assisi Catholic School · Edwards, CO · 2023
Education
$20,000
Common Sense Policy Roundtable · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022
Education
$20,000
Convention of States Action · Houston, TX · 2022
Community
$20,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2022
Community
$20,000
Ducks Unlimited · Evergreen, CO · 2022
Community
$20,000
Gold Crown Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2022
Community
$20,000
Independence Institute · Denver, CO · 2022
Community
$20,000
St Vincent De Paul · Denver, CO · 2022
Community
$18,000
Denver Rustlers · Denver, CO · 2024
Community
$17,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022
Community
$15,000
Catholic Charities · Denver, CO · 2024
Community
$15,000
Phillips Exeter Academy · Exeter, NH · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Boy Scouts of America-Denver Area Council · Lakewood, CO · 2022
Community
$15,000
Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2022
Education
$12,000
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2024
Health
$11,000
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Education
$11,000
Catholic Charities · Denver, CO · 2023
Community
$10,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2024
Community service
$10,000
Cell-Co Remembers 911 · Denver, CO · 2024
Community
$10,000
Colorado Concern · Denver, CO · 2024
Community
$10,000
Denver Police Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Community
$10,000
Master'S Tournament Foundation · Augusta, GA · 2024
Community
$10,000
Mercury One · Dallas, TX · 2024
Community
$10,000
Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2024
Education
$10,000
Phillips Exeter Academy · Exeter, NH · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Rocky Mountain Hyperbaric Association for Brain Injuries · Louisville, CO · 2024
Health
$10,000
Shadow Warriors Project · Monument, CO · 2024
Community
$10,000
Taps · Arlington, VA · 2024
Community
$10,000
Acm Lifting Lives · Encino, CA · 2023
Community
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America-Denver Area Council · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Community

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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.