Funding search · EIN 742922694 · Denver, CO

Thefish Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

44
grants reported
$107,200
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,350
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Sewall Child Development Center3 grants · $35,500
  • Denver Dumb Friends League3 grants · $15,500
  • Sewall Child Development Center1 grant · $11,000
  • Food Bank of the Rockies3 grants · $7,000
  • Denver Dumb Friends League1 grant · $3,100
  • Wellpower1 grant · $3,000
  • Solve Oregon2 grants · $3,000
  • Food Banks of the Rockies1 grant · $3,000
  • University of Iowa2 grants · $3,000
  • Young Americans Center for Financial Education1 grant · $2,500

Giving over time

$23,600
2022
$22,000
2023
$28,900
2024
$32,700
2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

  • $12,500

    Sewall Child Development Center · Denver, CO · 2024

    Education

  • $11,500

    Sewall Child Development Center · Denver, CO · 2025

    Education

  • $11,500

    Sewall Child Development Center · Denver, CO · 2023

    Education

  • $11,000

    Sewall Child Development Center · Denver, CO · 2022

    General operations

  • $6,500

    Denver Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2025

    General Operations

  • $5,000

    Denver Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2024

    General Operations

  • $4,000

    Denver Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2023

    General Operations

  • $3,100

    Denver Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2022

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Food Banks of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2022

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Wellpower · Denver, CO · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,500

    Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2025

    General Operations

  • $2,500

    Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2025

    General Operating

  • $2,500

    Young Americans Center for Financial Education · Denver, CO · 2025

    General Operating

  • $2,500

    Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2024

    General Operations

  • $2,000

    University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2025

    General Operating

  • $2,000

    Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2023

    General Operations

  • $2,000

    University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2022

    Education

  • $1,500

    Solve Oregon · Portland, OR · 2025

    General Operating

  • $1,500

    Oregon Coast Aquarium · Newport, OR · 2024

    General Operating

  • $1,500

    Rocky Mountain Refuge · Littleton, CO · 2024

    General Operating

  • $1,500

    Solve Oregon · Portland, OR · 2024

    General Operating

  • $1,350

    Colorado Pet Pantry · Boulder, CO · 2025

    2023 contribution paid in 2024

  • $1,350

    Metro Caring · Denver, CO · 2025

    General Operating

  • $1,000

    Metro Caring · Denver, CO · 2024

    General Operating

  • $1,000

    Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    General Operating - Colorado Chapter

  • $1,000

    Wellpower · Denver, CO · 2024

    2023 contribution - cleared in 2024

  • $1,000

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    General Operations

  • $1,000

    Orca Conservancy · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General Operations

  • $1,000

    University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    Young Americans Center Financial Ed · Denver, CO · 2023

    General Operations

  • $500

    Lighthouse Writers Workshop · Denver, CO · 2025

    General Operations

  • $500

    Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue · Denver, CO · 2025

    General Operating

  • $500

    Colorado Pet Pantry Animal Haus · Boulder, CO · 2024

    General Operating

  • $500

    Washed Ashore · Bandon, OR · 2024

    General Operating

  • $500

    Maui Humane Society · Puunene, HI · 2023

    General Operations

  • $500

    Colorado Water Trust · Denver, CO · 2022

    General operations

  • $500

    Community Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2022

    General operations

  • $500

    Project Cure · Centennial, CO · 2022

    General operations

  • $400

    Colorado Pet Pantry · Boulder, CO · 2024

    2023 contribution paid in 2024

  • $0

    Oregon Coast Aquarium · Newport, OR · 2025

    General Operating

  • $0

    Rocky Mountain Refuge · Littleton, CO · 2025

    General Operating

  • $0

    Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Phoenix, AZ · 2025

    General Operating - Colorado Chapter

  • $0

    Washed Ashore · Bandon, OR · 2025

    General Operating

  • $0

    Wellpower · Denver, CO · 2025

    2023 contribution - cleared in 2024

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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.