Funding search · EIN 311738614 · Denver, CO

Western Union Foundation

Name: Western Union 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.

830
grants reported: $12.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $240
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

gift match education workforce disaster matching relief

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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.

Watson3 grants · $1.1M
Inst of International Education2 grants · $922,956
Aspen Institute2 grants · $625,000
Iie Wu Global Scholars 23-241 grant · $505,102
Labor Mobility Partnerships1 grant · $472,850
Iie Wu Global Scholars1 grant · $400,450
The Aspen Institute1 grant · $375,000
Recoded2 grants · $325,000
Sistech2 grants · $321,423
Junior Achievement Worldwide1 grant · $315,737

Giving over time

$4.7M

2022

$4.3M

2023

$3.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 830 grants.

$893,306
Inst of International Education · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce / education
$505,102
Iie Wu Global Scholars 23-24 · New York, NY · 2023
Workforce / education
$500,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Workforce / education
$472,850
Labor Mobility Partnerships · Washington, DC · 2023
Workforce / education
$400,450
Iie Wu Global Scholars · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce/ education
$400,000
Watson · Boulder, CO · 2024
Workforce/education
$400,000
Watson · Boulder, CO · 2023
Workforce / education
$375,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Disaster relief
$315,737
Junior Achievement Worldwide · Boston, MA · 2024
Workforce/ education
$309,598
Plan International - Philippines · Providence, RI · 2023
Workforce / education
$300,000
National Partnership for New Americ · Chicago, IL · 2024
Workforce/ education
$253,665
Watson · Boulder, CO · 2022
Workforce / education
$250,000
Nathional Partnership for New · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce / education
$250,000
Whitaker Peace and Develpment · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Workforce / education
$225,000
Recoded · New York, NY · 2023
Workforce / education
$214,856
Iom · 2023
Workforce / education
$200,000
Bridge for Billions-Possibility Lab · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Workforce/education
$200,000
Global Alliance Africa · Chicago, IL · 2024
Workforce / education
$200,000
Hy-Vee Variety Children'S Charity · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Workforce / education
$200,000
The Entreprenuerial Refugee Network · 2024
Workforce/education
$200,000
Forward Incubator · 2023
Workforce / education
$200,000
Sistech · 2022
Workforce / education
$185,000
Education for Employment · Washington, DC · 2022
Disaster relief
$155,000
Jobs4refugees · 2022
Workforce / education
$153,000
Ja Worldwide · Boston, MA · 2022
Workforce / education
$150,000
Metropolitan State University of D · Denver, CO · 2024
Workforce / education
$150,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Workforce / education
$150,000
United Way National Strategy · Denver, CO · 2023
Workforce / education
$150,000
Upwardly Global · New York, NY · 2023
Workforce / education
$150,000
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2022
Workforce / education
$150,000
Upwardly Global · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce / education
$147,736
Talent Beyond Boundries · Washington, DC · 2023
Workforce / education
$147,039
Metropolitan State University of D · Denver, CO · 2023
Workforce / education
$125,006
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Workforce/education
$125,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Workforce / education
$125,000
Pursuit Transformation · Long Island City, NY · 2023
Workforce / education
$121,423
Sistech · 2023
Workforce / education
$115,000
Irc Denver · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce / education
$100,500
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce / education
$100,000
Capable · Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2024
Workforce / education
$100,000
Ever Free · Orange, CA · 2024
Workforce/education
$100,000
Refugees International · Washington, DC · 2024
Workforce/education
$100,000
Rose Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Workforce / education
$100,000
Global Alliance for Africa · Chicago, IL · 2023
Workforce / education
$100,000
Mi Casa · Denver, CO · 2023
Workforce / education
$100,000
Variety · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Workforce / education
$100,000
Fundacja Ukraina · 2022
Disaster relief
$100,000
Global Alliance for Africa · Chicago, IL · 2022
Gift matching grant
$100,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Disaster relief
$100,000
Pursuit Transformatino Company · Long Island, NY · 2022
Workforce / education
$100,000
Recoded · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce / education
$100,000
Variety-the Children'S Charity · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Gift matching grant
$91,203
Micro Rainbow · 2024
Workforce / education
$90,000
Micro Rainbow - Year 33 · 2023
Workforce / education
$90,000
Micro Rainbow Cic · 2022
Workforce / education
$80,000
Education for Employment · Washington, DC · 2024
Workforce / education
$80,000
Whitaker Peace and Development · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Gift matching grant
$75,000
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Gift match grants
$69,500
Junior Achievement Rocky Mtn · Denver, CO · 2022
Gift matching grant
$68,100
Iie Project Management · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce / education
$54,000
Refugees International - Costa Rica · Washington, DC · 2023
Workforce / education
$50,000
Community Hubs · Denver, CO · 2024
Workforce / education
$50,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Gift matching grant
$41,340
Metro State University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
Workforce / education
$36,165
Australian Red Cross · 2022
Disaster relief
$35,000
North American Telugu Association I · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Gift match grants
$35,000
Massachusetts Institute of · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Workforce / education
$32,898
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Disaster relief
$29,650
Inst of International Education · New York, NY · 2022
Disaster relief
$27,227
Hope for the Fatherless · Castle Pines, CO · 2022
Gift match grants
$25,492
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Workforce / education
$25,000
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022
Gift match grants
$25,000
Jvs Socal · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Gift matching grant
$21,167
Western Union Foundation Argentina · 2023
Workforce / education
$20,362
Western Union Foundation Lithuania · 2023
Workforce / education
$20,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Gift match grants
$20,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Gift match grants
$20,000
University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Gift match grants
$20,000
Denver Public Schools Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Gift matching grant
$20,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Gift match grants
$20,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Gift match grants
$20,000
Vsk Foundation · Woodside, NY · 2022
Gift match grants
$17,253
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Gift match grants
$16,400
America-China United Volunteer Asso · Edmond, OK · 2022
Gift match grants
$15,000
Gold Crown Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Gift match grants
$14,112
Bridge of Hope Greater Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
Gift match grants
$13,750
Hope for the Fatherless · Castle Pines, CO · 2023
Gift match grants
$12,165
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Disaster relief
$11,875
Unrwa USA National Committee · Washington, DC · 2023
Gift match grants
$11,151
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022
Gift match grants
$10,404
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denve · Denver, CO · 2022
Gift match grants
$10,100
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Gift match grants
$10,000
Law School Yes We Can · Denver, CO · 2023
Workforce / education
$10,000
Philharmonic Society of Orange Coun · Irvine, CA · 2023
Gift match grants
$10,000
Second Stage Theatre · New York, NY · 2023
Gift match grants
$10,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
Gift match grants
$10,000
University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Gift match grants
$9,884
Inst of Internationl Education · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce / education
$7,600
America-China United Volunteer Asso · Edmond, OK · 2023
Gift match grants
$7,500
Elevate USA · Arvada, CO · 2023
Gift match grants

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