Funding search · EIN 846282092 · Colorado Springs, CO
Woodford 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.
- 231
- grants reported
- $1.5M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University of Colorado Foundation4 grants · $210,000
- State Policy Network4 grants · $100,000
- Judicial Watch4 grants · $100,000
- Conservative Partnership Institute4 grants · $100,000
- Institute for Justice4 grants · $100,000
- Convention of States Foundation4 grants · $100,000
- Freedom Works Foundation3 grants · $75,000
- Steamboat Institute4 grants · $55,000
- American Council of Trustees and Alumni4 grants · $50,000
- Independence Institute4 grants · $40,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 231 grants.
- $60,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2025
Center for studyof govt & indivdual
- $50,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
Center for studyof govt & indivdual
- $50,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
Center for studyof govt & indivdual
- $50,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2022
Center for studyof govt & indivdual
- $25,000
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
- $25,000
Convention of States Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
General purpose
- $25,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2025
General purpose
- $25,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2025
General puprose
- $25,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2025
General purpose
- $25,000
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
Convention of States Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
Freedom Works Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
General puprose
- $25,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Convention of States Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Freedom Works Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
General puprose
- $25,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
- $25,000
Convention of States Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
General purpose
- $25,000
Freedom Works Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
- $25,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purpose
- $25,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
General puprose
- $25,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purpose
- $20,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2025
General purpose
- $15,000
American Council of Trustees and Alumni · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
- $15,000
American Council of Trustees and Alumni · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
- $15,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2024
General purpose
- $10,200
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
- $10,200
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Acton Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
General purpose
- $10,000
Independence Institute · Golden, CO · 2025
General purpose
- $10,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
- $10,000
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Uplift Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Scholarship program
- $10,000
Public Interest Legal Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General purpose
- $10,000
Acton Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
American Institute for Economic Research · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
Bastiat &general purpose
- $10,000
Independence Institute · Golden, CO · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Public Interest Legal Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Acton Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
American Council of Trustees and Alumni · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Independence Institute · Golden, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Uplift Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Scholarship program
- $10,000
Public Interest Legal Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
State Freedom Caucus Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Acton Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
American Council of Trustees and Alumni · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
Independence Institute · Golden, CO · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Uplift Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Scholarship program
- $10,000
Public Interest Legal Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
The American Conservative · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
- $9,600
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
- $7,500
Leadership Program of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2025
Scholarshipsgeneral purpose
- $7,500
The Heartland Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
- $7,500
Leadership Program of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2024
Scholarshipsgeneral purpose
- $7,500
Leadership Program of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2023
Scholarshipsgeneral purpose
- $7,500
Leadership Program of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2022
General purposescholarships
- $6,000
American Institute for Economic Research · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
American Legislative Exchange Council · Arlington, VA · 2025
General purpose
- $5,000
Ballotpedia · Middleton, WI · 2025
General purpose
- $5,000
Careers in Construction Colorado · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General purpose
- $5,000
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
- $5,000
Constituting America · Colleyville, TX · 2025
General purpose
- $5,000
Mountain States Legal Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2025
General purpose
- $5,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2025
General purpose
- $5,000
Ballotpedia · Middleton, WI · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Educating Children of Color · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Mountain States Legal Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Uplift Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Scholarship program
- $5,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
The Heartland Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Ballotpedia · Middleton, WI · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Diakonia · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Apprenticeshiptraining program
- $5,000
Educating Children of Color · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Mountain States Legal Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
The Heartland Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
American Institute for Economic Research · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Ballotpedia · Middleton, WI · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
General puporse
- $5,000
Cato Institue · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Cfact · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Diakonia · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Apprenticeshiptraining program
- $5,000
Educating Children of Color · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General use
- $5,000
Foundation for Economic Freedom · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Foundation of Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Friends of the Children · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Pikes peakelementary programclubhouse
- $5,000
Institute for Free Speech · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Ladies of Liberty Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
- $5,000
Mercatus · Arlirlington, VA · 2022
General purposegraduate studentfellow program
- $5,000
Mountain States Legal Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2022
General purpose
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- Christian Community Foundation4,375 grants · $507.9M
Similar purposes
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- The Ruth Krauss Foundation191 grants · $805,200
Similar grant size
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation30,880 grants · $360.4M
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- Publix Super Markets Charities6,333 grants · $108.7M
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