Thiry-O'leary Foundation
Cherry Hills Village, CO · EIN 45-4059068. Reported 182 grants totalling $9,325,757 to 133 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Thiry-O'leary Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Thiry-O'leary Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 3 grants totalling $310,000 to them. That is 5% of the $6,133,857 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
1 of them file Form 990-PF and did not check the box saying it funds only organizations it picks. The other 2 file Form 990, which never asks, so for those there is no answer on record either way. The last column says which is which.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | No, on its 990-PF |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Arlington Community Foundation | community foundation | Virginia | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $50,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $650,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $1,152,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Unite America Institute | Denver, CO | $1,109,352 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Denver Hybrid College | Denver, CO | $756,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Climate Finance Gap Fund | Na, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stanford University Development Services | Stanford, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $255,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gladstone Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Draper Richards Kaplan | Arlington, VA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Denver, CO | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unite America Institute | Stanford, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Denver Hybrid College Foundation | Denver, CO | $236,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High Line Canal Conservancy | Centennial, CO | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $199,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mizel Institute | Denver, CO | $130,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dsst Public School Fund | Denver, CO | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| League of Women Voters of Colorado | Denver, CO | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Endeavor Global | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gladstone Foundation | Denver, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Issue One | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Raza Services | Denver, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Represent US Education Fund | Florence, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Colorado Association for Commerce and Industry Educational Foundation | Denver, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Movement Advancement Project | Boulder, CO | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $70,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Steadman Philippon Research Institute | Vail, CO | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | Denver, CO | $64,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban Peak | Denver, CO | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Schwab Charitable | Orlando, FL | $54,500 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Maya's Way | Denver, CO | $54,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Denver Health & Hospitals Foundation | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fundacja Happy Kids | Orange County, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Political Innovation | Boulder, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Denver Art Museum | Denver, CO | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Colorado Thrives | Denver, CO | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lion Global Foundation | Denver, CO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Colorado Sun | Denver, CO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Black Women Endowment Fund | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gardner Valley School | Medora, ND | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Forum | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Craig Foundation - Push | Englewood, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dsst Public Schools Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Black Entrepreneurship | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greenlight Fund | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Imagination Library of Colorado | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Independence Institute | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Issue One | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Jewish Health | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Represent Women | Silver Spring, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Representus Education Fund | Florence, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unite America | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| US Ski and Snowboard | Park City, UT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | Englewood, CO | $23,880 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catalyst Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High Hopes Colorado | Littleton, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gardner Valley School | Gardner, CO | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Denver Scholarship Foundation | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Navy Seal Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Stanford Fund | Stanford, CA | $12,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Women's Foundation of Colorado | Denver, CO | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arlington Community Foundation | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bay Area Discover Museum | Sausilito, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Thrives | Stanford, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Common Sense | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Common Sense Media | Orange County, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Door County Land Trust | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dsst Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Firefly Autism | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation | Center City, MN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Midwest Access Coalition | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Blue Bench | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Volunteers of America Colorado | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yale University - Chief Excecutive Leadership Institute | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $9,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Down Syndrome Foundation | Denver, CO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Denver Center for Performing | Denver, CO | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hazelden Betty Ford | Center City, MN | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Biennial of the Americas | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Castle Rock Parks & Trail Foundation | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado Open Lands | Lakewood, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation Beth El Snj | Voorhees, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family to Family Adoptions | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Livingston Institute | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hazeldon Betty Ford Foundation | St Paul, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Mountain Bicycling Assoc | Boulder, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Mountain Bicycling Association | Boulder, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Melanoma Research Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Dawn Redwoods Trust | Tiburon, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library | Medora, ND | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trust for Public Land | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lion Global Foundation (cell) | Denver, CO | $4,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | Stanford, CA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Green Dot Public Schools of Tennessee | Memphis, TN | $3,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stanford Athletics Buckcardinal Club | Stanford, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cndcalg | Denver, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Educators for Excellence | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kidney Disease Research Fund | Rockville, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Work Education and Employment | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Work Education Employment | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Mountain Bike Association | Lakewood, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maya's Way Fund | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium | Monterey, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Christ Hospital Foundation Maya's Way Fund | Cincinnati, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado Water Trust | Denver, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cwee | Denver, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Desert Botanical Garden (carole Kraemer Memorial Fund) | Phoenix, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Potawatomi | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Potawatomi State Park Inc | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Green Dot Public Schools Development | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Green Dot Public Schools Tennessee | Mephis, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marin Horizon School | Mill Valley, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mill Valley Public Library | Mill Valley, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peopleforbikes Foundation | Boulder, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stanford Althletics Buckcardinal Club | Stanford, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stanford Athletics Buckcardinal | Stanford, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stanford Graduate School of Busin | Stanford, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Sausalito, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| US Capital History Society | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado Forum Fund | Denver, CO | $875 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridge of Life | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
24 of 133 (18%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 24%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Unite America Institute
SUPPORT AND PROMOTE DEMOCRACY REFORM INITIATIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY - The Nature Conservancy
TO SUPPORT THE NATURE VEST PROGRAM AND TO SUPPORT THE ONE CONSERVANCY FUND - The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
SUPPORTING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS ON CRITICAL ISSUES - Gladstone Foundation
SUPPORTING BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH - The Draper Richards Kaplan
TO SUPPORT EARLY STAGE, HIGH IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS WHO ASPIRE TO CHANGE THE WORLD - Denver Hybrid College Foundation
ADVANCE EDU - TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 93 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | $2,128,875 | $6,250 |
| 2022 | 58 | $2,443,780 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $1,813,650 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 49 | $2,939,452 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
49% of its giving went to organizations in Colorado.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Thiry-O'leary Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2 Cantitoe Lane, Cherry Hills Village, CO, 80113. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 45-4059068 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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