University of Colorado Foundation
DENVER, CO
$20MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Project support
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Gates Family Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 84-0474837 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Gates Family Foundation
- Phone
- (303) 722-1881
- Deadlines
- Proposal deadlines: March 15 and September 1.
- Application materials
- Capital grant applicants should use the common grant application available on the foundation's website: www.gatesfamilyfoundation.org. Please reference our website for more information about our initiated grant making.
- Restrictions
- The foundation supports capital projects, which are typically building purchase, construction, expansion, renovation, and/or land acquisition, as well as other forms of initiated grant making for capital, program, operating and other purposes in four priority areas - k-12 education, natural resources, community development, and informed communities. The foundation also makes recyclable commitments of capital in the form of program related investments in support of its objectives in the four priority areas for initiated activity.
Original filing text
- Contact
- GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION
- Address
- 1390 LAWRENCE STREET 400 DENVER, CO, 80204
- Phone
- 3037221881
- Deadlines
- PROPOSAL DEADLINES: MARCH 15 AND SEPTEMBER 1.
- Application materials
- CAPITAL GRANT APPLICANTS SHOULD USE THE COMMON GRANT APPLICATION AVAILABLE ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE: WWW.GATESFAMILYFOUNDATION.ORG. PLEASE REFERENCE OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR INITIATED GRANT MAKING.
- Restrictions
- THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY BUILDING PURCHASE, CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION, RENOVATION, AND/OR LAND ACQUISITION, AS WELL AS OTHER FORMS OF INITIATED GRANT MAKING FOR CAPITAL, PROGRAM, OPERATING AND OTHER PURPOSES IN FOUR PRIORITY AREAS - K-12 EDUCATION, NATURAL RESOURCES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND INFORMED COMMUNITIES. THE FOUNDATION ALSO MAKES RECYCLABLE COMMITMENTS OF CAPITAL IN THE FORM OF PROGRAM RELATED INVESTMENTS IN SUPPORT OF ITS OBJECTIVES IN THE FOUR PRIORITY AREAS FOR INITIATED ACTIVITY.
Reported organization name: GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 374 | $36.3M |
| 2024 | 360 | $37.3M |
Where Gates Family Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
University of Colorado Foundation
DENVER, CO
$20MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Project support
University of Denver
DENVER, CO
$2.2MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Project support
Cardigan Mountain School
CANAAN, NH
$2MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Endowment
William J Palmer Parks Foundation I
COLORADO SPGS, CO
$935KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Land purchase
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (734 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Gates Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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