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Jonathan & Shari Fox Family Foundat

Fowler, CO · EIN 20-2059412. Reported 77 grants totalling $63,000 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$500median grant
$63,000granted, 2021-2024
56organizations funded
19%of grantees funded again the next year

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Jonathan & Shari Fox Family Foundat did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $750; the smallest was $250 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
60 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
16 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Missouri Day Ass'n (pass-Through GrFowler, CO$15,000112023
Fowler School DistrictFowler, CO$5,200332023
Arkansas Valley Pregnancy CenterLajunta, CO$2,500332024
Fowler Historical SocietyFowler, CO$2,400332024
Arkansas Valley Community Concert aLajunta, CO$2,250442024
Blackburn-Dennis Community CenterFowler, CO$2,250332024
Fowler United Methodist ChurchFowler, CO$1,500222024
Bent County Historical SocietyLas Animas, CO$1,300222023
Las Animas Public LibraryLas Animas, CO$1,250222024
Olney Springs Lady LionsOlney Springs, CO$1,250332023
Sole ProviderLas Animas, CO$1,250222022
Tri-County Family Care Center IncRocky Ford, CO$1,250222022
Arkansas Valley Resource CenterLajunta, CO$1,000222022
Fowler Elementary Ar ProgramFowler, CO$1,000112024
Fowler Historical SocietycemeteryFowler, CO$1,000112022
Friends of Historic Southeast ColorRocky Ford, CO$1,000112024
Manzanola FFA ChapterManzanola, CO$1,000112024
Rocky Ford Historical MuseumRocky Ford, CO$1,000112023
Rocky Ford Parks & RecreationRocky Ford, CO$1,000112021
Town of Cherawdevelopment CommitteCheraw, CO$1,000112023
Manzanola Entrepreneurship ClubManzanola, CO$840112021
Otero College Child Dev ServicesLajunta, CO$750112023
Town of ManzanolaManzanola, CO$750222024
Youth Club of TrinidadTrinidad, CO$750222024
Fowler Elementary SchoolFowler, CO$600112024
Pioneer Chrsitian ChurchRocky Ford, CO$600112023
Rocky Ford Fire DepartmentRocky Ford, CO$560112021
Arkansas River Basin Water ForumPueblo, CO$500112024
Arkansas Valley Kitchen of KindnessLajunta, CO$500112024
Bent County Sheriff's OfficeLas Animas, CO$500112021
Colorado West Christian SchoolMontrose, CO$500112021
Crowley County Heritage SocietyCrowley, CO$500112024
Family Health West FoundationFruita, CO$500112022
Fowler Roping ClubFowler, CO$500112024
Friends of Historic Se ColoradoRocky Ford, CO$500112022
Girls in the MiddleLajunta, CO$500112021
Girls in the Middle-Otero CollegeLajunta, CO$500112023
Las Animas JR High Pure Gold ClubLas Animas, CO$500112023
Manzanola Civic Club IncManzanola, CO$500112022
Manzanola United Methodist ChurchManzanola, CO$500112022
Mt Carmel Wellness & Community CentTrinidad, CO$500112024
Pioneer Christian SchoolRocky Ford, CO$500112022
Rocky Ford Parks and RecRocky Ford, CO$500112023
Small Town Projectrocky Ford BoxinRocky Ford, CO$500112021
Special Olympics ColoradoColorado Springs, CO$500112022
Summer Student Musical the GrandRocky Ford, CO$500112021
Town of FowlerFowler, CO$500112023
United Methodist Church of La JuntaLajunta, CO$500112024
Olney Springs United Methodist ChurOlney Springs, CO$400112023
Emergency Services Chaplain of RockRocky Ford, CO$350112021
16TH Judicial District Juvenile DivLajunta, CO$250112022
Bent CountyLas Animas, CO$250112022
Cappella Pueblo WestPueblo West, CO$250112022
La Junta Primary SchoolLajunta, CO$250112022
Ljhs Girls Swim TeamRocky Ford, CO$250112024
St Peter Catholic ChurchRocky Ford, CO$250112024

14 of 56 (25%) 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 19%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 17 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Health Care
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Youth Development
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Environment
1 grant
Food & Nutrition
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$12,000$530
202223$12,000$500
202316$27,000$550
202420$12,000$500

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

Fowler, CO
$30K
Rocky Ford, CO
$9K
Lajunta, CO
$8K
Las Animas, CO
$5K
Manzanola, CO
$4K
Olney Springs, CO
$2K
Trinidad, CO
$1K
Cheraw, CO
$1K

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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation4 shared recipientsEl Pomar Foundation3 shared recipientsThe Edmund T & Eleanor Quick3 shared recipientsDaniels Fund3 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America3 shared recipientsColorado Knights of Columbus Charities2 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Jonathan & Shari Fox Family Foundat's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 201 S Main St, Fowler, CO, 81039. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 20-2059412 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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