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Singer Family Foundation

Denver, CO · EIN 84-1327455. Reported 223 grants totalling $10.9M to 87 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$10.9Mgranted, 2021-2024
87organizations funded
78%of grantees funded again the next year
$87.5Massets, latest filing

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. Singer Family Foundation 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $1,013,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
12 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
34 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
107 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
23 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
19 grants
$100,000 and Up
28 grants

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
Jewish ColoradoDenver, CO$2,843,800442024
Temple EmanuelDenver, CO$1,019,200442024
Feeding Coloradofood Bank of the RockiesDenver, CO$875,000442024
Jewish Family ServiceDenver, CO$836,800442024
Jewish FederationNew York, NY$560,000222023
Colorado Public RadioCentennial, CO$460,000442024
Denver Health FoundationDenver, CO$350,000332024
Jewish Joint Distribution ComitteeNew York, NY$275,000332024
Rocky Mountain PBSDenver, CO$260,000332024
Denver Public Library Friends FoundationDenver, CO$250,000442024
Denver Art MuseumDenver, CO$217,100442024
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$210,000442024
Denver Dumb Friends' LeagueDenver, CO$162,000442024
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky MtnsDenver, CO$150,000332024
American Friends Leket IsraelTeaneck, NJ$127,000442024
Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community CenterDenver, CO$100,000222024
National Jewish HealthDenver, CO$85,000442024
Hungerfree ColoradoDenver, CO$75,000222024
Denver Museum of Nature & ScienceDenver, CO$70,000442024
Tourette Association of AmericaBayside, NY$70,000442024
Denver Botanical GardensDenver, CO$65,000442024
Denver Zoo FoundationDenver, CO$65,000442024
Colel ChabadBrooklyn, NY$60,000332024
Colorado Symphony OrchestraDenver, CO$60,000442024
Thoroughbred Retirement AssociationSaratoga Springs, NY$60,000442024
Boulder JccBoulder, CO$56,000442024
One TableNew York, NY$55,000442024
Chabad of Cherry CreekDenver, CO$51,000442024
826 NationalSan Francisco, CA$50,000222022
DbipDenver, CO$50,000112023
Friends of FacesReston, VA$50,000112024
Jewish Agency for IsraelNew York, NY$50,000112022
Moishe HouseEncinatas, CA$50,000222024
Safehouse DenverDenver, CO$50,000442024
WonderboundDenver, CO$50,000442024
Merona Leadership FoundationEncino, CA$46,000332024
Anti Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$45,000332023
Denver Rescue MissionDenver, CO$45,000442024
Shalom ParkAurora, CO$45,000442024
The Children's Museum DenverDenver, CO$45,000332024
Jewish National FundNew York, NY$40,000442024
Metro CaringDenver, CO$40,000332023
WorldreaderorgSan Francisco, CA$40,000222022
Friends of United HatzalahNew York, NY$38,000332024
Jewish Community Center of DenverDenver, CO$36,000112022
The Efshar ProjectDenver, CO$36,000222024
Colorado Horse RescueLongmont, CO$32,500442024
Food Allergy Research & EducationMclean, VA$30,000442024
Valley Beit MidrashScottsdale, AZ$30,000332024
Village Exchange CenterDenver, CO$30,000332023
Amp the CauseDenver, CO$28,000222022
Anti Defamation League DenverDenver, CO$25,000112024
Denver South Ptsa (giving Grocery)Denver, CO$25,000112024
KavodDenver, CO$25,000222024
Museum of Contemporary Art DenverDenver, CO$21,000332023
Colorado Soccer FoundationAurora, CO$20,000442024
MaxfundDenver, CO$20,000112024
Moishe HouseCharlotte, NC$20,000222022
SeriesfestDenver, CO$20,000222024
The Nature Conservancy ColoradoBoulder, CO$20,000222023
WorldreaderorgSeattle, WA$20,000222024
Peace of MindNew York, NY$15,000112022
Peppers Senior Dog SanctuaryLittleton, CO$15,000332024
Project Angel HeartDenver, CO$15,000332024
Children's Museum of DenverDenver, CO$12,000112021
Rocky Mtns Jewish Historical SocietyDenver, CO$12,000332024
Kabbalah ExperienceDenver, CO$11,800332024
Cumberland CollegeWilliamsburg, KY$11,500442024
Addison Gallery of American ArtAndover, MA$10,000222024
American Immigration CouncilWashington, DC$10,000112024
Clothes to Kids of DenverDenver, CO$10,000112024
Denver Basic Income ProjectDenver, CO$10,000112024
National Library of IsraelNew York, NY$10,000112024
Oklahoma City ChabadOklahoma City, OK$10,000222024
The Nature ConservancyFairfax, VA$10,000112021
The Nature Conservancy VirginiaArlington, VA$10,000112024
We Don't WasteDenver, CO$10,000112024
Gabriel ProjectBergenfield, NJ$5,000112022
Jewish Agency for Israel (jafina)New York, NY$5,000112024
Phillips Academyaddison Annual FundAndover, MA$5,000112021
The Andover CampaignAndover, MA$5,000112022
Chabad Community CenterOklahoma City, OK$3,600112021
Beyond the Rose Equine RescueEmmett, MI$2,000112021
University of DenverDenver, CO$2,000112022
AffirmWashington, DC$1,800112021
Playground EnsembleDenver, CO$1,500112021
Belmont Childcare AssociationBelmont, NY$1,000112021

61 of 87 (70%) 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 78%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 115 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
25 grants
Education
17 grants
Arts & Culture
16 grants
Animal Welfare
15 grants
Religion
10 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202150$1,513,900$10,000
202255$2,377,700$10,000
202356$3,473,000$18,000
202462$3,490,000$18,000

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 81% of this one's giving went to organizations in Colorado. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Colorado
$8.8M
New York
$1.3M
District of Columbia
$222K
California
$186K
New Jersey
$132K
Virginia
$100K
Arizona
$30K
Washington
$20K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund35 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc33 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc28 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program27 shared recipientsColorado Gives Foundation24 shared recipientsThe Denver Foundation23 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Singer Family Foundation'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: Po Box 22066, Denver, CO, 80222. 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 84-1327455 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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