Gates Family Foundation
Private foundation · Denver, CO · EIN 84-0474837 · reported 2023–2025
1,106grants reported
$25Kmedian award
$14Klower quartile
$500smallest grant
$114.7Mtotal paid
28states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 15 of its 1,106 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $380K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
1390 Lawrence St Ste 400
Denver, CO 80204-2081
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $20,000,000 |
| Gates Institute PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $20,000,000 |
| University of Colorado Foundation PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $20,000,000 |
| University of Denver PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $2,150,000 |
| University of Denver PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $2,150,000 |
| Cardigan Mountain School ENDOWMENT | Canaan, NH | $2,000,000 |
| Thacher School CONSTRUCTION | Ojai, CA | $1,750,000 |
| William J Palmer Parks Foundation I LAND PURCHASE | Colorado Spgs, CO | $935,000 |
| Palmer Land Conservancy LAND PURCHASE | Colorado Spgs, CO | $835,000 |
| Cardigan Mountain School ENDOWMENT | Canaan, NH | $750,000 |
| Gates Biomanufacturing Facility Sup PROJECT SUPPORT | Aurora, CO | $750,000 |
| North Park Fire Rescue Authority PROJECT SUPPORT | Walden, CO | $750,000 |
| Lyra PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $625,000 |
| Lyra PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $575,000 |
| Lyra PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $550,000 |
| Rio Grande Headwaters Land TR A Col LAND PURCHASE | Del Norte, CO | $525,000 |
| Cardigan Mountain School PROJECT SUPPORT | Canaan, NH | $500,000 |
| Colorado Prevention Center ENDOWMENT | Aurora, CO | $500,000 |
| Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust LAND PURCHASE | Del Norte, CO | $500,000 |
| Rooted OPERATING | Denver, CO | $400,000 |
| Rooted PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $400,000 |
| Rooted PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $400,000 |
| Rose Community Foundation PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $383,333 |
| Colorado Schools Fund PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $300,000 |
| Colorado Media Project OPERATING | Denver, CO | $300,000 |
| High Line Canal Conservancy CONSTRUCTION | Centennial, CO | $300,000 |
| Rose Community Foundation OPERATING | Denver, CO | $300,000 |
| River Network PROJECT SUPPORT | Boulder, CO | $250,000 |
| Aurora Public Schools Foundation CONSTRUCTION | Aurora, CO | $250,000 |
| National Trust for Local News PROJECT SUPPORT | Lexington, MA | $250,000 |
| Colorado Schools Fund PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $250,000 |
| Colorado Water Trust Inc PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $200,000 |
| Elevation Community Land Trust PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $200,000 |
| Rio Grande Headwaters Land TR A Col LAND PURCHASE | Del Norte, CO | $200,000 |
| Elevation Community Land Trust PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $200,000 |
| Western Landowners Alliance PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $200,000 |
| National Forest Foundation PROJECT SUPPORT | Missoula, MT | $200,000 |
| Denver Civic Arts Foundation RENOVATION | Denver, CO | $200,000 |
| Elevation Community Land Trust PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $200,000 |
| America Succeeds PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $150,000 |
| Colorado State University Foundatio PROJECT SUPPORT | Fort Collins, CO | $150,000 |
| Conservation Colorado Education Fun PROJECT SUPPORT | Denver, CO | $150,000 |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundati PROJECT SUPPORT | Washington, DC | $150,000 |
| William J Palmer Parks Foundation I PROJECT SUPPORT | Colorado Spgs, CO | $150,000 |
| Keep IT Colorado OPERATING | Golden, CO | $150,000 |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundati PROJECT SUPPORT | Washington, DC | $150,000 |
| Squared Network (the) PROJECT SUPPORT | Carbondale, CO | $150,000 |
| High Line Canal Conservancy CONSTRUCTION | Centennial, CO | $150,000 |
| National Forest Foundation PROJECT SUPPORT | Missoula, MT | $144,754 |
| America Succeeds OPERATING | Denver, CO | $138,000 |
| America Succeeds OPERATING | Denver, CO | $136,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard Co SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS | Cambridge, MA | $130,000 |
| National Forest Foundation PROJECT SUPPORT | Missoula, MT | $125,000 |
| Trust for Public Land LAND PURCHASE | Denver, CO | $125,000 |
| Colorado State University Foundatio PROJECT SUPPORT | Fort Collins, CO | $125,000 |
| Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts OPERATING | Golden, CO | $125,000 |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundati PROJECT SUPPORT | Washington, DC | $125,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard Co SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS | Cambridge, MA | $121,500 |
| Harvard University John F Kennedy SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS | Cambridge, MA | $114,000 |
| Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts OPERATING | Golden, CO | $100,000 |
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