Joy Fund
Private foundation · Boulder, CO · EIN 86-2886210 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Joy Fund
33grants reported
$7,500median award
$5,000lower quartile
$2,500smallest grant
$325Ktotal paid
10states reached
3years giving
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
743 Utica Ave
Boulder, CO 80304-0765
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation Serving Boulder County | Boulder, CO | $45,500 |
| Democracy Forward Foundation TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT MAKE OUR NATION'S DEMOCRACY STRONG BY WORKING THROUGH TH | Washington DC, DC | $23,000 |
| Boulder Food Rescue FOOD REDISTRIBUTION - RESCUE FOOD THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO LOW-INCOME C | Boulder, CO | $20,000 |
| Partnership With Native Americans FOOD AND WATER TO SUPPORT THE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR STRONG, SELF-SUFFICIENT NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUN | Addison, TX | $20,000 |
| Protect Democracy Project TO PREVENT OUR DEMOCRACY FROM DECLINING INTO A MORE AUTHORITARIAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT. WE DO THIS BY | Washington, DC | $20,000 |
| Ouray Food Pantry TO PROVIDE ONGOING FOOD SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN OURAY COUNTY WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH | Ridgway, CO | $12,500 |
| Maine Needs WE STRIVE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN MAINE MEET THEIR BASIC, MATERIAL NEEDS BY PROVIDING DO | Portland, ME | $12,000 |
| Ceres Inc FOOD & WATER | Boston, MA | $10,000 |
| Tides Foundationmovement Voter Project | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 |
| Community Foundation Serving Boulder County | Boulder, CO | $10,000 |
| Denver Urban Gardens | Denver, CO | $10,000 |
| Drylands Agroecology Research | Longmont, CO | $10,000 |
| Ecdysis Foundation | Estelline, SD | $10,000 |
| Global Greengrants Fund Inc | Boulder, CO | $10,000 |
| Camfed USA Foundation CATALYZE THE POWER OF THE MOST VULNERABLE GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN TO CREATE THE FUTURE THEY IMAGINE FO | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 |
| Give Directly Inc TO REDUCE POVERTY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY TO THOSE IN NEED | New York, NY | $7,500 |
| Clean and Prosperous America Fund | Seattle, WA | $7,500 |
| Community Partners for the Civics Center | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 |
| Tides Foundationtrans Justice Funding Project | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 |
| Community Partners for the Civics Center CIVICS CENTER IS A VOTER REGISTRATION GROUP FOCUSED ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION ENCOUR | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation MISSION IS TO PROTECT, DEFEND, AND EMPOWER PUBLIC-INTEREST JOURNALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 |
| Sister Carmen Community Center Inc PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS OF EAST BOULDER COUNTY WHO ARE IN NEED, WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION | Lafayette, CO | $5,000 |
| Moab Valley Multicultural Center | Moab, UT | $5,000 |
| Camfed | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 |
| Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center | Longmont, CO | $5,000 |
| Conservation Colorado Education Fund | Denver, CO | $5,000 |
| Friendship Bridge | Lakewood, CO | $5,000 |
| Give Directly | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Kzmu | Moab, UT | $5,000 |
| Ouray Food Pantry | Ridgway, CO | $5,000 |
| Slow Money Institute GENRAL OPERATIONS | Boulder, CO | $5,000 |
| The Trust for Land Restoration Inc THE MISSION IS TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT SIGNIFICANT SCENIC SITES AND HISTORIC LANDSCAPES IN THE SAN J | Ridgway, CO | $2,500 |
| AS You Sow | Berkeley, CA | $2,500 |
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