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Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation

Denver, CO · EIN 84-6037604. Reported 1,917 grants totalling $77.0M to 837 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$27,500median grant
$77.0Mgranted, 2021-2024
837organizations funded
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$477.1Massets, 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. Temple Hoyne Buell 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 $27,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $13,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $440 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
75 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
195 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
566 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
523 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
404 grants
$100,000 and Up
149 grants

Every organization it funded

All 837 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Healthy Child Care ColoradoDenver, CO$1,335,0001342024
Colorado Forum Fund IncDenver, CO$1,000,000112024
University of Colorado FoundationDenver, CO$961,0001942024
Early Childhood Council LeadershipWheat Ridge, CO$945,000932024
Early Childhood Council of LarimerFort Collins, CO$835,000832024
Clayton Early LearningDenver, CO$695,000522022
Health SolutionsPueblo, CO$685,000542024
Centennial Mental Health Center IncSterling, CO$680,000442024
Denver Health FoundationDenver, CO$660,000532023
Denver Early Childhood CouncilDenver, CO$604,0271142024
Colorado Statewide Parent CoalitionDenver, CO$578,750642024
Grand BeginningsGranby, CO$565,0001242024
Mile High Montessori Early LearningDenver, CO$565,000732024
Parent PossibleDenver, CO$546,8001142024
North Range Behavioral HealthGreeley, CO$540,000742024
State Board for Community CollegesLakewood, CO$531,440832024
Western Stock Show AssociationDenver, CO$500,000332024
Early Connections Learning CentersColorado Springs, CO$490,000212021
Valley SettlementGlenwood Springs, CO$484,0001242024
Family Resource Center AssociationDenver, CO$476,000842024
Bright FuturesTelluride, CO$461,000642024
Buell Early Childhood Leaders NetwoDenver, CO$450,000422024
Colorado Childrens Campaign IncDenver, CO$450,000332024
Early Childhood Council of the SanAlamosa, CO$450,000432024
Jefferson Center for Mental HealthWheat Ridge, CO$425,000542024
Warren VillageDenver, CO$415,000742024
Aurora Comprehensive Community MentAurora, CO$404,250632024
Colorado Community College System FDenver, CO$400,000222024
Holyoke Community Childcare InitiativeHolyoke, CO$400,000112021
Denver Public SchoolsDenver, CO$395,000732023
Arapahoe County Early Childhood CouEnglewood, CO$390,000432024
Trailhead InstituteDenver, CO$375,000632024
Early Childhood Council of La PlataDurango, CO$365,000732024
Early Childhood Partnership of AdamThornton, CO$354,000422023
Focus Points Family Resource CenterDenver, CO$353,000442024
Montessori Del MundoAurora, CO$350,000542024
Tlc Learning CenterLongmont, CO$350,000432024
Boys and Girls Clubs of the San LuiAlamosa, CO$340,000322024
Family Star IncDenver, CO$340,000442024
Teaching Tree Early Childhood LearnFort Collins, CO$340,000432024
Buena Vista School DistrictBuena Vista, CO$330,000112022
Growing Home IncWestminster, CO$330,000442024
Ability Connection Colorado IncDenver, CO$325,000442024
Montessori Intergenerational LearniDenver, CO$325,000432024
Maslow Academy and Bright BeginningsMontrose, CO$320,000212021
Teachorg IncSan Francisco, CA$311,250222024
Children's Hospital Colorado FoundaAurora, CO$309,000832024
Resilient Communities Resilient FutDenver, CO$303,700322024
Chalkbeat IncBrooklyn, NY$300,000442024
Early Childhood Council of Larimer CountyFort Collins, CO$300,000212021
Early Childhood PartnersAvon, CO$300,000442024
History ColoradoDenver, CO$300,000332024
Thriving FamiliesDenver, CO$300,000442024
Hope House of ColoradoArvada, CO$294,000322022
Mountain Valley Developmental ServiGlenwood Springs, CO$283,500332024
Early Childhood Council of BoulderLongmont, CO$280,000332024
Girls Incorporated of Metro DenverDenver, CO$278,000542024
Joint Initiatives for Youth FamiliColorado Springs, CO$277,875312024
Alliance for KidsColorado Springs, CO$275,000222022
Boulder County Public HealthBoulder, CO$275,000942024
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky MouDenver, CO$275,000532024
Sewall Child Development Center IncDenver, CO$275,000432024
Catholic Charities of the Diocese OPueblo, CO$270,000332024
Hope Center IncDenver, CO$260,000642024
Joint Initiatives for Youth & FamilColorado Springs, CO$257,703212023
Morgan County Family Center IncFort Morgan, CO$254,500942024
Children's Haven Child Care CenterDenver, CO$251,570442024
Children's Museum of DenverDenver, CO$250,000322022
Early Childhood Council of the San Luis ValleyAlamosa, CO$250,000212021
Early Childhood Leadership AllianceWheat Ridge, CO$250,000112021
Vail Valley Foundation IncAvon, CO$250,000112024
Colorado Mesa University FoundationGrand Junction, CO$245,500642024
Florence Crittenton Services of ColDenver, CO$241,000332024
Invest in KidsDenver, CO$240,000642024
Early Childhood Partnership of Adams CountyThornton, CO$238,812312021
Center for African American HealthDenver, CO$236,000542024
Early Milestones ColoradoDenver, CO$235,000742024
Teller Park Early Childhood CouncilWoodland Park, CO$233,000742024
Steamboat Springs Discovery LearninSteamboat Springs, CO$228,000322023
Savio HouseDenver, CO$227,000442024
The Learning CouncilPaonia, CO$226,500642024
Arapahoe Community College FoundatiLittleton, CO$226,441732024
Community Partnership for Child DevColorado Springs, CO$225,000332024
Maslow Academy of Applied LearningMontrose, CO$225,000332024
Regional Home Visitation ProgramYuma, CO$225,000332024
Wiggins School District Re-50JWiggins, CO$225,000432024
Clear Creek School District Re-1Idaho Springs, CO$220,000112022
Emmanuel STEM InternationalAurora, CO$220,000632024
Stratton Area Foundation 2 IncStratton, CO$220,000112024
Durango Education CenterDurango, CO$219,000432024
Mesa County Public HealthGrand Junction, CO$217,150322023
Early Childhood Council Leadership AllianceWheat Ridge, CO$215,000312021
YWCA Boulder CountyBoulder, CO$214,000542024
Colorado Mountain College FoundatioGlenwood Springs, CO$213,000222023
Early Learning VenturesEnglewood, CO$212,500442024
Young Tracks IncSteamboat Springs, CO$211,500542024
Denver Public Schools FoundationDenver, CO$210,000332023
Routt County Human ServicesSteamboat Springs, CO$208,500632024
Colorado State LibraryDenver, CO$208,000112021
Denver Health and Hospitals FoundatDenver, CO$205,000322024
Mesa County School District 51 EarlGrand Junction, CO$205,000432024
The Early Childhood CouncilSterling, CO$201,000332024
Colorado Department of Education SDenver, CO$200,000112022
Executives Partnering to Invest inDenver, CO$200,000532024
Mountain Tots PreschoolEagle, CO$200,000112023
Chaffee County Early Childhood CounSalida, CO$199,990632024
La Plata Family Centers CoalitionDurango, CO$198,500442024
Summit County GovernmentBreckenridge, CO$198,000112023
Clayton Early Learning Trustee GeDenver, CO$197,500112023
Rocky Mountain Public Media IncDenver, CO$195,000742024
Family Visitor Program of GarfieldGlenwood Springs, CO$193,000322024
The Family Centerla FamiliaFort Collins, CO$189,500322022
Connections 4 KidsCraig, CO$186,325542024
Durango 4-C CouncilDurango, CO$185,000332024
Young Men's Christian Association OLafayette, CO$184,500332024
Mapleton Public SchoolsDenver, CO$181,000432023
Hilltop Health Services CorporationGrand Junction, CO$180,000332024
Limon Child Development CenterLimon, CO$180,000442024
The Archer GroupDenver, CO$179,125312024
Huerfano-Las Animas Counties EarlyTrinidad, CO$177,880532024
Clayton Early Learning Trustee GeorDenver, CO$175,000112024
Mile High Early LearningDenver, CO$175,000212021
The Early Childhood Partnership ofThornton, CO$175,000212024
Trailhead Institute - WiseDenver, CO$175,000222024
Mile High United Way IncDenver, CO$173,000542024
New Legacy Charter High SchoolAurora, CO$173,000432024
Family Learning CenterBoulder, CO$171,500542024
Broomfield Early Childhood CouncilBroomfield, CO$170,000442024
Denver's Early Childhood CouncilDenver, CO$170,000212023
United Way of Weld CountyGreeley, CO$168,540322023
Resilient Commuties Resilient FutuDenver, CO$166,000212023
Sister Carmen Community Center IncLafayette, CO$165,200442024
Archuleta County Education CenterPagosa Springs, CO$165,000432024
Bal Swan Children's CenterBroomfield, CO$165,000442024
Haven HouseMontrose, CO$165,000222023
Colorado West Healthcare System DbaGrand Junction, CO$163,500112022
Foundation of Trustees for the FamiEdwards, CO$162,000332024
Catholic Charities & Community ServDenver, CO$160,000222023
Colorado Teen Parent CollaborativeDenver, CO$160,000542024
The Colorado Springs Child NurseryColorado Springs, CO$160,000222024
Wild Plum CenterLongmont, CO$160,000222024
Little Giants Learning CenterCommerce City, CO$159,050542024
Gunnison CountyGunison, CO$154,000432024
Early Excellence Preschool ProgramDenver, CO$153,000322023
Auraria Early Learning CenterDenver, CO$152,000432023
Developmental OpportunitiesCaon City, CO$151,000222024
Arapahoe County Early Childhood CouncilCentennial, CO$150,000112021
Children's Medical Center FoundatioDallas, TX$150,000332024
Colorado Association of Family ChilArvada, CO$150,000222023
Colorado Children's CampaignDenver, CO$150,000112021
Confluence Center of Colorado IncGrand Junction, CO$150,000112024
Early Childhood Council San Lis ValAlamosa, CO$150,000112023
Early Childhood Council San Luis VaAlamosa, CO$150,000112024
La Puente Home IncAlamosa, CO$150,000332023
Reach Out and Read ColoradoDenver, CO$150,000222022
Wild Bear Nature CenterNederland, CO$150,000112024
Wild Plum Center for Young ChildrenLongmont, CO$150,000222023
Early Childhood Council of Boulder CountyLafayette, CO$146,500212021
Delta County School District 50JDelta, CO$144,000632024
House of Neighborly ServiceLoveland, CO$144,000442024
Landmark Baptist Church of Grand Junction IncGrand Junction, CO$144,000212021
Metropolitan State University of DeDenver, CO$144,000332024
The Pion ProjectCortez, CO$143,500432024
The Americas Association for the CaBoulder, CO$143,000322024
Academy 360Denver, CO$140,100332023
Eagle Valley Child Care AssociationVail, CO$140,000432023
Learning SourceLakewood, CO$140,000442024
Teach for America - ColoradoDenver, CO$140,000322023
East Side Child Care CenterPueblo, CO$139,000442024
Grand Kids Learning CenterFraser, CO$139,000332024
Mesa County Partnership for ChildreGrand Junction, CO$138,000222024
The Wildflower FoundationGolden, CO$137,000432024
Colorado HumanitiesGreenwood Village, CO$135,000332023
Strive Preparatory SchoolsDenver, CO$135,000322024
Valdez Elementary SchoolDenver, CO$135,000332024
University of Colorado Foundation FDenver, CO$133,000412024
Family Visitor Programs of GarfieldGlenwood Springs, CO$132,000212023
YMCA of Northern ColoradoLafayette, CO$131,390112021
Aurora Community ConnectionAurora, CO$131,000442024
Aurora Mental Health CenterAurora, CO$131,000212021
Central City Opera House AssociatioWheat Ridge, CO$130,000432024
Colorado State University - PuebloPueblo, CO$130,000322023
St Vrain Valley School DistrictLongmont, CO$130,000332023
Colorado Coalition for the HomelessDenver, CO$128,000332024
Colorado Center on Law and PolicyDenver, CO$127,500442024
Care Investment Partners LpSan Diego, CA$125,000112024
Family Visitor ProgramsGlenwood Springs, CO$125,000212021
Children's Hospital Colorado FoundationAurora, CO$124,000312021
Rural Communities Resource CenterYuma, CO$124,000332024
Denver Children's Advocacy CenterDenver, CO$123,666212021
FocusedkidsCarbondale, CO$123,000442024
Triad Early Childhood CouncilLakewood, CO$122,507112021
Volunteers of America Colorado BranDenver, CO$122,500632024
Boulder County Head StartBoulder, CO$121,000212021
Early Childhood Council for Yuma WYuma, CO$121,000222023
Eagle County School District Re-50JEdwards, CO$120,440542024
CultivandoEastlake, CO$120,000332024
Impact on EducationLouisville, CO$120,000442024
Kent Denver County Day SchoolEnglewood, CO$120,000632024
Kids First Health CareCommerce City, CO$120,000332024
Roots Family CenterDenver, CO$120,000332024
Right on Mobile EducationDenver, CO$119,000322022
KIPP Colorado SchoolsDenver, CO$115,000332023
Red Rocks Community College FoundatLakewood, CO$114,400332024
Early Childhood Council of La Plata CountyDurango, CO$110,000212021
Raise the FutureDenver, CO$110,000442024
Spring Institute for InterculturalDenver, CO$110,000222023
Renaissance Children's CenterLakewood, CO$109,000212021
Early Excellence Program of DenverDenver, CO$108,000222024
Lake County School District R-1Leadville, CO$108,000332024
Jewish Family Service of ColoradoDenver, CO$106,585332023
Boulder CountyBoulder, CO$106,000222024
Summit County Family Resource CenteSilverthrone, CO$106,000332024
La CocinaDenver, CO$105,000332024
The PowerhouseDurango, CO$105,000222024
Catholic Charities of Central ColorColorado Spgs, CO$104,000332024
Safehouse Progressive Alliance forBoulder, CO$103,000332024
Lutheran Social Services of ColoradDenver, CO$101,600322023
Weld County's Early Childhood CouncilGreeley, CO$101,500112021
Montrose County School District Re-1JMontrose, CO$101,000112021
New America SchoolDenver, CO$101,000442024
Adams CountyWestminster, CO$100,000222024
Colorado Nonprofit Development CentDenver, CO$100,000222024
Connect ChurchGypsum, CO$100,000112022
Otero CollegeLa Junta, CO$100,000212022
Otero Junior College Child Development ServicesLa Junta, CO$100,000212021
Rocky Mountain Children's Law CenteDenver, CO$100,000222023
Shiloh Home IncLittleton, CO$100,000222024
The Matthews HouseFort Collins, CO$100,000422024
The Resource ExchangeColorado Springs, CO$100,000442024
We Help and Love Everyone Inc (whGreeley, CO$100,000112023
Yuma Children's AcademyYuma, CO$100,000332024
Family Resource CenterSterling, CO$96,000222022
Allhealth NetworkEnglewood, CO$95,333112021
Confluence Early Childhood EducatioBasalt, CO$95,000212024
Heritage Park PreschoolSteamboat Springs, CO$95,000222024
State Board of Community Colleges aPueblo, CO$95,000112023
YOUTHPOWER365Avon, CO$95,000432024
Colorado Education InitiativeDenver, CO$94,600112024
Mountain Resource Center IncConifer, CO$94,500442024
StatePueblo, CO$94,000112024
Children's Garden Early Learning CeAlamosa, CO$93,000322023
La Piata Del AprendizajeDenver, CO$92,000332023
Colorado Springs Child Nursery CentColorado Springs, CO$90,000112022
Colorado State University-Pueblo FoPueblo, CO$90,000212024
Community Foundation Serving SouthwDurango, CO$90,000222024
Douglas County Early Childhood CounCastle Rock, CO$90,000222024
Florence Crittenton Services of ColoradoDenver, CO$90,000112021
Monarch Montessori of DenverDenver, CO$90,000332023
Pikes Peak Library District FoundatColorado Springs, CO$90,000332024

399 of 837 (48%) 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 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 1,069 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
374 grants
Human Services
328 grants
Arts & Culture
61 grants
Youth Development
48 grants
Health Care
45 grants
Mental Health
36 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
36 grants
Community Improvement
34 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2021485$19.5M$27,000
2022474$19.4M$28,000
2023472$18.4M$27,750
2024486$19.8M$25,000

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.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation has 232 of them, worth $13.8M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
National Western Stock Show AssociationDenver, CO$500,000
History ColoradoDenver, CO$400,000
Bright FuturesTelluride, CO$300,000
Stratton Area Foundation 2Stratton, CO$220,000
The Early Childhood CouncilSterling, CO$220,000
Colorado Statewide Parent CoalitionDenver, CO$220,000
Early Childhood Council LeadershipWheat Ridge, CO$200,000
Summit County GovernmentBreckenridge, CO$200,000
Colorado Community College System FDenver, CO$200,000
Colorado Head Start AssociationEnglewood, CO$200,000
Colorado Community College System FDenver, CO$200,000
Early Childhood Council LeadershipArvada, CO$200,000
Clayton Early LearningDenver, CO$197,500
Clayton Early Learning Trustee GeDenver, CO$175,000
Buell Early Childhood Leaders NetworkDenver, CO$175,000

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% 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
$75.8M
California
$436K
New York
$320K
Texas
$300K
District of Columbia
$70K
Illinois
$40K
Minnesota
$25K
Wyoming
$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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $27,500. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Temple Hoyne Buell 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: 950 S Cherry Street Suite 1500, Denver, CO, 80246. 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 84-6037604 · 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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