Private foundation (trust)EIN 841393308Est. 1997-04

DANIELS FUND

DENVER, CO 80206

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$1.7B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$69.7M

FY 2024

Grants Made

1,593

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$44K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$52–$2.4M

Typical

Deadlines

None - annually - mid-november

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$14.0M

Daniels fund scholarship program - the daniels fund scholarship program consists of two distinct college scholarship programs. The daniels scholarship program provides four-year college scholarships to graduating high school seniors who demonstrate exceptional character, leadership, a commitment to serving their communities, well-rounded personality, and emotional maturity. The boundless opportunity scholarship program provides funding to select colleges and universities to offer scholarships directly to their non-traditional students.

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$184.5M

Total Expenses

$85.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$81.5M

Distributable Amount

$79.8M

Min. Investment Return

$82.8M

Undistributed Income

$50.3M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

1,593 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $52 through median $14K to maximum $2.4M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Top Recipients

500 grants

YOUNG AMERICANS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
$4.2M
2 grants
US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION
$1.9M
2 grants
ADVANCE PATHWAYS
$1.8M
1 grant
WYO COMPLEX DBA WYO SPORTS RANCH
$1.5M
1 grant
ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER
$1.4M
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
$1.3M
8 grants
ACE SCHOLARSHIPS
$1.1M
1 grant
EXCELLENT SCHOOLS NEW MEXICO
$1.1M
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
282
grants
$50–250K
179
grants
$250K–1M
32
grants
$1–5M
7
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

14 states

Colorado
$42.3M
73% of total
Wyoming
$4.1M
7% of total
New Mexico
$3.0M
5% of total
Utah
$2.9M
5% of total
Pennsylvania
$2.0M
3% of total
District of Columbia
$1.1M
2% of total
California
$820K
1% of total
Virginia
$650K
1% of total
Ohio
$416K
1% of total
Missouri
$275K
0% of total

+4 more states

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