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Grant recipient EIN 23-7255426Arts and culture

Who funds Creative West?

9 private foundations gave Creative West in Denver, CO $6.3 million across 17 grants, in tax years 2020 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2020 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

17 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To support engagement with the pacific jurisdictions of guam, the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands, and american samoa

    $300,000
  2. The Patrick J McGovern Foundation IncBoston, MA 2024

    To support the development of an advocacy framework for artists' rights in ai, intellectual property, and copyright, and to assist tech-centered artists in cross-sectoral work

    $250,000
  3. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2024

    For bay area arts policy coalition

    $199,678
  4. M J Murdock Charitable TrustVancouver, WA 2024

    Program expansion

    $24,000
  5. The Wallace FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries

    $1,000,000
  6. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2023

    For bay area arts policy coalition

    $199,679
  7. The David and Lucile Packard FoundationLos Altos, CA 2023

    Families and Communities

    $50,000
  8. The Wallace FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries.

    $2,000,000
  9. The David and Lucile Packard FoundationLos Altos, CA 2022

    Local grantmaking

    $50,000
  10. Kenneth Rainin FoundationOakland, CA 2022

    $30,000 to support the bay area seminar and $20,000 to support the civic imagination convening.

    $50,000
  11. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2022

    For bay area advocacy capacity building

    $22,000
  12. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2022

    For the civic imagination convening

    $10,000
  13. Rasmuson FoundationAnchorage, AK 2022

    General support

    $310
  14. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2021

    For bay area advocacy capacity building

    $170,191
  15. Bonfils-Stanton FoundationDenver, CO 2021

    to support Civic Imagination in Denver, a gathering of local arts agency/organization leaders

    $4,000
  16. The David and Lucile Packard FoundationLos Altos, CA 2021

    General support

    $2,500
  17. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To support the regional arts resilience fund, a collaboration among the six u.s. Regional arts organizations

    $1,970,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Denver, CO and are not among Creative West’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 407 grants Preselected only $56,704 to similar organizations
  2. The Colorado Health FoundationDenver, CO 103 grants Accepts applications $24,540,044 to similar organizations
  3. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 79 grants Accepts applications $526,076 to similar organizations
  4. Gates Family FoundationDenver, CO 44 grants Accepts applications $2,630,744 to similar organizations
  5. El Pomar FoundationColorado Springs, CO 43 grants Accepts applications $393,491 to similar organizations
  6. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 49 grants Accepts applications $310,450 to similar organizations
  7. Kenneth Kendal King FoundationDenver, CO 87 grants Accepts applications $1,054,500 to similar organizations
  8. Margulf FoundationGlendale, CO 62 grants Preselected only $2,475,700 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 23-7255426 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.