Funders › CO › Merle Chambers Fund › 2021
Grants paid by Merle Chambers Fund, tax year 2021
EIN 84-0929410 · CO · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2021, Merle Chambers Fund (EIN 84-0929410) reported 97 grants paid totaling $5,317,460. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2021
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Montana Community Foundation Helena, MT | C | $800,000 | approved, future | WFM Endowment Challenge Match (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (pprm) Denver, CO | C | $800,000 | paid | Patient Assistance Endowment Fund (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | Center for Secure & Modern Elections (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | approved, future | Center for Secure & Modern Elections (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | State Voices Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Sustainable Markets Foundation New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | General support of the Debt Collective | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Denver Art Museum Denver, CO | B | $250,000 | approved, future | Director of Equity and Employee Experience (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | State Voices Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | The Women's Foundation of Colorado Denver, CO | C | $200,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Montana Community Foundation Helena, MT | C | $200,000 | paid | WFM Endowment Challenge Match (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | The Bell Policy Center Denver, CO | B | $160,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | The Bell Policy Center Denver, CO | B | $150,000 | approved, future | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $150,000 | paid | Supermajority Education Fund (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Denver Art Museum Denver, CO | B | $125,000 | paid | Director of Equity and Employee Experience (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Public Radio Centennial, CO | D | $120,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Cobalt Foundation Denver, CO | B | $110,000 | paid | General Support and Cobalt Abortion Fund | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | United for a New Economy (une) Commerce City, CO | U | $100,000 | approved, future | Transformative Leadership For Change | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Hopewell Fund Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | paid | Paid Leave for All Project Charter | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | approved, future | Supermajority Education Fund (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | The 19th News Austin, TX | C | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Political Research Associates Somerville, MA | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Center for Technology and Civic Life Chicago, IL | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Windward Fund Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | paid | Heartland Fund (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable (ccer) Denver, CO | D | $100,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Hopewell Fund Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | paid | GALvanize USA (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable (ccer) Denver, CO | D | $100,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Fund for a Healthier Colorado Denver, CO | U | $100,000 | paid | General Support (COVID-19) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | National Women's Law Center Washington, DC | C | $100,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | National Women's Law Center Washington, DC | C | $100,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Center for African American Health Denver, CO | B | $100,000 | paid | Capital Expansion | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Windward Fund Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | approved, future | Heartland Fund (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | The Women's Foundation of Colorado Denver, CO | C | $100,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Wyoming Community Foundation Laramie, WY | B | $100,000 | approved, future | General Support for WWF (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Hopewell Fund Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | approved, future | GALvanize USA (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Political Research Associates Somerville, MA | B | $100,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | United for a New Economy (une) Commerce City, CO | U | $100,000 | paid | Transformative Leadership For Change | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Ruralorganizingorg Education Fund Columbus, OH | D | $75,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Imagine North Carolina First Raleigh, NC | B | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Michigan Civic Education Fund Madison Heights, MI | B | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Wisconsin Farmers Union Foundation Inc Chippewa Falls, WI | B | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (color Denver, CO | C | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (color Denver, CO | C | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | The Ohio Organizing Collaborative Youngstown, OH | U | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | United for a New Economy (une) Commerce City, CO | U | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $50,000 | paid | Americans for Tax Fairness | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Arizona Center for Empowerment (ace) Phoenix, AZ | C | $50,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | New Georgia Project Inc Atlanta, GA | B | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (pprm) Denver, CO | C | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Voces Unidas de Las Montaas Glenwood Springs, CO | C | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Texas Organizing Project Education Fund San Antonio, TX | B | $50,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | United for a New Economy (une) Commerce City, CO | U | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Global Fund for Women San Francisco, CA | C | $50,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (circ) Denver, CO | C | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (pprm) Denver, CO | C | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | New Georgia Project Inc Atlanta, GA | B | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Florida Rising Together Miami, FL | B | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | 9to5 Colorado National Association of Working Women Denver, CO | U | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Michigan Civic Education Fund Madison Heights, MI | B | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Florida Rising Together Miami, FL | B | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Imagine North Carolina First Raleigh, NC | B | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Latinas First Foundation Denver, CO | C | $50,000 | paid | Latina Initiative | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Wisconsin Farmers Union Foundation Inc Chippewa Falls, WI | B | $50,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (circ) Denver, CO | C | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Voces Unidas de Las Montaas Glenwood Springs, CO | C | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | The Ohio Organizing Collaborative Youngstown, OH | U | $50,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | The Bell Policy Center Denver, CO | B | $45,600 | paid | General Support for Development Consultant | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | The Bell Policy Center Denver, CO | B | $45,600 | approved, future | General Support for Development Consultant | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Center On Law and Policy Denver, CO | B | $45,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | New Era Colorado Foundation Denver, CO | B | $40,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Community Resource Center Denver, CO | B | $40,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | 9to5 Colorado National Association of Working Women Denver, CO | U | $40,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Community Resource Center Denver, CO | B | $40,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Mi Familia Vota Education Fund Phoenix, AZ | B | $40,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Public Radio Centennial, CO | D | $40,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Early Milestones Colorado Denver, CO | C | $37,500 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Early Milestones Colorado Denver, CO | C | $37,500 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Center On Law and Policy Denver, CO | B | $30,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Montana Community Foundation Helena, MT | C | $30,000 | approved, future | Support for Womens Foundation of Montana Endowment Campaign (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Together Colorado Denver, CO | B | $25,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Together Colorado Denver, CO | B | $25,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Center for African American Health Denver, CO | B | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Communities Foundation of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK | C | $25,000 | approved, future | Women's Foundation of Oklahoma | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Tools of the Mind Shirley, MA | B | $25,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Children's Campaign Denver, CO | C | $25,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Soul2soul Sisters Denver, CO | U | $25,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Fiscal Institute Denver, CO | C | $25,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Neo Philanthropy New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Alaska Progressive Donor Alliance | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Children's Campaign Denver, CO | C | $25,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Communities Foundation of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK | C | $25,000 | paid | Women's Foundation of Oklahoma | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Generation Citizen Inc New York, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Latino Leadership Advocacy & Research Org (cllaro Inc) Denver, CO | D | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Interfaith Alliance of Colorado Denver, CO | B | $25,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Montana Community Foundation Helena, MT | C | $25,000 | paid | Women's Foundation of Montana Operating Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Faith in Action Network Washington, DC | D | $25,000 | paid | General Support for LA RED | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Latino Leadership Advocacy & Research Org (cllaro Inc) Denver, CO | D | $25,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Latino Leadership Advocacy & Research Org (cllaro Inc) Denver, CO | D | $25,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Ruralorganizingorg Education Fund Columbus, OH | D | $25,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Faith in Public Life Inc Washington, DC | C | $25,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Fiscal Institute Denver, CO | C | $25,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Tools of the Mind Shirley, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Interfaith Alliance of Colorado Denver, CO | B | $25,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Wyoming Community Foundation Laramie, WY | B | $25,000 | paid | Wyoming Women's Foundation | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Wyoming Community Foundation Laramie, WY | B | $25,000 | approved, future | Wyoming Women's Foundation | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Soul2soul Sisters Denver, CO | U | $20,000 | paid | Juneteenth Cash Assistance for Black Women (COVID-19) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Parent Possible Denver, CO | B | $20,000 | paid | Vroom in Colorado (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Black Women Endowment Fund Inc (cbwpa) Denver, CO | U | $20,000 | paid | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Good Business Colorado Denver, CO | C | $20,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Parent Possible Denver, CO | B | $20,000 | approved, future | Vroom in Colorado (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Black Women Endowment Fund Inc (cbwpa) Denver, CO | U | $20,000 | approved, future | General Support (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Clayton Early Learning Denver, CO | U | $15,000 | paid | Colorado Early Learning Policy Initiative | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Montana Community Foundation Helena, MT | C | $15,000 | paid | Support for Womens Foundation of Montana Endowment Campaign (Multi-Year) | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Clayton Early Learning Denver, CO | U | $12,500 | approved, future | Colorado Early Learning Policy Initiative | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | International Rescue Committee New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | IRC Denver | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Global Fund for Women San Francisco, CA | C | $10,000 | paid | Crisis Fund | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Asian Pacific Development Center Aurora, CO | C | $10,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | Harvard Divinity School, Constance Buchanan Endowment | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | History Colorado Denver, CO | U | $10,000 | paid | Bold Women Change History 2.0 programming | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Episcopal Relief and Development New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | Haiti Fund | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Children's Campaign Denver, CO | C | $6,600 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Progressnow Colorado Education Denver, CO | B | $5,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Great Education Colorado Denver, CO | B | $5,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | United for a New Economy (une) Commerce City, CO | U | $5,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Episcopal Relief and Development New York, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | Hurricane Relief Fund | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Together Colorado Denver, CO | B | $5,000 | paid | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Policy Impact Berkeley, CA | U | $5,000 | paid | Democracy Funders Network-Political Violence Working Group | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Philanthropy Colorado Arvada, CO | C | $4,865 | approved, future | Foundation Membership | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Neo Philanthropy New York, NY | B | $4,000 | approved, future | Funders Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) Membership | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Chinook Fund Denver, CO | B | $3,000 | paid | COFIE 2021 Silver Sponsor | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Neo Philanthropy New York, NY | B | $3,000 | paid | Funders Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) Membership | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Philanthropy Colorado Arvada, CO | C | $2,760 | paid | Foundation Membership | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Women's Foundation of the South New Orleans, LA | B | $1,000 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Central City Opera House Association Wheat Ridge, CO | C | $1,000 | approved, future | General Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Children's Campaign Denver, CO | C | $1,000 | paid | Event Support | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Central Visitation Program Denver, CO | U | $500 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | New Genesis Inc Denver, CO | D | $325 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (pprm) Denver, CO | C | $250 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Progressnow Colorado Education Denver, CO | B | $250 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | New Era Colorado Foundation Denver, CO | B | $250 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Colorado Healing Fund Denver, CO | B | $100 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Casa de Paz Aurora, CO | C | $100 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Denver, CO | C | $100 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Lubird's Light Foundation Littleton, CO | B | $50 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Wellesley, MA | U | $50 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
| 2021 | Urban Peak Denver, CO | D | $25 | paid | Matching Gift | 202211539349100621 |
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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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