ZOMA Foundation

• The filing says ZOMA Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; start with a warm introduction to someone connected to the foundation.
• Its stated priorities are Colorado, which it lists first, and Chile, in early childhood development, workforce development and community economic development, so work in those areas is the clearest fit.
• Typical grants run from $25,000 to $430,000 with a median of $50,000, and half of its grants to organisations across three filings were $50,000 or less, so a request of about $50,000 is a realistic size to discuss.
• Repeat funding is significant, as 26% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so organisations with no prior connection should expect a longer route in.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Nature Conservancy · To advance economic prosperity and durable conservation in the great bear seasupporting sustainable livelihoods, local enterprises, and job creationby securing long-term financing through a project finance for permanence (pfp) initiative co-developed by enduring earth and 17 first nations.
  $9,500,0002024 tax year
• Nature Conservancy · To support a project-finance for permanence (pfp) deal, a deal that secures long-term funding for conservation while ensuring communities benefit through sustainable livelihoods, local enterprise, and job creation tied to healthy ecosystems, developed by enduring earth with the government of mongolia, with the goal of supporting economic prosperity.
  $7,000,0002024 tax year
• High Line Canal Conservancy · To support the high line canal conservancy and its partners to protect and revitalize the canal's natural spaces while improving the human experience, with the goal of supporting community connection and development.
  $1,530,6812024 tax year
• Windward Fund · To support central operations of enduring earth to advance project-finance for permanence deals to drive biodiversity, durable conservation, and community economic development goals, including supporting sustainable livelihoods, local enterprise, and job creation.
  $727,8422024 tax year
• Arapahoe Community College Foundation · To support the colorado health careers collaborative, led by arapahoe community college and the community college of denver, which brings together some of colorado's largest health employers, community colleges, an innovative colorado based instructional design company, and 7 rural and urban k-12 school districts to co-create equitable health career paths for colorado youth.
  $425,3632024 tax year
• YouthPower365 · To support the careerwise youth apprenticeship initiative, led by the vail valley partnership, to expand workforce development pathways toward careers for youth in eagle county schools, grades 8-12.
  $392,7752024 tax year
• Colorado Education Initiative · To support strategic capacity support for colorado education initiative's career-connecting learning.
  $300,0002024 tax year
• Colorado Education Initiative · To support homegrown talent initiative, a joint effort between colorado education initiative and colorado succeeds to develop career-connected learning experiences for k-12 students in rural communities across colorado.
  $240,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.