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Aaron Rashti Family Foundation at a glance

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Aaron Rashti Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$381k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$1.1MInternational$432kHealth$414kEducation$350kArts & Culture$203kYouth Development$18kFood & Nutrition$6kReligion$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $230k
$24,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$70,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$60,000
COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MNT$50,000
ANTIOCH UNIV NEW ENGLAND$45,000
CLIMATE RIDE$30,000
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE$24,000
FISTULA FOUNDATION$20,000
DENVER HEALTH FOUNDATION$15,000
A THOUSAND SUMMERS$10,000
METRO CARING$5,000
SHRINER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$1,000
SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PEACE HOUSE: $1k → 5%PEACE HOUSE: $1k → 5%PEACE HOUSE: $1k → 5%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MT
NY
CA
UT
CO
VA
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 17 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$1.8M
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+72%

Still filing today

76%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHealthInternationalArts & CultureCivil RightsRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    7× · 2017–2025 · $325k · revenue +202%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $250k · revenue +98%
  • PB
    PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $203k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • TM
    TEMPLE MICAH WASHINGTON DC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • 3D
    350 DEGREE ORG
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • MS
    MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF WILD PINESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue +72%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
7
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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10
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
11
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
12
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region; the most unlike its peers is Montessori School of Wild Pines. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $470,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYANTIOCH UNIV NEW ENGLAND: $345,000 · OtherANTIOCH UNIV NEW ENGLANDPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MNT: $270,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MNTDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $76,000 · OtherDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION+11 more: $45,500 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $325,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND …CLIMATE RIDE INC: $111,300 · EnvironmentCLIMATE RIDE INCNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE C…350ORG: $57,500 · Environment350ORGTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $25,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONT…AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $180,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WOR…+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $203,000 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC BR…The Fistula Foundation: $20,000 · HealthTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $8,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $8,000 · HealthPhysicians For Reproductive Health: $26,000 · Civil RightsMONTESSORI SCHOOL OF WILD PINES: $4,000 · Education
Other$1,206,500Environment$619,800International$432,000Arts & Culture$203,000Health$36,000Civil Rights$26,000Education$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $470,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $325,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $203,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $180,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCLIMATE RIDE INC: $111,300 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $76,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budget350ORG: $57,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPhysicians For Reproductive Health: $26,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO CARING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTESSORI SCHOOL OF WILD PINES: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPeace House Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE RIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds Physicians For Reproductive Health ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds The Fistula Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds METRO CARING ↗
  • Who funds MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF WILD PINES ↗
  • Who funds Peace House Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aaron Rashti Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aaron Rashti Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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