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Abelow Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$237k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
25
Itemized grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
45%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$217k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$70,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 26
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$1.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Abelow Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Civil RightsEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving20$132k40%
FY202311$70k45%
FY202214$58k36%
FY201926$151kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

International$339kPublic Benefit$160kEnvironment$97kHuman Services$48kPhilanthropy$45kArts & Culture$35kCivil Rights$13kRecreation & Sports$11kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
America Votes Education Fund$75,00020%
Protect Democracy Project$65,00030%
Hispanic Affairs Project$40,00042%
World Resources Institute$25,00010%
Conservation Colorado Education Fund$20,00040%
Ah Haa School for the Arts$19,80510%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$12,50030%
Pitzer College$10,00010%
West Side Center for Community Life$9,50040%
The Center for Victims of Torture$8,50030%
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All grantees of Abelow Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
America Votes Education Fund$75,00020%
Protect Democracy Project$65,00030%
Hispanic Affairs Project$40,00042%
World Resources Institute$25,00010%
Conservation Colorado Education Fund$20,00040%
Ah Haa School for the Arts$19,80510%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$12,50030%
Pitzer College$10,00010%
West Side Center for Community Life$9,50040%
The Center for Victims of Torture$8,50030%
Colorado Water Trust$8,50020%
San Juan Citizens Alliance$8,00021%
Sheep Mountain Alliance$5,50042%
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$5,00010%
Make the Road New York$5,00010%
American Near East Refugee Aid$5,00010%
Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable$5,00010%
350org$3,50020%
Damayan Migrant Workers Association Inc$2,50010%
The Telluride Medical Center Foundation$2,50030%
Equis Institute$2,50010%
Cobalt Foundation$2,50010%
Companeros Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center$2,50020%
Triangle Arts Association Limited$2,00011%
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice$2,00020%
Riverside Park Conservancy Inc$1,00010%
First Peoples Fund$1,00010%
Sunrise Movement Education Fund$1,00010%
DRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc$1,00010%
Movement Strategy Center$1,00010%
Telluride Chamber Music$1,00015%
First Nations Development Institute$1,00010%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Abelow Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerica Votes Education Fund: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetProtect Democracy Project: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHispanic Affairs Project: $40,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetWorld Resources Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Colorado Education Fund: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAh Haa School for the Arts: $19,805 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPitzer College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Side Center for Community Life: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Victims of Torture: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Water Trust: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Juan Citizens Alliance: $8,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSheep Mountain Alliance: $5,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetFlorence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake the Road New York: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Near East Refugee Aid: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Civic Engagement Roundtable: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget350org: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDamayan Migrant Workers Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Telluride Medical Center Foundation: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEquis Institute: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCobalt Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompaneros Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTriangle Arts Association Limited: $2,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJews for Racial & Economic Justice: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRiverside Park Conservancy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Peoples Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSunrise Movement Education Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMovement Strategy Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTelluride Chamber Music: $1,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetFirst Nations Development Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Rose Community Founda…Tides FoundationNew Venture FundColorado Gives Founda…The Colorado TrustImpactassetsincThe Colorado Health F…The Denver FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Telluride FoundationCaring for Colorado C…Resources Legacy Fund
Rose Community FoundationCO19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · New Venture Fund · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Colorado Trust · Impactassetsinc · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Telluride Foundation · Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund · Resources Legacy Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Abelow Family Foundation

How much does Abelow Family Foundation give?
Abelow Family Foundation reported 25 itemized grants totaling $217,305, out of $237,305 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 26 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Abelow Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (25%), Public Benefit (12%), Environment (7%).
Who are Abelow Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: America Votes Education Fund ($75k), Protect Democracy Project ($65k), Hispanic Affairs Project ($40k).
Does Abelow Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Abelow Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Abelow Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rose Community Foundation, Tides Foundation, New Venture Fund.
Where is Abelow Family Foundation based?
Abelow Family Foundation is based in CO.

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 48 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $232k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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