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Abelow Family Foundation

Its FY2024 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 FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

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

International$339kPublic Benefit$160kEnvironment$97kHuman Services$48kPhilanthropy$45kArts & Culture$35kCivil Rights$13kRecreation & Sports$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 24 grants below total $216,305 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $237,305 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $21,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Jewish World Service$70,000
America Votes Education Fund$40,000
Ah Haa School for the Arts$19,805
Protect Democracy Project$15,000
Telluride Foundation$10,000
Hispanic Affairs Project$10,000
Colorado Water Trust$7,500
San Juan Citizen Alliance$5,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$5,000
Anera$5,000
Conservation Colorado Education Fund$5,000
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$5,000
Marsi Incorporated$5,000
Westside Campaign Against Hunger$2,500
Cobalt Foundation$2,500
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$273k · 15 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +31% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
21

Total granted

$273k
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+31%

Still filing today

93%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’22’23’24
EnvironmentCivil RightsInternationalEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT
    3× · 2019–2024 · $65k · revenue +347%
  • HA
    HISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT
    4× · 2019–2024 · $40k · revenue +12%
  • LO
    LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND
    3× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +180%

Funded once

  • WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +68%
  • PC
    Pitzer Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +31%
  • US
    U S Endowment for Forestry and Communities
    one grant, 2019 · $10k

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

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
2
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
3
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
4
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
5
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
6
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
7
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
8
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
10
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
11
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
12
Towards Justice of Colorado

Towards justice is a nonprofit law firm that seeks to advance economic equity and worker power through impact litigation, strategic policy advocacy, and collaboration with organizers and public agencies. we were founded in response to the…

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Conservation Colorado Education Fund and the most unlike its peers is Triangle Arts Association Limited. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyChristian Outreach Ministri…Pregnancy Support CentersIndigenous Community Develo…Community Arts CentersClassical Music OrchestrasJewish Community FederationsFood Pantries and AssistanceCommunity Hospital SystemsImmigrant and Latino Integr…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Advocacy and …Government Accountability &…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%6%<5yr14%6%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr19%32%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr16%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%11%<5yr14%10%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr19%52%20–35yr13%13%35–55yr16%2%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 11% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/37
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,723

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $325,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INCWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — $25,000 · InternationalWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE+2 more — $13,500 · InternationalAmerica Votes Education Fund — $75,000 · Civil RightsAmerica Votes Educati…PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT — $65,000 · Civil RightsPROTECT DEMOCRACY PRO…+4 more — $12,000 · Civil Rights+4 moreNEW VENTURE FUND — $35,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE F…CONSERVATION COLORADO EDUCATION FUND — $20,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION …LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND — $12,500 · EnvironmentLEAGUE OF CON…COLORADO WATER TRUST — $8,500 · EnvironmentCOLORADO WATE…San Juan Citizens Alliance — $8,000 · EnvironmentSan Juan Citi…SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE — $5,500 · EnvironmentSHEEP MOUNTAI…350ORG — $3,500 · Environment+2 more — $2,000 · EnvironmentAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS — $19,805 · OtherAH HAA SCHOOL F…San Juan Citizen Alliance — $10,000 · OtherSan Juan Citize…U S Endowment for Forestry and Communities — $10,000 · OtherU S Endowment f…New Media Ventures Education Fund — $10,000 · OtherNew Media Ventu…Family Friend Action Fund — $5,000 · OtherLeague of Conservation Voter Education Fund — $5,000 · OtherMarsi Incorporated — $5,000 · OtherFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC — $5,000 · OtherMake the Road New York — $5,000 · OtherWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE — $9,500 · OtherWEST SIDE CENTE…Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc — $5,000 · Other+12 more — $21,000 · Other+12 moreHISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT — $40,000 · Human ServicesCOMPANEROS FOUR CORNERS IMMIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER — $2,500 · Human ServicesPitzer College — $10,000 · EducationTELLURIDE CHAMBER MUSIC — $1,000 · Education+1 more — $100 · EducationTELLURIDE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
International$363,500Civil Rights$152,000Environment$95,000Other$110,305Human Services$42,500Education$11,100Recreation & Sports$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $325,000 over 4y, 0.3% of 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 budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetTELLURIDE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc — $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 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 budget350ORG — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOBALT FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAMAYAN MIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMPANEROS FOUR CORNERS IMMIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER — $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEQUIS INSTITUTE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWS FOR RACIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTriangle Arts Association Limited — $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTELLURIDE CHAMBER MUSIC — $1,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetFIRST PEOPLES FUND — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — 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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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