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Abelow Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% 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
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 25 grants below total $217,305, the rows itemized in this filing. The $237,305 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $20,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.9M
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
Hispanic Affairs Project$10,000
Telluride Foundation$10,000
Colorado Water Trust$7,500
Marsi Incorporated$5,000
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$5,000
Conservation Colorado Education Fund$5,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$5,000
San Juan Citizen Alliance$5,000
Anera$5,000
Cobalt Foundation$2,500
Westside Campaign Against Hunger$2,500
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$273k · 15 repeat orgs$137k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +31% for those 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; $37k 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
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

  • 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 +34%
  • PC
    Pitzer Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +31%
  • NM
    New Media Ventures Education Fund
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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.

03Its 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
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
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
Arizona Community Foundation

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

Philanthropy
5
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
6
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
7
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
8
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
9
Western Resource Advocates

Western Resource Advocates (WRA) is a regional nonprofit advocacy organization fighting climate change and its impacts to sustain the environment, economy, and people of the West. As the region's go-to experts for more than three decades,…

Crime & Legal
10
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
11
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
12
American Flood Coalition Inc

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

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Conservation Colorado Education Fund; the most unlike its peers is World Resources Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

37 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. 37 of the 48 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 FO…San Juan Citizen Alliance: $10,000 · OtherSan Juan Citizen…New Media Ventures Education Fund: $10,000 · OtherNew Media Ventur…U S Endowment for Forestry and Communities: $10,000 · OtherU S Endowment fo…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 CENTER…Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Other+12 more: $22,000 · 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$111,305Human Services$42,500Education$11,100Recreation & Sports$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation 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
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.

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.

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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