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Abraham and Rose Ellis Foundation at a glance

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Abraham and Rose Ellis 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.

$77k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$116kEducation$70kPhilanthropy$59kHuman Services$49kEnvironment$33kRecreation & Sports$26kAnimals$18kHousing & Shelter$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Abington Health Foundation$24,500
COLORADO ACADEMY$7,000
Drueding Center$5,000
Congregation Beth Or$5,000
OFF THE ROPES$3,000
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver$3,000
Katz Center University of Pennsylvania$2,500
PWR$2,500
Davis Phinney Foundation$2,500
IGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS$2,000
CASTING FOR RECOVERY$2,000
NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR DISABLED$2,000
Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center Inc$2,000
Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver$2,000
GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS$2,000
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 (FY20–25, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Drueding Center: $5k → 22%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%IGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $2k → 12%DRUEDING CENTER: $5k → 22%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $500 → 8%IGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $2k → 12%DRUEDING CENTER: $5k → 22%IGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $2k → 12%DRUEDING CENTER: $5k → 22%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 17%IGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $2k → 12%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $2k → 15%DRUEDING CENTER: $1k → 22%IGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $2k → 12%IGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $1k → 12%FACE TO FACE: $3k → 22%GRANDMA'S PLACE: $500 → 11%grandma's place: $500 → 11%Grandma's Place: $500 → 11%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $1k → 15%GRANDMA'S PLACE: $500 → 11%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $1k → 15%GRANDMA'S PLACE: $500 → 11%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $1k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $1k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $1k → 15%ATTENTION HOMES: $500 → 12%SAFEHOUSE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE FOR NON-VIOLENCE: $1k → 12%ATTENTION HOMES: $500 → 12%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

MT
NY
PA
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
KS
TN
DC
OK
LA
GA
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$308k · 35 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
27

Total granted

$308k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+34%

Still filing today

77%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsHealthRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AH
    ABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $86k · revenue +77%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $18k · revenue +45%
  • CA
    COLORADO ACADEMY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $51k · revenue +34%
  • Philabundance
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue -5%
  • FT
    FACE TO FACE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +16%
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
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
2
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
3
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region

To offer compassionate care to animals, support safe communities, and provide socially conscious sheltering. (continued on schedule o)

Animals
4
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
5
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity

Seeking to put god's love into action; habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. fort collins habitat for humanity adheres…

Housing & Shelter
6
Noco Humane

Our mission is to further the compassionate safe and responsible relationship between animals and people.

Animals
7
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
8
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.

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9
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
10
Banner Health Foundation

Established in 2001, banner health foundation secures and stewards charitable contributions to advance banner health's mission, investing in facilities and programs that support advancements in care, research, medical education, patient…

Health
11
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
12
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Dumb Friends League; the most unlike its peers is Thomas Jefferson University. 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

42 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. 42 of the 65 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
38/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYST MARY'S ACADEMY: $11,750 · OtherST MARY'S ACADEMYABRAMSON SENIOR CARE CENTER: $9,000 · OtherABRAMSON SENIOR CARE CENTERHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER INC: $7,750 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER …DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · OtherDAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATIONKatz Center University of Pennsylvania: $7,500 · OtherKatz Center University of Pennsylvani…PWR: $6,500 · OtherCFEI Foundation: $6,200 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $6,000 · OtherTHERAPEUTIC RIDING OF TUCSON (TROT): $6,000 · OtherTEMPLE BETH KODESH: $5,300 · OtherCOLORADO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,000 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH OR: $5,000 · OtherPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $6,000 · Other+22 more: $28,250 · Other+22 moreABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $86,000 · HealthABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATIO…CASTING FOR RECOVERY: $5,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $4,325 · HealthUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $50,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH …+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $18,000 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFER…COLORADO ACADEMY: $15,000 · EducationCOLORADO ACAD…GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $7,000 · EducationGREENHOUSE SC…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLE…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,500 · EducationFOLDS OF HONO…+1 more: $500 · EducationDRUEDING CENTER: $20,500 · Human ServicesDRUEDING CENT…IGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $9,500 · Human ServicesIGNITE ADAPTI…TUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $6,500 · Human ServicesTUCSON CENTER…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRI…FACE TO FACE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesFACE TO FACE …Grandmas Place Inc: $2,500 · Human Services+4 more: $3,500 · Human Services+4 moreHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $6,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE MAXFUND INC: $2,750 · AnimalsDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $1,500 · AnimalsBIDEAWEE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsOFF THE ROPES: $8,000 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsADOBE BRIDGE CLUB: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$137,750Health$95,325Philanthropy$51,500Education$50,500Human Services$50,000Animals$16,250Recreation & Sports$15,000

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 budgetABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $86,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $50,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRUEDING CENTER: $20,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO ACADEMY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $9,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetOFF THE ROPES: $8,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER INC: $7,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCASTING FOR RECOVERY: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $4,325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFACE TO FACE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MAXFUND INC: $2,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrandmas Place Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetADOBE BRIDGE CLUB: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOLORADO CHAUTAUQUA ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF SABINO CANYON INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetATTENTION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFEHOUSE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUPPORTERS OF SUMMIT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCARING FIELDS FELINES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $500 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Community Foundation …Aetna Foundation IncMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Paypal Charitable Giv…Fidelity Investments …Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO15.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Aetna Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Abraham and Rose Ellis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Abraham and Rose Ellis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Grandmas Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Abraham and Rose Ellis Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 65 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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