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Aim High 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.

$93k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$55k
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 2024.

Philanthropy$1.3MHealth$170kEducation$103kHousing & Shelter$91kFood & Nutrition$43kEnvironment$38kHuman Services$19kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$2,620
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRENT'S PLACE$55,000
HIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY$12,850
HELEN & ARTHUR E JOHNSON DEPRESSION CENTER$11,000
FOOD FOR THOUGHT DENVER$5,000
CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE$2,620
THE AVERY COONLEY SCHOOL$2,500
OJAI VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$2,500
WARREN HOUSE VILLAGE$1,000
OJAI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$500
TAFT GARDENS CONVERVATION ENDOWMENT FUND$400
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 (FY20–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Denver Rescue Mission: $10k → 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

IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
CO
LA
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.

18%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$337k · 8 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
16

Total granted

$337k
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+26%

Still filing today

63%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $55k · revenue +58%
  • HL
    HIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY
    2× · 2018–2024 · $38k · revenue +297%
  • FF
    Food For Thought Denver
    2× · 2020–2024 · $15k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • NP
    NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST - AIM HIGH FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $1.3M
  • DR
    DENVER RESCUE MISSIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +26%
  • TW
    THIRD WAVE VOLUNTEERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +589%
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
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
2
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
3
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc

To deliver meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms

Arts & Culture
4
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
5
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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6
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
7
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
8
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
9
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
10
Impact Development Fund

Impact development fund helps people within our underserved communities seek fulfillment for themselves and their families by providing access to affordable living. we create these opportunities by delivering flexible capital to nonprofit…

Housing & Shelter
11
The Colorado Humane Society & Spca Inc

See schedule o.to prevent cruelty and neglect of animals within the state of colorado by:-assisting agencies in the enforcement of laws relating to cruelty and neglect of companion animals and equines-educating the public on animal welfare…

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12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Dumb Friends League; the most unlike its peers is Avery Coonley School. 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

18 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. 18 of the 32 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST - AIM HIGH FUND: $1,347,087 · OtherNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST - AIM HIGH FUNDBrent's Place (The Brent Eley Foundation): $90,000 · OtherBrent's Place (The Brent Eley Foundation)Buoniconti Fund: $62,655 · Other+14 more: $123,750 · Other+14 moreBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $55,000 · HealthJOHN LESTER FOUNDATION: $31,600 · HealthTHIRD WAVE VOLUNTEERS INC: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $2,620 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $55,000 · EducationFood For Thought Denver: $15,000 · EducationColumbia College Chicago: $10,000 · EducationTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $5,000 · EducationFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $15,000 · Food & NutritionDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10,000 · Human ServicesSMALL CHAMPIONS INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesVILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $5,000 · AnimalsA FRIEND OF JACK RESCUE: $5,000 · AnimalsINDEPENDENT RESTAURANT COALITION INC: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,623,492Health$99,220Education$85,000Food & Nutrition$15,000Human Services$13,500Arts & Culture$10,000Animals$10,000Community Improvement$5,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $37,850 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetJOHN LESTER FOUNDATION: $31,600 over 2y, 14% of budgetFood For Thought Denver: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHIRD WAVE VOLUNTEERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColumbia College Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT RESTAURANT COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA FRIEND OF JACK RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSMALL CHAMPIONS INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $2,620 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAvery Coonley School: $2,500 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.

National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA7.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Aim High Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aim High Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 32 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.

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