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Alpenglow 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.

$989k
Granted FY2024still arriving
131
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.2MHealth$1.1MEducation$975kEnvironment$717kFood & Nutrition$483kReligion$470kInternational$427kPhilanthropy$331kOther$0
02FY2024 · 131 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k98 grants · $291k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $423k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $276k
$5,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$75,000
TINY NEWS COLLECTIVE$50,500
ENGLISH IN ACTION$50,400
THE ARTS CAMPUS AT WILLITS$50,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$50,000
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE$30,000
ASPEN FILM$26,000
FRIENDS OF MAROLT PARK$25,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS$25,000
COMMUNITY RESPONSE COALITION OF KENTUCKY$25,000
GRAND COUNTY FOOD BANK$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
LIFT UP$20,000
CIVICASPEN$20,000
ROARING FORK SAFE PASSAGES$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $189k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOSPICE EAST INC: $5k → 15%WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $1k → 10%MOAB HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%THE DENVER HOSPICE: $1k → 12%THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $2k → 12%WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $2k → 12%WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $2k → 12%WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $2k → 12%WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $2k → 12%WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $2k → 12%MOAB HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $2k → 12%THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $1k → 12%THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $1k → 12%MOAB HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%MOAB HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%MOAB HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%RIVER CENTER: $10k → 8%RIVER CENTER: $10k → 8%HUTS FOR VETS: $1k → 7%RIVER CENTER: $10k → 8%RIVER CENTER: $5k → 8%RIVER CENTER: $5k → 8%RIVER CENTER: $3k → 8%HUTS FOR VETS: $1k → 7%RIVER CENTER: $3k → 8%RIVER CENTER: $3k → 8%HUTS FOR VETS: $1k → 7%HUTS FOR VETS: $1k → 7%HUTS FOR VETS: $1k → 7%HUTS FOR VETS: $1k → 7%HUTS FOR VETS: $1k → 7%HUTS FOR VETS: $1k → 7%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%COMMUNITY RESPONSE COALITION OF KENTUCKY: $25k → 15%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

WA
IL
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.2M · 133 repeat orgs$495k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

133 repeat relationships: 109 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

133
47

Total granted

$6.2M
$337k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+24%

Still filing today

69%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k 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
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • CR
    COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $513k · revenue +56%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $425k · revenue +81%
  • CW
    COLORADO WEST REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $400k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -23%
  • TG
    THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +44%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
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
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
2
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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3
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
4
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
Mountain Area Land Trust

Mountain area land trust's mission is to save natural areas, wildlife habitat, streams and rivers, working ranches and historic lands, for the benefit of the community and as a legacy for future generations.

Environment
7
Colorado Water Trust

To restore water to colorado's rivers.

Environment
8
Colorado Open Lands

Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.

Environment
9
Conservation Legacy

Conservation legacy engages future leaders who protect, restore, and enhance our nation's lands through community-based service.in 2024, conservation legacy engaged 2,524 participants who completed over 1.5 million service hours on public…

Youth Development
10
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
11
Colorado Headwaters Land Trust

To conserve and steward the open lands and natural character of the headwaters of the colorado river in partnership with the local community.

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12
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Marolt Park. 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

139 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. 139 of the 201 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
135/139
Grantees still filing
98/139
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASPEN CHAPEL: $187,544 · OtherASPEN CHAPELCHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL: $180,500 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRALGRAND COUNTY FOOD BANK: $125,000 · OtherCRCKY: $100,000 · OtherLIFT UP: $95,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $250,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIESTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $133,000 · Other+116 more: $1,589,017 · Other+116 moreTHE ARTS CAMPUS AT WILLITS: $332,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTS CAMPUS A…The Art Base: $303,940 · Arts & CultureThe Art BaseCONCRETE COUCH: $77,500 · Arts & CultureCONCRETE COUCHASPEN FILM: $56,000 · Arts & CultureThe Tiny News Collective Inc: $50,500 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART MUSEUM: $50,400 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+19 more: $165,412 · Arts & Culture+19 moreCOLORADO WEST REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH INC: $400,000 · HealthCOLORADO WEST RE…MOUNTAIN FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS: $400,000 · HealthMOUNTAIN FAMILY …ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $60,000 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN P…MOAB FREE HEALTH CLINIC: $60,000 · HealthMOAB FREE HEALTH…CLL Global Research Foundation: $50,000 · Health+3 more: $27,500 · HealthCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $512,500 · EducationCOLORADO ROCKY …English in Action: $89,400 · EducationEnglish in Acti…VALLEY SETTLEMENT: $75,000 · EducationVALLEY SETTLEME…THE COLORADO COLLEGE: $60,000 · EducationTHE COLORADO CO…BASALT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $55,000 · EducationBASALT EDUCATIO…THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Education+14 more: $114,565 · Education+14 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $425,000 · International+3 more: $18,000 · InternationalASPEN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $129,900 · EnvironmentSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $60,000 · EnvironmentRoaring Fork Safe Passages: $50,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF MAROLT PARK: $50,000 · EnvironmentHIGH COUNTRY NEWS: $36,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS LAND TRUST: $20,000 · EnvironmentBLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $15,515 · Environment+7 more: $38,450 · EnvironmentASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $137,031 · PhilanthropyMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,660,061Arts & Culture$1,076,252Health$997,500Education$956,465International$443,000Environment$429,865Philanthropy$302,031

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $512,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $425,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO WEST REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH INC: $400,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNTAIN FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS: $400,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ARTS CAMPUS AT WILLITS: $332,500 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetThe Art Base: $303,940 over 8y, 31% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $137,031 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $133,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $129,900 over 8y, 23% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEnglish in Action: $89,400 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCONCRETE COUCH: $77,500 over 8y, 13% of budgetVALLEY SETTLEMENT: $75,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMOAB HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $60,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOAB FREE HEALTH CLINIC: $60,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetASPEN FILM: $56,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetBASALT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetThe Tiny News Collective Inc: $50,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $50,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRoaring Fork Safe Passages: $50,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetFRIENDS OF MAROLT PARK: $50,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetMOAB VALLEY MULTICULTURAL CENTER: $50,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetCLL Global Research Foundation: $50,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $48,400 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetRiver Center of New Castle Inc: $47,602 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetWestern Resource Advocates: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAspen Fly Right: $40,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetCENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY NEWS: $36,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMountain Rescue Aspen Inc: $32,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetDANCEASPEN: $31,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $27,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetKENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB: $25,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMoab Solutions Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESPONSE COALITION OF KENTUCKY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOLS: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCIVICLEX INCORPORATED: $25,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetGRAND COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetTHE ACCESS FUND: $21,000 over 8y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO WEST REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTS CAMPUS AT WILLITS ↗
  • Who funds The Art Base ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN VALLEY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds English in Action ↗
  • Who funds CONCRETE COUCH ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY SETTLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds MOAB HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance ↗
  • Who funds THE COLORADO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds MOAB FREE HEALTH CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN FILM ↗
  • Who funds BASALT EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Tiny News Collective Inc ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Roaring Fork Safe Passages ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF MAROLT PARK ↗
  • Who funds MOAB VALLEY MULTICULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CLL Global Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDERNESS WORKSHOP ↗

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.

Aspen Community Found…Colorado Gives Founda…Aspen Business Center…Arches FoundationWestern Colorado Comm…Brady FoundationBlue Grass Community …Rose Community Founda…The Thrift ShopPalladium FoundationThe Denver FoundationEl Pomar Foundation
Aspen Community FoundationCO74.8× affinity37 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Aspen Business Center Foundation · Arches Foundation · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Brady Foundation · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Rose Community Foundation · The Thrift Shop · Palladium Foundation · The Denver Foundation · El Pomar 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 Alpenglow Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alpenglow Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    51report 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.

    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 201 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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    The endowment market
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    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
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