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Anchor Point Foundation at a glance

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Anchor Point 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.

$50k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$3.0MEnvironment$2.3MCommunity Improvement$1.8MHealth$1.6MPhilanthropy$1.6MScience & Tech$385kCrime & Legal$349kArts & Culture$328kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$62k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REAL ESCAPE FROM THE SEX TRADE (REST)$50,000
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 (FY17–20, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ENGAGE: $10k → 14%BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 12%NEW STORY INC: $50k → 10%NEW STORY INC: $25k → 10%THE ARTHUR PROJECT: $30k → 17%NEW STORY INC: $25k → 10%WISH OF A LIFETIME: $2k → 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

AK
ME
WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 23 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
87

Total granted

$5.6M
$3.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+17%

Still filing today

70%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthEmploymentOther
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

  • BC
    BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.3M · revenue +1%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.2M · revenue +79%
  • WC
    Wellesley College
    2× · 2018–2020 · $500k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • W
    WELLESLEY
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
  • DV
    DEFY VENTURES
    one grant, 2018 · $202k
  • M
    MIT
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
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.

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Endeavor Colorado

Endeavor colorado is a not-for-profit leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in colorado to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in our region. high-impact…

Community Improvement
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
Boulder Chamber of Commerce

The nonprofit boulder chamber is the region's flagship business advocacy and support organization. with almost 120 years of dedicated service to our members and the boulder community, the boulder chamber's innovative programs help local…

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4
Social Venture Partners Boulder County Inc

To harness the collective power of nonprofits and philanthropic changemakers to accelerate community impact.

Philanthropy
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
Colorado Fiscal Institute

To provide timely, credible and accessible analyses of fiscal and economic issues facing colorado to inform public policy debates and promote economic prosperity

Community Improvement
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
Colorado Business Roundtable Partners

To perform education and research priorities that work to strengthen Colorado's economic viability. COBRT Partners works to improve the business climate in our state by focusing on key pillars for a sustainable, growing, and global…

Education
9
Startup Colorado

Startup colorado serves to help both entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders access the human, social, and financial capital they need to build thriving businesses.

Human Services
10
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

The denver metro chamber of commerce is the architect of tomorrow, igniting change and driving progress to build dynamic economies and communities. we champion innovation, forge powerful partnerships, and relentlessly advocate for our…

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11
Colorado Enterprise Fund

To accelerate community prosperity by financing and supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Community Improvement
12
Colorado Chamber of Commerce Fka Co Assn of Commerce & Industry

The colorado chamber of commerce mission is to enhance the business climate of the state of colorado by promoting a positive legislative and regulatory environment and providing programs and services for its members, economic education,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Computer History Museum. 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

77 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. 77 of the 119 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
72/77
Grantees still filing
48/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,751,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYGLOBAL EIR COALITION: $420,000 · OtherGLOBAL EIR COALITIONWELLESLEY: $250,000 · OtherDEFY VENTURES: $202,000 · OtherMIT: $200,000 · OtherENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL: $200,000 · OtherENDEAVOR GLOBAL INC (F/K/A THE ENDEAVOR INITIATIVE INC): $200,000 · Other+69 more: $2,692,573 · Other+69 moreUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,221,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUN…Wellesley College: $500,000 · EducationWellesley CollegeUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $280,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVERCENTER FOR AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $185,000 · EducationCENTER FOR AMERICAN ENTREPR…DONORSCHOOSEORG: $165,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGCENTER FOR VENTURE EDUCATION: $125,000 · EducationBEN Colorado Inc: $100,000 · EducationOHUB FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $100,000 · EducationDEFY VENTURES INC: $100,000 · Education+4 more: $96,200 · EducationBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,300,000 · HealthBOULDER COMMU…BLUE MOUNTAIN CLINIC INC: $130,000 · HealthBLUE MOUNTAIN…+3 more: $40,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $715,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY …MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyMILE HIGH …THE LONGMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTHE LONGMO…OPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $75,000 · PhilanthropyOPENCOLLEC…TIDES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $60,000 · PhilanthropyCALLISTO: $150,000 · Crime & LegalREAL ESCAPE FROM THE SEX TRADE: $123,500 · Crime & LegalBreakthrough Alliance of Colorado Inc: $75,000 · Crime & LegalFrom The Heart Productions: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION: $48,000 · Arts & CultureBOULDER COMMUNITY BROADCAST ASSOC INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL & CENTER FOR MUSICAL ARTS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureRedline: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM: $15,000 · Arts & CultureBOULDER ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJLF COLORADO dba JLF BOULDER: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHIM FOR HER INC: $125,000 · EmploymentGRID110 INC: $50,000 · EmploymentPath Forward: $45,000 · Employment
Other$5,915,573Education$2,972,200Health$1,470,000Philanthropy$1,150,000Crime & Legal$348,500Arts & Culture$263,000Employment$220,000

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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,751,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,300,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,221,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $715,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetWellesley College: $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $280,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENDEAVOR GLOBAL INC (F/K/A THE ENDEAVOR INITIATIVE INC): $200,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $185,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $165,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCALLISTO: $150,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN CLINIC INC: $130,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetENERGIZE COLORADO INC: $125,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCENTER FOR VENTURE EDUCATION: $125,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHIM FOR HER INC: $125,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetREAL ESCAPE FROM THE SEX TRADE: $123,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTHE BELL POLICY CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetBEN Colorado Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetTHE LONGMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FUND FOR CHARITIES: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOHUB FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetNEW STORY INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDEFY VENTURES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBreakthrough Alliance of Colorado Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAspen Entrepreneurs Corporation: $70,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetCOLORADO BOLD: $50,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetIMPACT ON EDUCATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetGRID110 INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetRESOURCE CENTRAL: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF BOULDER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTEACHUNITED: $50,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF BOULDER COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION: $48,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPath Forward: $45,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetBeanstalk Foundation: $45,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetTHE ARTHUR PROJECT: $30,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY BROADCAST ASSOC INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $26,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL & CENTER FOR MUSICAL ARTS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOPEN BOULDER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 46% 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.

Community Foundation …Colorado Gives Founda…Rose Community Founda…The Denver FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Amg Charitable Gift F…Emsa Fund IncXcel Energy FoundationMile High United Way …Anschutz Family Found…Daniels FundThe 1040 Foundation
Community Foundation Boulder CountyCO58.6× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Boulder County · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Emsa Fund Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Anschutz Family Foundation · Daniels Fund · The 1040 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 Anchor Point Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Anchor Point Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
20report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Anchor Point Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Anchor Point 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 119 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 2022, released 2022. 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 no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home