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Berglund Family 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.

$78k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2024
39
Organizations funded FY2023
95%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 39
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$918k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 95% of the organizations Berglund Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesCrime & LegalEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving40$77k33%
FY202339$60k95%
FY202237$58k27%
FY202129$61k31%
FY202022$41k36%
FY201922$61k27%
FY201827$46kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$136kYouth Development$58kEducation$47kCivil Rights$34kHuman Services$32kArts & Culture$31kFood & Nutrition$12kPublic Benefit$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
VA
AZ
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 73 grantees
All grantees of Berglund Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Promise Keepers$49,00050%
Colorado Uplift Inc$25,10030%
David Horowitz Freedom Center$25,00050%
East-West Ministries International$23,0005n/a
Urban Youth Ministries$20,00021%
Elevate Charities$13,00030%
Parents Television Council Inc$11,50060%
The Conscious Alliance$10,00010%
Denver Art Museum$10,00010%
Colorado Christian University$9,00060%
Alliance for Choice in Education$8,50050%
Jeremiah's Hope Inc$6,50041%
First Liberty Institute$6,50050%
Center for Urban Renewal & Education$6,00050%
Christian Life Ministries Inc$5,9006n/a
Corban University$5,50020%
Deer Hill Foundation$5,00013%
Summer Scholars$5,00010%
Energy Outreach Colorado$5,00010%
Samaritan's Purse$4,50040%
Prager University Foundation$4,00010%
Gameday Inc$3,50010%
Nathan Yip Foundation$3,00040%
Denver Rescue Mission$2,80020%
Turning Point USA Inc$2,60050%
Mercy Chefs Inc$2,50010%
Haymakers for Hope Inc$2,5001n/a
Friends of Broomfield Inc$2,10010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,00010%
Blue Sky Fund$2,00020%
Colorado Youth Tennis Foundation$2,00031%
Western Museum of Mining & Industry$2,00010%
Project Veritas$2,00040%
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado$1,68010%
Invest in Kids$1,50010%
Save Our Youth Inc$1,50010%
Project 1 27$1,50010%
Judicial Watch Inc$1,20040%
Inner-City School Inc$1,20060%
Resurrection Church Inc$1,2001n/a
Citizens United Foundation$1,10040%
The Commit Foundation$1,00010%
Colorado Symphony Association$1,00010%
Colorado Center on Law and Policy$1,00010%
Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness$1,00020%
Mission Hills Church$1,0001n/a
Young America's Foundation$85050%
The Denver Street School$75020%
Warren Village Inc$55040%
The Kempe Foundation$50010%
University of Colorado Foundation$50010%
Alternatives Pregnancy Center Inc$50010%
Agape House of Prescott Inc$50010%
Colorado Springs Christian Schools$50010%
Emily Griffith Foundation$50010%
The Conflict Center$50010%
Volunteers of America Inc$4501n/a
Denver Inner City Parish Inc$30010%
Common Sense Institute$30010%
Aspen Valley Land Trust$30010%
Cherry Hills Land Preserve Inc$25010%
Mi Casa Resource Center$25010%
Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado$25010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$20010%
Second Wind Fund Inc$20010%
The Colorado Soccer Foundation$20010%
Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork$15010%
Mental Health America of Colorado$10010%
Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church$1001n/a
Safehouse Denver Inc$10010%
American Bible Society$10010%
Alpine Legal Services Inc$10010%
Sigma Chi Foundation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($92k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Berglund Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPromise Keepers: $49,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetColorado Uplift Inc: $25,100 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetDavid Horowitz Freedom Center: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Youth Ministries: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetElevate Charities: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetParents Television Council Inc: $11,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Conscious Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Art Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Christian University: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Choice in Education: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJeremiah's Hope Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetFirst Liberty Institute: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Urban Renewal & Education: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCorban University: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDeer Hill Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSummer Scholars: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEnergy Outreach Colorado: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGameday Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNathan Yip Foundation: $3,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDenver Rescue Mission: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $2,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Chefs Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Broomfield Inc: $2,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Sky Fund: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Youth Tennis Foundation: $2,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWestern Museum of Mining & Industry: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetProject Veritas: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteers for Outdoor Colorado: $1,680 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInvest in Kids: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave Our Youth Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject 1 27: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInner-City School Inc: $1,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Commit Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Symphony Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Center on Law and Policy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Liberty and American Greatness: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Denver Street School: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWarren Village Inc: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kempe Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAgape House of Prescott Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 66.

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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 FoundationCO52.2× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Humphreys Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · El Pomar Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · Xcel Energy 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.

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How do I get to Berglund Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Berglund Family 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.

About Berglund Family Foundation

How much does Berglund Family Foundation give?
Berglund Family Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $78,005 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Berglund Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Youth Development (14%), Education (11%).
Who are Berglund Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Promise Keepers ($49k), Colorado Uplift Inc ($25k), David Horowitz Freedom Center ($25k).
Does Berglund Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 95% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Berglund Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Berglund Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Humphreys Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
Where is Berglund Family Foundation based?
Berglund Family Foundation is based in CO.

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 113 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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