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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 FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k41 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$1,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$918k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER$10,000
COLORADO UPLIFT$10,000
PROMISE KEEPERS$9,000
EAST WEST MINISTRIES$5,000
HOPE HAVEN$5,000
ELEVATE CHARITIES$4,000
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$4,000
NEXTGEN EDUCATION FUND$2,500
MERCY CHEFS$2,500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$2,000
PARENTS TELEVISION COUNCIL$2,000
FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE$2,000
PROJECT 127$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
JEREMIAH'S HOPE$1,500
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 (FY18–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AGAPE HOUSE OF PRESCOTT: $500 → 14%BOYSTOWN: $200 → 12%COMMIT FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%ELEVATE CHARITIES: $5k → 10%MERCY CHEFS: $3k → 20%ELEVATE CHARITIES: $4k → 10%ELEVATE CHARITIES: $4k → 10%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $300 → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $250 → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $100 → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $100 → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $100 → 12%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER FOR WOMEN: $250 → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $100 → 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

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

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$292k · 36 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
61

Total granted

$292k
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+19%

Still filing today

69%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesReligionCrime & LegalArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • PK
    PROMISE KEEPERS
    5× · 2018–2024 · $49k · revenue +35%
  • CU
    COLORADO UPLIFT INC
    3× · 2019–2024 · $25k · revenue +42%
  • DH
    DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER
    5× · 2018–2024 · $25k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +167%
  • DA
    DENVER ART MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +95%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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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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
2
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
3
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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4
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
5
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
6
Education Commission of the States

The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…

Education
7
Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence

The mission of the center for legal inclusiveness (cli) is to advance diversity in the legal profession by actively educating and supporting private and public sector legal organizations in their individual campaigns to create cultures of…

Civil Rights
8
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
9
Colorado Council On Economic Education

Our mission is to empower colorado students to achieve a lifetime of economic understanding and financial freedom. how will we achieve this mission? by providing economic and personal financial education to students through training…

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10
Denver Hybrid College

To support college students in innovative, affordable paths to in-demand careers and financial freedom.

Education
11
Colorado Jobs With Justice Inc

Advance workers rights & social justice through building sustained relationships and taking direct action to create concrete change in the lives of working families

Employment
12
Fountain Valley School of Colorado

Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Kempe Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

71 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 71 of the 113 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/71
Grantees still filing
47/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOPE HAVEN: $40,000 · OtherHOPE HAVENDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $25,000 · OtherDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTERCHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $5,900 · OtherTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $10,000 · OtherTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCEFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $6,500 · OtherWORLD VISION INC: $5,880 · Other+63 more: $81,765 · Other+63 morePROMISE KEEPERS: $49,000 · ReligionPROMISE KEEPERSEast-West Ministries International: $23,000 · ReligionEast-West Ministries …SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $4,500 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE+3 more: $1,900 · ReligionCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $25,100 · EducationCOLORADO UPLIFT I…Colorado Christian University: $9,000 · EducationColorado Christia…ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $8,500 · EducationALLIANCE FOR CHOI…CORBAN UNIVERSITY: $5,500 · EducationCORBAN UNIVERSITYSUMMER SCHOLARS: $5,000 · EducationSUMMER SCHOLARSPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY…+8 more: $5,650 · Education+8 morePARENTS TELEVISION COUNCIL INC: $11,500 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION: $6,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN MUSEUM OF MINING & INDUSTRY: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureELEVATE CHARITIES: $13,000 · Human ServicesJEREMIAH'S HOPE INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $2,800 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human Services+5 more: $1,600 · Human ServicesURBAN YOUTH MINISTRIES: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentGAMEDAY INC: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentBLUE SKY FUND: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentINVEST IN KIDS: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF BROOMFIELD INC: $2,100 · Recreation & SportsCOLORADO YOUTH TENNIS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsVOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR COLORADO: $1,680 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $200 · Recreation & Sports
Other$175,045Religion$78,400Education$62,750Arts & Culture$30,500Human Services$27,400Youth Development$27,000Recreation & Sports$10,980

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 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 budgetWORLD VISION INC: $5,880 over 6y, 0.0% 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 budgetLeadership Institute: $2,050 over 4y, 0.0% 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 budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KEMPE FOUNDATION: $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…The Humphreys Foundat…The Denver FoundationThe Anschutz Foundati…The Colorado Health F…Rose Community Founda…Schlessman Foundation…El Pomar FoundationMile High United Way …The Janus Henderson F…Gary PhilanthropyXcel Energy Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Berglund Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berglund Family 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Corban University: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 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.

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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