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Bixel 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.

$12k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2024
10
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$540
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 16
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$187k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Bixel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesFood & NutritionAnimalsRecreation & SportsInternationalEnvironmentOther
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 arriving10$12k10%
FY202310$14k20%
FY202216$9k44%
FY202111$2k100%
FY20205$32kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$29kYouth Development$15kInternational$8kRecreation & Sports$4kHuman Services$4kAnimals$2kFood & Nutrition$2kEducation$2kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
First Presbyterian Church Boulder$27,0001n/a
Young Life$14,50040%
Love Justice International$4,73130%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$4,00030%
Loves Door 4 All Nations Inc$3,00012%
Emergency Family Assistance Association$1,68540%
Intercambio de Comunidades$1,61940%
Community Food Share Inc$1,55840%
Christian Veterinary Mission$1,50020%
International Students Inc$1,5003n/a
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All grantees of Bixel Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
First Presbyterian Church Boulder$27,0001n/a
Young Life$14,50040%
Love Justice International$4,73130%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$4,00030%
Loves Door 4 All Nations Inc$3,00012%
Emergency Family Assistance Association$1,68540%
Intercambio de Comunidades$1,61940%
Community Food Share Inc$1,55840%
Christian Veterinary Mission$1,50020%
International Students Inc$1,5003n/a
The a Partners Dba the Antioch Partners$1,00010%
Project Animalaid$72320%
Love for Lily$62020%
Bridge House$51620%
Community Sailing of Colorado$30920%
Denver Rescue Mission$30230%
Boulder Food Rescue$10410%
Cal-Wood Education Center$10410%
Big Waves Inc$10410%
Chef Ann Foundation$10410%
Invest in Kids$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung Life: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLove Justice International: $4,731 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLoves Door 4 All Nations Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEmergency Family Assistance Association: $1,685 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIntercambio de Comunidades: $1,619 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Share Inc: $1,558 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Veterinary Mission: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe a Partners Dba the Antioch Partners: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Animalaid: $723 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLove for Lily: $620 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBridge House: $516 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Sailing of Colorado: $309 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Rescue Mission: $302 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoulder Food Rescue: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCal-Wood Education Center: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Waves Inc: $104 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChef Ann Foundation: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInvest in Kids: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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 19.

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 FoundationCO18.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Denver Foundation · AEC Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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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About Bixel Family Foundation

How much does Bixel Family Foundation give?
Bixel Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $11,763 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Bixel Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (42%), Youth Development (21%), International (11%).
Who are Bixel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: First Presbyterian Church Boulder ($27k), Young Life ($15k), Love Justice International ($5k).
Does Bixel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bixel 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 Bixel Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Community Foundation Boulder County, The Denver Foundation.
Where is Bixel Family Foundation based?
Bixel 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 26 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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