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Bmaa Family Foundation at a glance

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Bmaa Family 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.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$412kEducation$393kReligion$68kArts & Culture$53kRecreation & Sports$51kYouth Development$41kPhilanthropy$37kFood & Nutrition$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YESS INSTITUTE$25,000
1890 FOUNDATION$25,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PARTNERSHIP$25,000
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, $410k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $220k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $98k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $33k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $25k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $23k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $6k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $5k → 5%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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$934k · 12 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
16

Total granted

$934k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+57%

Still filing today

42%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • AP
    A PRECIOUS CHILD INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $410k · revenue +32%
  • TY
    The YESS Institute
    5× · 2019–2025 · $64k · revenue +33%
  • DB
    Denver Ballet Guild
    4× · 2017–2024 · $49k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $26k · revenue +70%
  • NO
    NATIVITY OF OUR LORD CATHOLIC PARISH IN BROOMFIELD
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • FH
    FENWICK HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $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.

1
Colorado Museum of Natural History

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

Arts & Culture
2
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
3
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
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
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Washburn University Foundation

The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.

Education
7
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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8
The University of Montana Foundation

The university of montana foundation inspires philanthropic support to enhance excellence and opportunity at the university of montana.

Education
9
Community Growth Foundation

The community growth foundation's mission is to foster healthy communities through programmatic and strategic initiatives in housing and support services. healthy communities are not bifurcated along the socio-economic differences within…

Community Improvement
10
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
11
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
12
Denver Public Schools Foundation

Denver public schools foundation is a catalyst for change in dps.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Center for the Performing Arts; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOLY FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $179,093 · OtherHOLY FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL INCUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA: $105,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKAThe 1890 Foundation: $50,000 · OtherThe 1890 FoundationNATIVITY OF OUR LORD PARISH: $36,620 · OtherNATIVITY OF OUR LORD PARISHNATIVITY OF OUR LORD CATHOLIC PARISH IN BROOMFIELD: $20,000 · Other+12 more: $35,232 · Other+12 moreA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $409,925 · Human ServicesA PRECIOUS CHILD INCThe YESS Institute: $63,920 · Recreation & SportsDenver Ballet Guild: $48,683 · Arts & CultureDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $26,200 · EducationEMMANUEL SANDERS FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 · EducationCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $7,050 · Education+2 more: $1,600 · EducationBROOMFIELD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $36,958 · PhilanthropyROCKY MOUNTAIN PARTNERSHIP CRADLE TO CAREER: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $500 · Animals
Other$425,945Human Services$409,925Recreation & Sports$63,920Arts & Culture$52,183Education$46,350Philanthropy$36,958Youth Development$25,000Animals$500

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 budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $409,925 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetThe YESS Institute: $63,920 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetThe 1890 Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDenver Ballet Guild: $48,683 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetBROOMFIELD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $36,958 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $26,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMMANUEL SANDERS FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $7,050 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKROENKE SPORTS CHARITIES INC: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER ZOOLOGICAL 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.

  • Who funds A PRECIOUS CHILD INC ↗
  • Who funds The YESS Institute ↗
  • Who funds The 1890 Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Denver Ballet Guild ↗
  • Who funds BROOMFIELD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PARTNERSHIP CRADLE TO CAREER ↗
  • Who funds EMMANUEL SANDERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO UPLIFT INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds KROENKE SPORTS CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗

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…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Bmaa Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bmaa Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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