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Boulder Crest Foundation

BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION's mission is to facilitate posttraumatic growth through transformative programs, world-class training, education initiatives, research, and advocacy efforts.

$213k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$213k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$30MHuman Services$8.4MPhilanthropy$950kInternational$383k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$212,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$59M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATAL ISRAEL TRAUMA AND RESILIENCY CENTER$212,500
02The need
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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 (FY19–22, $4.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%BIG RED BARN (SC): $600k → 16%SHEEP DOG IMPACT: $600k → 8%EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $242k → 8%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND: $600k → 6%BIG RED BARN (SC): $600k → 16%SHEEP DOG IMPACT: $500k → 8%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND: $600k → 6%BIG RED BARN (SC): $150k → 16%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND: $600k → 6%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND: $150k → 6%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

ME
WA
NY
PA
CO
AR
NC
SC
LA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39M · 14 repeat orgs$242k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
1

Total granted

$39M
$242k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+28%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationPublic BenefitHealthInternationalOther
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

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $5.8M · revenue +31%
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    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $3.3M · revenue +45%
  • TRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1.6M · revenue +128%

Funded once

  • EW
    EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATIONgraduated
    4× · 2019–2022 · $242k · revenue +28%
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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Head Strong Project Inc

The head strong project (headstrong) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that provides barrier-free, stigma-free ptsd treatment to veterans, transitioning service members, and family members connected to their care.

Health
2
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc

The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…

Health
3
Lead the Way Fund Inc

Army ranger lead the way fund is an active duty, casualty assistance, recovery, transition and veterans organization that provides financial support to u.s. army rangers and the families of those who have died, have been disabled or who…

Human Services
4
Frontline to Field Foundation

Frontline to field is a nonprofit organization founded from the hearts of two individuals deeply committed to the well-being of those who serve and sacrifice for others. inspired by their personal connections to the military, first…

Recreation & Sports
5
Peaceful Warrior Foundation

The peaceful warrior foundation is a non-profit organization with the aim of connecting our nation's warriors with the support and care they need.at peaceful warrior we strive to help our active-duty operators & veterans be at their very…

Human Services
6
The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
7
Horses for Heroes - New Mexico Inc

The organization provides a free program of unique horsemanship, wellness, and skill set restructuring that is open to all post 9/11 veterans as well as active military personnel who have sustained post-traumatic stress, combat trauma, or…

Health
8
Soldiers of America
Human Services
9
Quick Reaction Foundation

Quick reaction foundation (qrf) is a non-profit organization founded by veterans to provide rapid response to the developing needs of elite operators and their families from within select u.s. special operations command ("ussocom") teams.…

Public Benefit
10
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
11
Military Wellness Initiative
Public Benefit
12
For Veterans Sake Foundation

For veteran's sake foundation is here to provide an alternative solution to dealing with pts (post traumatic stress). we use a combination of a (non-therapeutic) neuro-traumatic resourcing, service dogs and consulting. working with the…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Red Barn Retreat; the most unlike its peers is Gratitude America Ltd Royal Palm Professional Building. 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

12 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. 12 of the 15 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ADMIN OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $7,083,333 · OtherTHE ADMIN OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $4,641,298 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADOUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $3,750,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $5,833,334 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA …THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $3,285,587 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSIT…SHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000,000 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDAT…GRATITUDE AMERICA LTD ROYAL PALM PROFESSIONAL BUILDING: $2,200,000 · PhilanthropyGRATITUDE AMERICA LTD R…PERMISSION TO START DREAMING FOUNDATION: $950,000 · PhilanthropyPERMISSION TO START DRE…CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $1,950,000 · Human ServicesCAMP SOUTHERN…BIG RED BARN RETREAT: $1,350,000 · Human ServicesBIG RED BARN …Sheep Dog Impact Assistance: $1,100,000 · Human ServicesSheep Dog Imp…EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $242,176 · Human ServicesTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $1,550,000 · Public BenefitFRONTLINE HEALING FOUNDATION: $416,667 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $382,500 · International
Other$15,474,631Education$9,118,921Philanthropy$8,150,000Human Services$4,642,176Public Benefit$1,550,000Health$416,667International$382,500

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $5,833,334 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $3,285,587 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $1,950,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $1,550,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetBIG RED BARN RETREAT: $1,350,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetSheep Dog Impact Assistance: $1,100,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetPERMISSION TO START DREAMING FOUNDATION: $950,000 over 2y, 52% of budgetFRONTLINE HEALING FOUNDATION: $416,667 over 2y, 28% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $382,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetEOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $242,176 over 4y, 16% 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.

Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC8.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · 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 Boulder Crest Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boulder Crest Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 15 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 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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