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Braly Family Foundation at a glance

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Braly 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.

$586k
Granted FY2025still arriving
51
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$265k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$707kPhilanthropy$292kHealth$128kArts & Culture$55kYouth Development$49kReligion$45kEnvironment$41kPublic Safety & Disaster$29kOther$0
02FY2025 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k39 grants · $88k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $157k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $76k
  • $250k+1 grant · $265k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TLC LEARNING CENTER$265,000
CROSSROADS SCHOOL$75,500
LONGMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,900
MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$23,000
ABSAROKEE SCHOOL$17,150
I HAVE A DREAM BOCO$16,500
CALWOOD EDUCATION CENTER$15,000
RED LODGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$13,750
EL COMITE DE LONGMONT$12,500
ST VRAIN EDUCATION FOUNDATION EFSVV$12,000
BLUE SKY BRIDGE$11,000
SANDSTONE PRESERVATION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
GRACEFUL OAKS YOUTH RANCH$8,500
Individual grant recipient$8,500
TEXAS FOOD AND WINE ALLIANCE$5,250
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 (FY23–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HEROES AND HORSES: $2k → 10%HEROES AND HORSES: $1k → 10%AUSTIN CREATIVE REUSE: $2k → 10%CANDAID: $4k → 12%A WOMANS WORK: $3k → 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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$935k · 43 repeat orgs$399k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
51

Total granted

$935k
$335k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
-4%

Still filing today

58%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • CS
    CROSSROADS SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $226k · revenue +43%
  • CE
    Cal-Wood Education Center
    3× · 2023–2025 · $37k · revenue +16%
  • GO
    GRACEFUL OAKS YOUTH RANCH
    3× · 2023–2025 · $24k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • LH
    Longspeak Hospital Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $75k
  • BH
    Branson High School
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • C
    Can'daid
    one grant, 2021 · $45k
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
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
2
Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center

To change the lives of people with disabilities by promoting their physical, psychological and social well-being through equine-assisted activities.

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3
Colorado Veterinary Medical Association

To advance veterinary medicine.

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4
Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation Inc

CALF is dedicated to connecting all people to agriculture through authentic education programs, community projects and leadership opportunities.

Education
5
Aspen Valley Land Trust

Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.

Environment
6
Colorado Animal Rescue Inc

C.A.R.E's mission is practicing excellence in the animal care, education, and advocacy to connect pets to their people.

Animals
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
Colorado Healing Fund

Establish a secure way for the public to contribute to victims of mass tragedy and to assist local communities with the financial, emotional, and physical needs of victims of mass tragedies in Colorado

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Routt County Humane Society

Routt County Humane Society is a community resource that helps animals in need through sheltering, adoption, education, veterinary services and community outreach.

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10
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals
11
Colorado Thrives

Colorado Thrives exists to support Coloradans to achieve economic mobility through access to good jobs.

Community Improvement
12
Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association Inc

Build, maintain, and advocate for sustainable mountain biking trails in western colorado.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philanthropy Colorado; the most unlike its peers is Inner Ocean. 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

40 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. 40 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
22/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Longspeak Hospital Foundation: $75,000 · OtherLongspeak Hospital FoundationABSAROKEE SCHOOL: $68,600 · OtherABSAROKEE SCHOOLBranson High School: $50,000 · OtherBranson High SchoolCan'daid: $44,500 · OtherCan'daidLongmont Community Foundation: $25,900 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $24,068 · OtherCommunity First: $23,500 · OtherST VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOLS: $23,000 · Other+85 more: $341,495 · Other+85 moreTINY TIM CENTER INC DBA TLC LEARNING CENTER: $292,500 · EducationTINY TIM CENTER INC DBA TLC LEARNING C…CROSSROADS SCHOOL INC: $225,700 · EducationCROSSROADS SCHOOL INCTHE LONGMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $135,301 · PhilanthropyTHE LONGMONT CO…MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $69,920 · PhilanthropyMONTANA COMMUNI…+4 more: $10,965 · PhilanthropyAEROANGEL INC: $22,500 · HealthRise Against Suicide: $10,100 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · HealthINNER OCEAN: $4,250 · HealthMotorcycle Relief Project: $3,750 · HealthLONGS PEAK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $1,500 · HealthCal-Wood Education Center: $37,000 · EnvironmentECO-CYCLE INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentGRACEFUL OAKS YOUTH RANCH: $23,500 · ReligionCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: $14,000 · Crime & LegalTHE URBAN FARM: $3,250 · Crime & Legal
Other$676,063Education$518,200Philanthropy$216,186Health$49,600Environment$39,000Religion$23,500Crime & Legal$17,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTINY TIM CENTER INC DBA TLC LEARNING CENTER: $292,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCROSSROADS SCHOOL INC: $225,700 over 3y, 18% of budgetTHE LONGMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $135,301 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $69,920 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCal-Wood Education Center: $37,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGRACEFUL OAKS YOUTH RANCH: $23,500 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetAEROANGEL INC: $22,500 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetTexas Food & Wine Alliance fka Austin F&W Alliance: $15,250 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: $14,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRise Against Suicide: $10,100 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLONGMONT YOUTH SYMPHONY INC: $7,500 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetLONGMONT HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $6,594 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO HORSE RESCUE: $6,250 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe St Vrain Historical Society Inc: $5,750 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS BOULDER COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetINNER OCEAN: $4,250 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBEARTOOTH HUMANE ALLIANCE: $4,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCan'd Aid: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMotorcycle Relief Project: $3,750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTEXAS GOOD DEEDS PROJECT INC: $3,750 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetTHE URBAN FARM: $3,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPY COLORADO: $2,715 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLONGS PEAK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHEROES AND HORSES INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM WORLD OF WONDER: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOUTREACH UNITED RESOURCE CENTER INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA WOMAN'S WORK INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetECO-CYCLE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRECOVERY CAFE LONGMONT: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN CREATIVE REUSE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY ST VRAIN VALLEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST VRAIN VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $972 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHappiness Through Horses: $650 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWalk with Me: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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 TINY TIM CENTER INC DBA TLC LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LONGMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Cal-Wood Education Center ↗
  • Who funds GRACEFUL OAKS YOUTH RANCH ↗
  • Who funds AEROANGEL INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas Food & Wine Alliance fka Austin F&W Alliance ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds EL COMITE DE LONGMONT ↗
  • Who funds Rise Against Suicide ↗
  • Who funds LONGMONT YOUTH SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds LONGMONT HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO HORSE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds The St Vrain Historical Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗

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…Community Foundation …The Longmont Communit…Lynn & Helen N Clark …Ray Lanyon FundThe Denver FoundationThe Edmund T & Eleano…AEC TrustAnschutz Family Found…Otter Cares Foundatio…The Colorado Health F…Xcel Energy Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO52.3× affinity29 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 Longmont Community Foundation · Lynn & Helen N Clark Crt · Ray Lanyon Fund · The Denver Foundation · The Edmund T & Eleanor Quick Foundation · AEC Trust · Anschutz Family Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · The Colorado Health Foundation · 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 Braly Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Braly Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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