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Broe 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.

$300k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Food & Nutrition$340kEducation$330kPhilanthropy$325kRecreation & Sports$311kHuman Services$268kHealth$205kAnimals$200kHousing & Shelter$115kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $190k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$100,000
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$40,000
DENVER ANIMAL FOUNDATION$25,000
URBAN PEAK$25,000
ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO$25,000
WARREN VILLAGE$20,000
ACCESS OPPORTUNITY$15,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY$10,000
COLORADO PET PANTRY$10,000
COLORADO PARKS FOUNDATION$10,000
ANIMAL RESCUE OF THE ROCKIES$10,000
PORCH LIGHT A FAMILY JUSTICE$5,150
PET CARE COALITION$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $368k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%FORWARD STEPS FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%SAFE PLACE FOR PETS: $15k → 9%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $15k → 12%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $100k → 8%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $15k → 12%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $37k → 8%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $15k → 12%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $36k → 8%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $15k → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $10k → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $5k → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $5k → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $5k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $20k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $20k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $20k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $15k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.6M · 15 repeat orgs$527k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +59% since the first grant, against +54% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
18

Total granted

$1.6M
$497k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+54%

Still filing today

73%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesAnimalsHealthEducationFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
    7× · 2018–2024 · $340k · revenue +68%
  • FS
    FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $173k · revenue +28%
  • AO
    ACCESS OPPORTUNITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • DT
    DENVER TENNIS PARK
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue -68%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +60%
  • DH
    DENVER HEALTH
    one grant, 2020 · $50k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
2
Colorado Access Foundation
Health
3
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
4
Colorado Health Institute
Health
5
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
6
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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7
Denver Scholarship Foundation

Denver scholarship foundation (dsf) inspires and empowers denver public schools (dps) students to enroll in and graduate from postsecondary institutions of higher education by providing the tools, knowledge, and financial resources for…

Education
8
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
9
Denver Hybrid College

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

Education
10
Dogs Unbroken

Dog Rescue Dogs Unbroken supports Colorado dogs at higher risk for euthanasia evaluating their behavioral stability and applying training methods appropriate for their needs. The goal of helping each dog learn to make good choices in…

Animals
11
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc

To deliver meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms

Arts & Culture
12
Denver Park Trust

To address park access and equity by enhancing Denvers park system through the mobilization of financial and popular support for land acquisition for new parks and improved park amenities.

Recreation & Sports

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Children's Home and the most unlike its peers is The Scripps Howard Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%8%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr12%38%35–55yr13%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%7%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr17%18%20–35yr12%56%35–55yr13%9%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/29
the rest of the field
13%
2,602/19,484

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED WAY — $249,999 · OtherUNITED WAYUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO — $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOMENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF DENVER (MHCD) — $95,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF DENVER (MHCD)DENVER TENNIS PARK CAMP TO BELONG — $71,000 · OtherDENVER TENNIS PARK CAMP TO BELONGDENVER HEALTH — $50,000 · OtherDENVER HEALTHURBAN PEAK — $45,000 · OtherCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY — $30,000 · OtherURBAN PEAK DENVER — $70,000 · OtherURBAN PEAK DENVERCOLORADO PET PANTRY — $35,000 · Other+10 more — $102,150 · Other+10 moreFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC — $173,200 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOG…ACCESS OPPORTUNITY — $85,000 · Human ServicesACCESS OPPORTUNITYWARREN VILLAGE INC — $75,000 · Human ServicesWARREN VILLAGE INCForward Steps Foundation — $20,000 · Human ServicesForward Steps Found…SAFE PLACE INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $340,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE …DENVER TENNIS PARK — $100,000 · Recreation & SportsDENVER TENNIS …ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO — $75,000 · Recreation & SportsENERGY OUTREAC…BIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS — $55,000 · Recreation & SportsBIG CITY MOUNT…VOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR COLORADO — $20,000 · Recreation & SportsVOLUNTEERS FOR…ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsThe Colorado Parks Foundation Inc — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsDenver Animal Foundation — $110,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $25,000 · HealthDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME — $20,000 · HealthCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $80,000 · EducationDENVER KIDS INC — $20,000 · EducationSECOND WIND FUND INC — $15,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY — $50,000 · PhilanthropyThe Scripps Howard Foundation — $25,000 · Philanthropy
Other$848,149Human Services$368,200Food & Nutrition$340,000Recreation & Sports$270,000Health$155,000Education$115,000Philanthropy$75,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $340,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC — $173,200 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetDenver Animal Foundation — $110,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetDENVER TENNIS PARK — $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS OPPORTUNITY — $85,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO — $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC — $75,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetURBAN PEAK DENVER — $70,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS — $55,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO PET PANTRY — $35,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetThe Scripps Howard Foundation — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE OF THE ROCKIES — $25,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForward Steps Foundation — $20,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetROSE ANDOM CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR COLORADO — $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSECOND WIND FUND INC — $15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetDENVER URBAN SCHOLARS — $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSAFE PLACE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Colorado Parks Foundation Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetWOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS) — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPET CARE COALITION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationXcel Energy FoundationThe Colorado Health F…The Janus Henderson F…Western Union Foundat…Rose Community Founda…El Pomar FoundationAmg Charitable Gift F…Mile High United Way …Robert E & Anne T Sne…Kroenke Sports Charit…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO34.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Western Union Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Robert E & Anne T Sneed Aka Family Foundation · Kroenke Sports Charities Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Broe Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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