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Calm Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$63k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$157kEducation$90kAnimals$68kCommunity Improvement$58kHuman Services$24kPhilanthropy$20kFood & Nutrition$18kCrime & Legal$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$6,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EARLY CONNECTIONS$15,000
YU MING CHARTER SCHOOL$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
FRESH FOOD CONNECT$6,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS$6,000
YOUTH DOCUMENTARY ACADEMY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ROCKY MTN WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL$3,537
Individual grant recipient$2,500
ROUNDUP FELLOWSHIP$2,000
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 (FY19–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%THE PLACE: $5k → 9%PEAK PARTNERSHIP: $1k → 9%ROUNDUP FELLOWSHIP: $2k → 9%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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$339k · 16 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
25

Total granted

$339k
$97k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+15%

Still filing today

44%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • EI
    Exponential Impact
    3× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +163%
  • YM
    YU MING CHARTER SCHOOL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +68%
  • PE
    Peak Education
    3× · 2020–2022 · $18k · revenue +283%

Funded once

  • RC
    REDLINE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • TC
    THRIVE CO
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • RI
    RECIDIVIZ INC
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue 0%
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 Press Association

Promote the general interest of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and online publications, improve editorials and business methods of daily and weekly newspapers, and advance those newspapers' usefulness and influence in the public…

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2
Ascend College Prep

Ascend College Prep is a public high school for 10-12th grade students in Colorado Springs and the surrounding area. Our Mission is to "Prepare and inspire students to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens through rigorous…

Education
3
Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau

Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau's, now doing business as Visit Colorado Springs (VCOS), primary exempt purpose is promotion of the Pikes Peak Region. VCOS is designed to stimulate the visitor industry in the Pikes Peak…

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4
Homeward Pikes Peak

Homeward Pikes Peak empowers individuals and families to access stable housing, increase mental health, recovery, and economic stability.

Housing & Shelter
5
Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission

The Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission educates, advocates, and cultivates peace, justice, nonviolence, and sustainability in the Pikes Peak Region, engaging our world.

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6
Colorado Music Bridge

Colorado nbsp;music nbsp;bridge nbsp;provides nbsp;access nbsp;to nbsp;inclusive nbsp;modern nbsp;music nbsp;education nbsp;programs nbsp;curricular nbsp;resources nbsp;and nbsp;professional nbsp;development

Arts & Culture
7
Yampatika

Yampatika's mission is to inspire environmental stewardship through education. They fulfil that mission by developing environmental learning opportunities that serve the children and adults of Northwest Colorado.

Environment
8
Energize Colorado Inc

We foster resiliency in underinvested business communities across colorado by innovatively addressing capital gaps. at energize colorado, we envision a future where we are the go-to destination for business owners seeking comprehensive…

Community Improvement
9
Colorado Museum of Natural History

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

Arts & Culture
10
The Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs

Working to ensure that Downtown Colorado Springs serves as the economic, civic, and cultural heart of Colorado Springs.

Community Improvement
11
Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation

The mission of the Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation is to promote the health and well-being of physicians and physician assistants through evaluation, treatment referral, support education and research.

Health
12
Fort Collins Symphony Association

Providing entertainment and education through the production of high-quality orchestral music.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc; the most unlike its peers is Recidiviz 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

23 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. 23 of the 46 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO: $67,500 · OtherCHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOOEARLY CONNECTIONS: $38,000 · OtherEARLY CONNECTIONSROCKY MTN WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL: $31,573 · OtherROCKY MTN WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVALIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPIKES PEAK SUMMIT COMPLEX: $10,000 · OtherREDLINE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER: $10,000 · OtherTHRIVE CO: $10,000 · Other+26 more: $97,800 · Other+26 moreYU MING CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationYU MING CHA…Peak Education: $17,500 · EducationPeak Educat…Youth Documentary Academy: $33,500 · Youth DevelopmentExponential Impact: $30,000 · Community ImprovementCONCRETE COUCH: $12,000 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $11,000 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE: $2,000 · Arts & CultureINDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak: $12,000 · PhilanthropyPIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 · PhilanthropyFresh Food Connect: $6,000 · Food & NutritionCare and Share Inc: $5,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD TO POWER (FKA COLORADO SPRINGS FOOD RESCUE): $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$289,873Education$47,500Youth Development$33,500Community Improvement$30,000Arts & Culture$27,500Philanthropy$20,000Food & Nutrition$16,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYouth Documentary Academy: $33,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetExponential Impact: $30,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetYU MING CHARTER SCHOOL: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPeak Education: $17,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCONCRETE COUCH: $12,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFresh Food Connect: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTrails and Open Space Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Place: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCare and Share Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD TO POWER (FKA COLORADO SPRINGS FOOD RESCUE): $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCenter for Nonprofit Excellence: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBLUE STAR RECYCLERS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetADVANCING THE GOSPEL IN ANGOLA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROUNDUP FELLOWSHIP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKPACKERS: $1,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetPeak Partnership: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 Youth Documentary Academy ↗
  • Who funds Exponential Impact ↗
  • Who funds YU MING CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Peak Education ↗
  • Who funds INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak ↗
  • Who funds CONCRETE COUCH ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds RECIDIVIZ INC ↗
  • Who funds PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Fresh Food Connect ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center ↗
  • Who funds Trails and Open Space Coalition ↗
  • Who funds The Place ↗
  • Who funds Care and Share Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD TO POWER (FKA COLORADO SPRINGS FOOD RESCUE) ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY ↗
  • Who funds Center for Nonprofit Excellence ↗
  • Who funds BLUE STAR RECYCLERS ↗
  • Who funds ADVANCING THE GOSPEL IN ANGOLA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds ROUNDUP FELLOWSHIP ↗

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.

The Joseph Henry Edmo…Pikes Peak Community …El Pomar FoundationDusty and Katherine L…Bee Vradenburg Founda…INDYGIVE DBA Give Pik…Colorado Springs Heal…Ent Credit UnionThe John E and Margar…Esther M & Freeman E …The Colorado Health F…Colorado Gives Founda…
The Joseph Henry Edmondson FoundationCO30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation · Bee Vradenburg Foundation · INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · Ent Credit Union · The John E and Margaret L Lane Foundation · Esther M & Freeman E Everett Charitable · The Colorado Health Foundation · Colorado Gives 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 Calm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Calm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Calm Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Calm Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 46 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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