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Caring Connection

The organization raises financial support for its member agencies, offers a recognized choice for giving in the work place, and provides other valuable human services to the community.

$326k
Granted FY2019
19
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$76k
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 2019.

Human Services$524kHealth$172kHousing & Shelter$87kFood & Nutrition$85kRecreation & Sports$30kReligion$25kAnimals$24k
02FY2019 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $235,830, the rows itemized in this filing. The $326,024 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $90,194 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k14 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $62k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $76k
$7,845
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DENVER RESCUE MISSION$76,395
THE ACTION CENTER$20,991
COLORADO HOMELESS FAMILIES$15,367
INNER CITY HEALTH CENTER$14,000
SAFEHOUSE DENVER$11,682
COMMUNITY TABLE FKA ARVADA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$8,985
ROCKY MOUNTAIN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTER$8,129
ALTERNATIVES PREGNANCY CENTER$8,029
RALSTON HOUSE$7,876
CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES$7,845
SACRED HEART HOUSE OF DENVER$7,666
A PRECIOUS CHILD$7,388
BIENVENIDOS FOOD BANK$6,956
DOUGLASELBERT TASK FORCE$6,850
COLORADO COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE$6,289
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%DOUGLASELBERT TASK FORCE: $10k → 3%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $10k → 5%COLORADO CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $8k → 8%DOUGLASELBERT TASK FORCE: $7k → 3%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $7k → 5%COLORADO CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $6k → 8%DOUGLASELBERT TASK FORCE: $6k → 3%CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES: $11k → 10%CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES: $8k → 10%CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES: $5k → 10%DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES RESOURCE CENTER: $7k → 7%DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 7%DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 7%COLORADO COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $8k → 12%COLORADO COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $7k → 12%COLORADO COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $6k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $12k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $7k → 12%BESSIE'S HOPE: $7k → 12%BESSIE'S HOPE: $5k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$941k · 21 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
1

Total granted

$941k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+76%

Still filing today

95%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • DR
    DENVER RESCUE MISSION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $319k · revenue +57%
  • JA
    JEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER
    3× · 2017–2019 · $83k · revenue +17%
  • IC
    INNER CITY HEALTH CENTER
    3× · 2017–2019 · $74k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • NS
    NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +76%
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 Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
2
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
3
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
4
Center for Improving Value in Health Care

To equip partners and communities in colorado and across the nation with the resources, services and unbiased data needed to improve health and health care. we help communities, organizations and individuals identify opportunities to…

Health
5
Urban Outreach Denver

Urban Outreach Denver exists to connect people to God and to a community of support by caring for both short-term and long-term needs in the areas of food, clothing, shlter, medical care, education and job preparation.

Human Services
6
Summitstone Health Partners

SummitStone provides comprehensive behavioral health services across all care levels: 24/7 crisis services, inpatient and outpatient treatment, housing, residential care, and peer support. We partner with law enforcement, schools, and…

Health
7
Mental Health Center of Denver

We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Health
8
Colorado Cross Disability Coalition

To advocate for social justice for people with all types of disabilities.

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9
Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver

As the charitable arm of the archdiocese of denver and inspired by god's love and compassion, catholic charities extends the healing ministry of jesus christ to the poor and those in need. catholic charities of the archdiocese of denver…

Human Services
10
Arc of West Central Colorado

The Arc of West Central Colorado is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations…

Human Services
11
Colorado Health Institute
Health
12
Denver Children's Home

Denver children's home restores hope and health to traumatized children and families through a comprehensive array of therapeutic, educational, and community-based services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jeffco Action Center Inc the Action Center; the most unlike its peers is Bessies Hope. 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

21 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. 21 of the 22 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
19/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $319,480 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSIONCANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES INC: $24,176 · Human ServicesCASTLE ROCK COMMUNITY INTER CHURCH TASK FORCE: $22,413 · Human ServicesCOLORADO COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $20,638 · Human ServicesSAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $18,843 · Human ServicesDEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES RESOURCE CENTER: $17,186 · Human ServicesA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $17,153 · Human Services+2 more: $25,952 · Human Services+2 moreJEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER: $83,326 · OtherJEFFCO ACTION CENTER…METRO CARING: $27,655 · OtherMETRO CARINGROCKY MOUNTAIN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTER: $25,928 · OtherROCKY MOUNTAIN MULTI…SACRED HEART HOUSE OF DENVER: $24,691 · OtherSACRED HEART HOUSE O…Northwest Family Assistance Center: $12,624 · OtherNorthwest Family Ass…INNER CITY HEALTH CENTER: $74,192 · HealthINNER CITY HEAL…Alternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $39,230 · HealthAlternatives Pr…AURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $15,719 · HealthAURORA COMPREHE…COLORADO HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $64,412 · Housing & ShelterTHE ARVADA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK dba COMMUNITY TABLE: $45,054 · Food & NutritionRalston House: $38,649 · Community ImprovementWAPIYAPI: $24,140 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $5,751 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$465,841Other$174,224Health$129,141Housing & Shelter$64,412Food & Nutrition$45,054Community Improvement$38,649Recreation & Sports$29,891

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 budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $319,480 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER: $83,326 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINNER CITY HEALTH CENTER: $74,192 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCOLORADO HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $64,412 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetTHE ARVADA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK dba COMMUNITY TABLE: $45,054 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $39,230 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetRalston House: $38,649 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMETRO CARING: $27,655 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTER: $25,928 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES INC: $24,176 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetWAPIYAPI: $24,140 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetCASTLE ROCK COMMUNITY INTER CHURCH TASK FORCE: $22,413 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOLORADO COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $20,638 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $18,843 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES RESOURCE CENTER: $17,186 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $17,153 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $15,719 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $13,871 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNorthwest Family Assistance Center: $12,624 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetBessies Hope: $12,081 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $5,751 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationMile High United Way …Chc Creating Healthie…The Colorado Health F…Xcel Energy FoundationAnschutz Family Found…Hill Foundation Wells…Lumen Clarke M Willia…Nathan B & Florence R…Schlessman Foundation…The Anschutz Foundati…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO35.5× 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 · Mile High United Way Inc · Chc Creating Healthier Communities · The Colorado Health Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · Nathan B & Florence R Burt Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · The Anschutz 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 Caring Connection funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Caring Connection. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 22 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2020) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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