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City Club 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.

$72k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$145kHealth$103kPhilanthropy$78kReligion$65kArts & Culture$63kYouth Development$55kAnimals$28kEducation$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$3,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY$11,000
URBAN BOAT BUILDERS$7,000
REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH$7,000
UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS$6,000
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION$5,000
PATHWAYS HOSPICE OF NORTHERN COLORADO$4,000
UNITED WAY OF YAMPA VALLEY$4,000
HAVEN$4,000
HEARTS 4 HENRY$3,500
FORT COLLINS RESCUE MISSION$3,000
COMO FRIENDS$3,000
EAGLE MOUNT BOZEMAN$3,000
KITTSON COUNTY HOSPICE$2,500
YARROW COLLECTIVE$2,000
LIFE FOR THE INNOCENT$2,000
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 (FY17–25, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FORT COLLINS RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 11%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $2k → 11%FORT COLLINS RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $5k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $3k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $2k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $2k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $1k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $1k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $1k → 11%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 18% of City Club Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

City Club Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$545k · 29 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
12

Total granted

$545k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+31%

Still filing today

76%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthReligionYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • UB
    URBAN BOATBUILDERS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $53k · revenue +26%
  • HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $47k · revenue +18%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $45k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • AS
    ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
  • CT
    CAMP TIMBERLINEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +51%
  • FR
    FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +85%
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 Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
2
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
3
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
4
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.

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5
Colorado Uplift Inc

Building long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth.

Education
6
Empower Mt

Empowermt creates a more just and inclusive society by developing youth and adult leaders who work to end mistreatment, correct systemic inequities, and strengthen communities. empowermt envisions a montana where each person is respected…

Human Services
7
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity

Seeking to put god's love into action; habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. fort collins habitat for humanity adheres…

Housing & Shelter
8
Colorado State Fire Chiefs

The vision of the csfc is to partner with the fire service and supplier partners across the state of colorado in their efforts to protect all of colorado's life and property from fire and other disasters. it is a dynamic organization,…

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

—
10
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
11
Colorado West Inc

We rebuild lives and inspire hope by providing exceptional mental health and addiction recovery care strengthening the health and vitality of our communities.

Health
12
Summit Community Care Clinic Inc

Provide exceptional, integrated, patient-centered health care services designed to meet the needs of all patients, particularly those who experience barriers to accessing care, regardless of their ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is Hearts 4 Henry. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

29 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. 29 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH: $53,300 · OtherREDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCHMUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES INC: $45,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES INCHAVEN: $34,000 · OtherHAVENKITTSON COUNTY HOSPICE INC: $24,000 · OtherKITTSON COUNTY HOSPICE INCCOMO PARK ZOO & CONSERVATORY: $22,000 · OtherCOMO PARK ZOO & CONSERVATORYUNITED WAY OF THE YAMPA VALLEY: $21,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF THE YAMPA VALLEYMontana Ballet Company: $17,500 · OtherMontana Ballet Company+24 more: $88,700 · Other+24 morePROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $89,000 · ReligionPROJECT SELF-SUFF…LIFE FOR THE INNOCENT: $6,000 · ReligionLIFE FOR THE INNO…URBAN BOATBUILDERS INC: $53,000 · Youth DevelopmentURBAN BOAT…BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRIGHT STA…HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $46,500 · HealthHAZELDEN B…YARROW COLLECTIVE: $4,000 · HealthYARROW COL…LA COCINA: $4,000 · HealthLA COCINAEagle Mount: $29,000 · PhilanthropyEagle Moun…UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY: $17,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…HEARTS 4 HENRY: $7,000 · PhilanthropyHEARTS 4 H…+1 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyPATHWAYS HOSPICE: $14,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE CRAWFORD CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $11,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$305,500Religion$95,000Youth Development$57,000Health$54,500Philanthropy$54,500Human Services$21,000Crime & Legal$11,000

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 budgetPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $89,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetURBAN BOATBUILDERS INC: $53,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $46,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHAVEN: $34,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetEagle Mount: $29,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE YAMPA VALLEY: $21,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMontana Ballet Company: $17,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPATHWAYS HOSPICE: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRAWFORD CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $11,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTS 4 HENRY: $7,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCOLORADO YOUTH OUTDOORS CHARITABLE TRUST: $7,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMO FRIENDS: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE FOR THE INNOCENT: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYARROW COLLECTIVE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLA COCINA: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIGHT TO READ OF WELD COUNTY INC JOHN HAEFELI PRESIDENT: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNO BARRIERS USA: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP TIMBERLINE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLoving Haiti Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGLOBAL OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds URBAN BOATBUILDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds Eagle Mount ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE YAMPA VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds Montana Ballet Company ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds THE CRAWFORD CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS 4 HENRY ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO YOUTH OUTDOORS CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds The Food Bank for Larimer County ↗
  • Who funds COMO FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds LIFE FOR THE INNOCENT ↗
  • Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP ↗
  • Who funds YARROW COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds LA COCINA ↗
  • Who funds RIGHT TO READ OF WELD COUNTY INC JOHN HAEFELI PRESIDENT ↗
  • Who funds NO BARRIERS USA ↗
  • Who funds CAMP TIMBERLINE ↗
  • Who funds FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BASE CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MATTHEWS HOUSE ↗

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 …Otter Cares Foundatio…Xcel Energy FoundationUnited Way of Larimer…El Pomar FoundationNorthern Colorado Uni…Don & May Wilkins Cha…Woodward Governor Cha…Nebraska Community Fo…Mile High United Way …The Colorado Health F…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO27.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · Xcel Energy Foundation · United Way of Larimer County · El Pomar Foundation · Northern Colorado United for Youth · Don & May Wilkins Charitable Trust · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · Nebraska Community Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Colorado Health 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 City Club Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from City Club Foundation. 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%19%38%56%75%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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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