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Colorado Plateau Foundation

To connect the philanthropic community to on-the-ground initiatives by growing a sustainable supply of resources and giving grants that enhance the work of native-led organizations on the plateau

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2023–2024.

Environment$715kEducation$365kCommunity Improvement$260kFood & Nutrition$220kYouth Development$170kHuman Services$168kArts & Culture$75kCivil Rights$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 26 grants below total $1,007,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,042,500 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $35,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k17 grants · $478k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $530k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONSERVATION LEGACY$60,000
NDEE BIKIYAA$60,000
KERES CHILDRENS LEARNING CENTER$60,000
ZUNI YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM$60,000
COVENANT PATHWAYS$60,000
GREENACTION FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONM$60,000
HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE$60,000
BLACK MESA TRUST$60,000
HOZHO VOICES OF HEALING CENTER$50,000
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENE$43,000
SEVENTH GENERATION FUND$42,500
KEYAH ADVANCED RURAL MANUFACTURING$42,000
INSIDE OUT PROJECT$25,000
FLOWER HILL INSTITUTE$25,000
VILLAGE OF WALPI$25,000
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 (FY23–24, $408k) land where the poverty rate runs at 27%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE: $60k → 26%SEVENTH GENERATION FUND: $50k → 18%SEVENTH GENERATION FUND: $43k → 18%COVENANT PATHWAYS: $60k → 32%HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE: $60k → 26%COVENANT PATHWAYS: $60k → 32%HOZHO VOICES OF HEALING CENTER: $50k → 32%HOZHO VOICES OF HEALING CENTER: $25k → 32%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.7M · 20 repeat orgs$300k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships — 20 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
5

Total granted

$1.7M
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+12%

Still filing today

85%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentEducationArts & CultureOther

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

  • CONSERVATION LEGACY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $120k · revenue +18%
  • HT
    HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $120k · revenue +194%
  • CP
    COLORADO PLATEAU FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $120k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • FN
    Fundamental Needs Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +67%
  • CP
    CHINLE PLANTING HOPE
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +12%
  • FC
    FOUR CORNERS RISING
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · 27% of their budget

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.

1
Indigenous Women Rising Indigeous Women Rising
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2
The Foundation for Indigenous Education Leadership Development
Education
3
Land Peace Foundation

The Land Peace Foundation is an Indigenous led educational organization that is dedicated to preserving the Indigenous way of life and cultivating strong Indigenous leadership. We are also deeply committed to stewarding responsible climate…

Arts & Culture
4
The Indigenous Knowledge Collective

The Indigenous Knowledge Collective is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that serves people in New Mexico and Arizona in a Native lead environment to sustain the revitalization of traditional existence of Native People through Art Lessons,…

—
5
Nia Tero Foundation

Nia tero works alongside indigenous peoples to secure their guardianship of vital ecosystems. indigenous peoples are guardians of earth.(see schedule o)

Environment
6
The Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative
—
7
The Mountain Institute Inc

Advance the well- being of mountain people and conservation of mountain environments.

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8
Native American Agriculture Fund
Food & Nutrition
9
International Indigenous Fund for Development and Solidarity Batani
International
10
Cihuapactli Collective

The Cihuapactli Collective's purpose is to provide healing for urban Indigenous Peoples from the diaspora. This is done by sharing wisdom, connecting resources, revitalizing Traditional Knowledge, promoting and advocating for health &…

Arts & Culture
11
American Indian Institute

The american indian institute's mission is to perpetuate the ancient wisdom and cultural heritage of north america's native people and to promote a greater understanding of that wisdom amoung all people.

Human Services
12
Living Rivers

Living rivers promotes river restoration through mobilization by articulating conservation and alternative management strategies to the public. seeking to revive the natural habitat and spirit of rivers by undoing the extensive damage done…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Flower Hill Institute and the most unlike its peers is Aps Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPerforming Arts Organizatio…Charter and Private SchoolsEmergency Assistance & Shel…Regional Heritage & Conserv…Family Support & Child Welf…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 11 years old; the field is 16. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%8%<5yr14%32%5–10yr19%20%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr16%4%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%7%<5yr14%25%5–10yr19%30%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr13%13%35–55yr16%1%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 8% of your grantees by number, and just 7% 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%0/31
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,534

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

25 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. 25 of the 31 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
13/25
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Black Mesa Trust inc — $120,000 · EnvironmentBlack Mesa Trust incGreenaction for Health and Environmental Justice — $110,000 · EnvironmentGreenaction for Health…SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC — $93,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENT…RESOURCES LEGACY FUND — $60,000 · EnvironmentRESOURCES LEGACY FUNDFOUR CORNERS RISING — $25,000 · EnvironmentFOUR CORNERS RISINGHOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE — $120,000 · Human ServicesHOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULT…COVENANT PATHWAYS — $120,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT PATHWAYSSEVENTH GENERATION FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INC — $92,500 · Human ServicesSEVENTH GENERATION FUN…HOZHO VOICES OF HEALING CENTER INC — $75,000 · Human ServicesHOZHO VOICES OF HEALIN…CONSERVATION LEGACY — $120,000 · Youth DevelopmentCONSERVATION LEG…ZUNI YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROJECT — $120,000 · Youth DevelopmentZUNI YOUTH ENRIC…NATIONAL INDIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL INDIAN …COLORADO PLATEAU FOUNDATION — $120,000 · EducationCOLORADO PLATEAU…KERES CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER — $120,000 · EducationKERES CHILDREN'S…Purposed Focused Alternative Learning Corporation — $50,000 · EducationPurposed Focused…ARIZONA ETHNOBOTANICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION — $85,000 · OtherARIZONA ETHNOBOTANI…UTE MOUNTAIN UTE TRIBE — $50,000 · OtherUTE MOUNTAIN UTE TR…PUEBLO OF ACOMA — $50,000 · OtherPUEBLO OF ACOMAUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO — $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEW M…APACHE LANGUAGE CONSORTIUM INC — $25,000 · OtherAPACHE LANGUAGE CON…MESA MEDIA INC — $25,000 · OtherMESA MEDIA INCAPS Foundation Inc — $25,000 · OtherAPS Foundation IncFundamental Needs Inc — $50,000 · OtherFundamental Needs I…INSIDE OUT INC — $25,000 · OtherINSIDE OUT INCKEYAH ADVANCED RURAL MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE — $92,000 · Community ImprovementKEYAH ADVA…TOLANI LAKE ENTERPRISES INC — $50,000 · Community ImprovementTOLANI LAK…UTAH NONPROFITS ASSOCIATION — $25,000 · Community ImprovementUTAH NONPR…CHINLE PLANTING HOPE — $25,000 · Community ImprovementCHINLE PLA…FLOWER HILL INSTITUTE — $50,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureINDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER — $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Environment$408,000Human Services$407,500Youth Development$290,000Education$290,000Other$360,000Community Improvement$192,000Arts & Culture$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCONSERVATION LEGACY — $120,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE — $120,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetCOLORADO PLATEAU FOUNDATION — $120,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetBlack Mesa Trust inc — $120,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetKERES CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER — $120,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetZUNI YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROJECT — $120,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCOVENANT PATHWAYS — $120,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetGreenaction for Health and Environmental Justice — $110,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC — $93,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEVENTH GENERATION FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INC — $92,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKEYAH ADVANCED RURAL MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE — $92,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetHOZHO VOICES OF HEALING CENTER INC — $75,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND — $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INDIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC — $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFLOWER HILL INSTITUTE — $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTOLANI LAKE ENTERPRISES INC — $50,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetFundamental Needs Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPurposed Focused Alternative Learning Corporation — $50,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetUTAH NONPROFITS ASSOCIATION — $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHINLE PLANTING HOPE — $25,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetFOUR CORNERS RISING — $25,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetINDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINSIDE OUT INC — $25,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetAPS Foundation Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

First Nations Develop…Santa Fe Natural Toba…Arizona Community Fou…Ndn Collective IncMarshall L and Perrin…New Mexico Community …Wend II IncWK Kellogg FoundationChamiza FoundationAssociation of Tribal…Native American Agric…Con Alma Health Found…
First Nations Development InstituteCO27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Nations Development Institute · Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Ndn Collective Inc · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · New Mexico Community Foundation · Wend II Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Chamiza Foundation · Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums · Native American Agriculture Fund · Con Alma Health Foundation 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 Colorado Plateau 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 · 00%3%10%23%40%your 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
    3report 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

    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 31 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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