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Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu).

$79M
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$79M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your 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 FY2017–2025.

Education$655MEnvironment$290kAnimals$20k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$79,217,346
Median grant
1
States reached
$865M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$79,217,346
02The need
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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.

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Your human-services grants (FY21–23, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CANFIELD CONSORTIUM: $10k → 21%HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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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 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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California Wildlife Foundation

The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species

Animals
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Nature Collective

Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…

Environment
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Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation

We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)

Environment
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Natura Bolivia Foundation

The Natura Bolivia Foundation is dedicated to implementing, and evaluating the impact of conservation and development programs, with a focus on watershed conservation, protected areas, and incentive based conservation in Bolivia. We work…

International
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World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
West Creek Conservancy

Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…

Environment
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North East Trees Inc

In 2024, our work made a lasting impact on both people and the environment. Together with our community, we planted 2,739 new plants and trees, ensuring future shade, cleaner air, and greener neighborhoods. We also cared for 7,442 trees,…

Environment
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Big Thompson Watershed Coalition

Vision: a healthy and resilient big thompson watershed benefitting fish, wildlife, and the people itserves through collaborative efforts for current and future generations. mission: working with others to take action that protects and…

Environment
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Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
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Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
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Responsible Land Use
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Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Inc

Coastal bend bays & estuaries program is dedicated to protecting and restoring bays and estuaries of the texas coastal bend. coastal bend bays and estuaries remain a vital part of the environmental and economic landscape by preserving and…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greenroots Inc and the most unlike its peers is Canfield Consortium. 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY — $654,940,132 · OtherCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY+4 more — $40,000 · OtherBORDERLANDS RESTORATION NETWORK — $100,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY — $10,000 · EnvironmentTurner Station Conservation Teams Inc — $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE COLORADO RIO GRANDE RESTORATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EnvironmentEDUCATION ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL CLIMATE AND HEAL — $10,000 · EnvironmentFRUITFUL COMMONS — $10,000 · EnvironmentAmerican Forests — $10,000 · EnvironmentCHAMA PEAK LAND ALLIANCE — $10,000 · EnvironmentTREES WATER AND PEOPLE — $10,000 · EnvironmentGREENROOTS INC — $10,000 · EnvironmentCOUNCIL FOR WATERSHED HEALTH — $10,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF VALLE DE ORO NWR — $10,000 · EnvironmentCANFIELD CONSORTIUM — $10,000 · Human ServicesHispanic Access Foundation — $10,000 · Human ServicesLINK HOUSTON — $10,000 · Public BenefitThe Blueprint Foundation — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — $10,000 · AnimalsEcoWorks — $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$654,980,132Environment$210,000Human Services$20,000Public Benefit$10,000Youth Development$10,000Animals$10,000Housing & Shelter$10,000

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 budgetBORDERLANDS RESTORATION NETWORK — $100,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINK HOUSTON — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Blueprint Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO RIO GRANDE RESTORATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRUITFUL COMMONS — $10,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetAmerican Forests — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANFIELD CONSORTIUM — $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetCHAMA PEAK LAND ALLIANCE — $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTREES WATER AND PEOPLE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGREENROOTS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHispanic Access Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEcoWorks — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR WATERSHED HEALTH — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF VALLE DE ORO NWR — $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% 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.

National Fish and Wil…The Nature ConservancyVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationDC16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 State University 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.

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no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • The Blueprint Foundation — 10% of income from government
  • Greenroots Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report 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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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