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Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Environment$36kArts & Culture$30kHuman Services$23kHealth$13kInternational$8kCivil Rights$6kFood & Nutrition$5kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$750
Median grant
7
States reached
$336k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD TRADE FIRMITAS$3,125
WAVE ACADEMY$3,125
VASHON-MAURY ISLAND LAND TRUST$1,045
VASHION ISLAND GROWERS ASSOCIATION$1,040
DOVE PROJECT$1,040
WENATCHEE RIVER INSTITUTE$1,000
CHELAN DOUGLAS LAND TRUST$1,000
UPPER VALLEY MEND$1,000
OREGON WILD$750
STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$750
COLUMBIA LAND TRUST$700
SELLWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSE$500
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL HEALTH$250
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$250
PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION$200
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 (FY18–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Tibetan Alliance of Chicago: $3k → 14%TIBETAN ALLIANCE OF CHICAGO: $1k → 14%Tibetan Alliance of Chicago: $890 → 14%TIBETAN ALLIANCE OF CHICAGO: $500 → 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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CA
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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 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$122k · 29 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
27

Total granted

$122k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-9%
+28%

Still filing today

79%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
EnvironmentInternationalArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthPublic Safety & DisasterOther

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

  • ON
    Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild
    9× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +21%
  • TS
    THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $5k · revenue +15%
  • UV
    UPPER VALLEY MEND
    4× · 2022–2025 · $4k · revenue +175%

Funded once

  • CL
    Chelan Land Trust
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • VW
    VASHON WILDERNESS PROGRAM
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue -36%
  • SG
    Solid Ground Washington
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -13%

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
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
2
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
3
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
4
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
5
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
6
Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition

Creating a greener, healthier, more equitable, and better Washington for all through community outreach, network building, and advocacy for conservation and outdoor recreation funding.

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7
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
8
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
9
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
10
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
11
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
12
Deschutes Land Trust

To preserve and enhance natural ecosystems, scenic areas, open spaces, fish and wildlife habitat within deschutes basin.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Forest Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Hospitality House and Nutrition Center Dba Wenatchee Rescue Mission. 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 backsteadyYouth Sports ProgramsEnvironmental Conservation …Domestic Violence ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity FoundationsLocal Food System Organizat…Christian Missionary Organi…
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 27 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%23%10–20yr16%38%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr16%6%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%3%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%46%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%22%35–55yr16%7%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 3% 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%0/48
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,517

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

47 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. 47 of the 63 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/47
Grantees still filing
23/47
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Blue Nile Children's Organization — $17,010 · OtherBlue Nile Children's OrganizationTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC — $4,745 · OtherTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INCUPPER VALLEY MEND — $3,500 · OtherUPPER VALLEY MENDCASCADE EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $3,000 · OtherChelan Land Trust — $2,100 · OtherGROW — $3,370 · OtherGROWCOLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND — $2,583 · OtherTHE DOVE PROJECT — $2,320 · OtherFRIENDS OF KEXP — $2,270 · Other+32 more — $15,575 · Other+32 moreWORLD TRADE FIRMITAS — $27,485 · Arts & CultureWORLD TRADE FIRMITASWENATCHEE RIVER INSTITUTE — $4,170 · Arts & CultureWENATCHEE RIVER INSTITUTE+1 more — $180 · Arts & CultureOregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild — $8,250 · EnvironmentOregon Natural Res…CHELAN-DOUGLAS LAND TRUST — $5,000 · EnvironmentCHELAN-DOUGLAS LAN…THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $3,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOC…DREAMORG — $2,583 · EnvironmentDREAMORGAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — $1,350 · EnvironmentAMAZON CONSERVATIO…VASHON-MAURY ISLAND LAND TRUST — $1,045 · Environment+6 more — $2,000 · Environment+6 moreWAVE ACADEMY — $11,605 · EducationWAVE ACAD…AHOPE FOR CHILDREN — $5,990 · HealthHOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC — $500 · HealthTibetan Alliance of Chicago Inc — $6,000 · Human ServicesPORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION — $2,515 · Recreation & SportsSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION — $870 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION — $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$56,473Arts & Culture$31,835Environment$23,228Education$11,605Health$6,490Human Services$6,000Recreation & Sports$3,885

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWORLD TRADE FIRMITAS — $27,485 over 9y, 100% of budgetWAVE ACADEMY — $11,605 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetOregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild — $8,250 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTibetan Alliance of Chicago Inc — $6,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetAHOPE FOR CHILDREN — $5,990 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCHELAN-DOUGLAS LAND TRUST — $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC — $4,745 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWENATCHEE RIVER INSTITUTE — $4,170 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUPPER VALLEY MEND — $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGROW — $3,370 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDREAMORG — $2,583 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND — $2,583 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION — $2,515 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DOVE PROJECT — $2,320 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF KEXP — $2,270 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — $1,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVASHON WILDERNESS PROGRAM — $1,280 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVASHON-MAURY ISLAND LAND TRUST — $1,045 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSolid Ground Washington — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJustLead Washington — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION — $870 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetON BEING PROJECT — $870 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MT BAKER COMMUNITY CLUB — $800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE AND NUTRITION CENTER DBA WENATCHEE RESCUE MISSION — $780 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKSMITH INSTITUTE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaterWatch of Oregon — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC — $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWATERORG — $395 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE — $335 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Trees — $290 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA LAND TRUST — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSELLWOOD MORELAND IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE — $230 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO — $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreen Mountain Bike Alliance — $160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUTDOOR DISCOVERY NETWORK — $150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOLVE — $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHospice by the Sea Inc — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Seattle FoundationThe Nature ConservancyCommunity Foundation …The Bullitt FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Meyer Memorial TrustPuget Sound Energy Fo…Lamb Weston Charitabl…PatagoniaorgThe Oregon Community …Tch W & F Hendrix FdnKohnstamm Family Foun…
Seattle FoundationWA26.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Community Foundation of Ncw · The Bullitt Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The Oregon Community Foundation · Tch W & F Hendrix Fdn · Kohnstamm Family 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 Colovos Family Charitable Foundation Inc 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 · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Friends of Trees — 100% of income from government
  • WaterWatch of Oregon — 61% of income from government
  • Solve — 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild — 2% of income from government
  • Holy Cross Hospital Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 63 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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