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Colten Cowell Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$385k
Granted FY2024still arriving
146
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Human Services$321kHealth$284kEducation$33kArts & Culture$18kFood & Nutrition$13kRecreation & Sports$10kReligion$8kAnimals$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 146 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k138 grants · $227k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $158k
$1,099
Median grant
13
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$34,000
CHILDRENS CANCER NETWORK$30,500
ARIZONA CANCER FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN$26,000
Individual grant recipient$16,000
BEST BUDDIES ARIZONA$14,500
Individual grant recipient$12,500
RAISING SPECIAL KIDS$12,500
AMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS$12,000
FEEDING MATTERS$8,500
LILYS PAD$8,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
SHARING DS$8,000
BILLY'S PLACE$8,000
GIGIS PLAYHOUSE$8,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
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 (FY22–24, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BAKINGMEMORIES4KIDS: $1k → 14%RYAN HOUSE: $2k → 11%ROOM FOR JOY: $2k → 11%RYAN HOUSE: $2k → 11%PATSY REEVE FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%RAISING SPECIAL KIDS: $13k → 11%ARIZONA AUTISM UNITED: $2k → 11%RAISING SPECIAL KIDS: $2k → 11%SILVER SPUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $1k → 11%THE SINGLETONS: $1k → 11%CHRISTIAN FAMILY CARE: $2k → 11%MOTHERS GRACE: $2k → 11%ANTHEM CARES THROUGH SERVICE: $2k → 11%BILLY'S PLACE: $8k → 11%BILLY'S PLACE: $4k → 11%BELIEVE I CAN ACADEMY: $4k → 11%BILLY'S PLACE: $2k → 11%MICHAEL PHELPS FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%SUZY FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%THE OPEN TABLE: $5k → 11%ASA NOW: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
TX
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$514k · 34 repeat orgs$187k to everyone else

34 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 118 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
46

Total granted

$514k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+26%

Still filing today

56%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentAnimalsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CC
    CHILDRENS CANCER NETWORK
    3× · 2022–2024 · $55k · revenue +2%
  • AC
    Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $38k · revenue +102%
  • AH
    AMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $31k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • MG
    MOTHER'S GRACEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +38%
  • HO
    HOME OF THE HOMIES WITH XTRA CHROMIES
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • SF
    SMILES FOR MILES
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
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
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
2
Warrior Kids Foundation
Health
3
Cancer Support Community Arizona

CSCAZ uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care.

Health
4
Shinecology

A community for pediatric cancer familie

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5
Be the Rainbow Foundation

Be The Rainbow Foundation provides support to families facing childhood cancer by partnering with families and family support organizations, helping to relieve some of the financial and emotional burdens that come with a pediatric cancer…

Health
6
Austin Wade Foundation

Children battling cancer

Unclassified
7
Circle of Care for Families of Children With Cancer Inc

Circle of care for families of children provides practical, emotional, and financial support from their day of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond. our programs and services address the unique and challenging non-medical needs of…

Health
8
Chasin a Dream Foundation Inc

To provide individualized, life changing assistance to families with children battling cancer, cystic fibrosis, and other life threatening illnesses.

Human Services
9
Team Emma 4EVER Fighting Childhood Cancer
Philanthropy
10
Super Heroes With Super Kids
Philanthropy
11
Catalinas Gift

To provide support and assistance to parents and families affected by pediatric cancer.

Human Services
12
Shoot Down Kids Cancer Foundation
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hopekids Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gye Di. 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

55 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. 55 of the 198 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
55/55
Grantees still filing
31/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $59,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $36,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBEST BUDDIES ARIZONA: $30,500 · OtherBEST BUDDIES ARIZONAIndividual grant recipient: $23,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $22,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $21,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGIGIS PLAYHOUSE INC: $18,000 · Other+144 more: $141,370 · Other+144 moreCHILDRENS CANCER NETWORK: $54,500 · HealthCHILDRENS CANCER NETWORKAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $31,000 · HealthAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELSSHARING DOWN SYNDROME ARIZONA INC: $21,000 · HealthSHARING DOWN SYNDROME ARIZONA IN…HOPEKIDS INC: $17,000 · HealthHOPEKIDS INCCAMPBELLS CREW CARES: $15,500 · HealthCAMPBELLS CREW CARESFEEDING MATTERS INC: $15,500 · HealthFEEDING MATTERS INC+16 more: $49,000 · Health+16 moreEncircle Families: $14,500 · Human ServicesEncircle F…BILLY'S PLACE INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesBILLY'S PL…OPEN TABLE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesOPEN TABLE…BELIEVE I CAN ACADEMY INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesBELIEVE I …RYAN HOUSE: $4,000 · Human ServicesRYAN HOUSETHE MICHAEL PHELPS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesPATSY REEVE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Human Services+10 more: $16,000 · Human Services+10 moreArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc: $38,000 · Public BenefitLilys Pad: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentICING SMILES Inc: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentONCE UPON A ROOM INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE JOY BUS: $8,500 · Food & NutritionTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $5,000 · AnimalsSUNSHINE DOG RESCUE INC: $1,000 · Animals
Other$371,370Health$203,500Human Services$62,500Public Benefit$38,000Youth Development$11,000Food & Nutrition$8,500Animals$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDRENS CANCER NETWORK: $54,500 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc: $38,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $31,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSHARING DOWN SYNDROME ARIZONA INC: $21,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAMPBELLS CREW CARES: $15,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetFEEDING MATTERS INC: $15,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetEncircle Families: $14,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBILLY'S PLACE INC: $14,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE JOY BUS: $8,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLilys Pad: $8,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME NETWORK INC DBA DSNetwork: $5,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELIEVE BEYOND ABILITY: $5,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGYE DI: $5,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetOPEN TABLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTUDENTS SUPPORTING BRAIN TUMOR RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetRAE OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetBELIEVE I CAN ACADEMY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRYAN HOUSE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE FOR HOPE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALLER DREAM FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArmer Foundation for Kids: $3,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL PHELPS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPATSY REEVE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHRISTIAN FAMILY CARE AGENCY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA AUTISM UNITED INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANDLELIGHTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOTHER'S GRACE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAnthem Cares Through Service: $2,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSuzy Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetICING SMILES Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROOM FOR JOY: $2,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetI Got This Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCare 4 the Caregivers: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SINGLETONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEORIA DIAMOND CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBAKING MEMORIES 4 KIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUNSHINE DOG RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBrylan's Feat Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOURTNEY'S COURAGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetARIZONA HANDS & VOICES INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED PHOENIX FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMission228 Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 2.4% 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.

Arizona Community Fou…Thunderbirds CharitiesAmerican Express Foun…BHHS Legacy FoundationVirginia G Piper Char…Tempe Diablos Chariti…Phoenix Suns Charitie…The Foundation for Co…The Albertsons Compan…Executive Council Cha…John F Long Foundatio…The Diane and Bruce H…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ38× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · American Express Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Tempe Diablos Charities Inc · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Executive Council Charities · John F Long Foundation Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle 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 Colten Cowell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Colten Cowell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Colten Cowell Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Colten Cowell Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 198 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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