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Community Foundation of Northern Colorado

The COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO serves our community as a catalyst for community projects, a service provider to philanthropists and nonprofit organizations, and a trusted steward of long-term and often complex gift arrangements.

$17M
Granted FY2025still arriving
268
Grants FY2025still arriving
28
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$15MHuman Services$11MPhilanthropy$7.3MReligion$7.0MHealth$5.2MEnvironment$5.1MYouth Development$4.8MArts & Culture$4.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 268 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 268 grants below total $16,036,149, the rows itemized in this filing. The $16,650,007 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $613,858 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k59 grants · $426k
  • $10k–50k134 grants · $2.9M
  • $50k–250k62 grants · $6.2M
  • $250k+13 grants · $6.5M
$20,000
Median grant
28
States reached
$245M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LA PUENTE HOME INC$1,001,000
PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY$900,945
FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO$840,000
FORT COLLINS RESCUE MISSION$683,500
NORTHEASTERN JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION$505,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY$428,737
CSU FOUNDATION$363,879
CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK$336,000
NATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION$333,000
THOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION$298,346
FIRST PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER$275,000
FORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY$265,260
FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE$250,000
RESPITE CARE INC$235,653
UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY$234,018
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 (FY17–25, $7.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BABY BEAR HUGS: $40k → 13%CAN'D AID: $136k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $50k → 12%A LITTLE HELP: $138k → 12%A LITTLE HELP: $69k → 12%A LITTLE HELP: $43k → 12%DISABLED RESOURCE SERVICES: $112k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE -- BERTHOUD: $514k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE -- BERTHOUD: $308k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE -- BERTHOUD: $85k → 11%A LITTLE HELP: $69k → 11%A LITTLE HELP: $54k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $245k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $121k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $108k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $80k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $68k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $67k → 11%ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE INC: $50k → 11%ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE: $45k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $45k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $43k → 11%CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $336k → 11%EVICS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $129k → 11%CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK INC: $72k → 11%CHILDREN'S SPEECH & READING CENTER: $49k → 11%MATTHEWS HOUSE: $75k → 11%FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $72k → 11%FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $59k → 11%FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $58k → 11%LIVE THE VICTORY (DBA THE MATTHEWS HOUSE): $57k → 11%HOMELESS GEAR: $46k → 11%FAITH FAMILY HOSPITALITY: $42k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $353k → 11%3HOPEFUL HEARTS: $268k → 11%RESPITE CARE INC: $236k → 11%PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $147k → 11%RESPITE CARE INC: $134k → 11%PATHWAYS: $66k → 11%FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $58k → 11%FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $57k → 11%3HOPEFUL HEARTS: $56k → 11%RESPITE CARE INC: $53k → 11%3HOPEFUL HEARTS: $51k → 11%EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF LARIMER COUNTY: $44k → 11%3HOPEFUL HEARTS: $44k → 11%FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $43k → 11%FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $42k → 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

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NC
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TX
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$62M · 306 repeat orgs$8.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

306 repeat relationships: 193 still active in FY2025, 113 since wound down; 64 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

306
235

Total granted

$62M
$6.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+18%

Still filing today

76%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +90%
  • HO
    HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +34%
  • TR
    THOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +87% · 36% of their budget

Funded once

  • MO
    MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $750k · revenue +81%
  • FF
    FIRST FRUITS OF ZION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue 0%
  • CC
    COLORADO COMPUTER MUSEUMgraduated
    2× · 2023–2024 · $285k · revenue ×13 · 67% of their budget
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.

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Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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2
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
3
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
4
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
5
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
6
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
7
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
8
Philanthropy Colorado

Philanthropy colorado is a nonprofit membership association for grantmakers throughout the state. its mission is strengthen colorado communities by bringing people, information and resources together.

Philanthropy
9
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
10
Elevations Credit Union

Together we create solutions for a better life.

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11
Impact Development Fund

Impact development fund helps people within our underserved communities seek fulfillment for themselves and their families by providing access to affordable living. we create these opportunities by delivering flexible capital to nonprofit…

Housing & Shelter
12
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Weld Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Serimus Operating Foundation. 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

506 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. 506 of the 631 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.

38
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
145
Early backer (in before they grew)
492/506
Grantees still filing
343/506
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF FORT COLLINS: $2,997,499 · OtherCITY OF FORT COLLINSCSU FOUNDATION: $1,812,443 · OtherCSU FOUNDATIONCOMPASS COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL: $1,554,572 · OtherPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $1,616,879 · Other+101 more: $23,240,021 · Other+101 moreTHOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,744,484 · EducationTHOMPSON R2-J EDU…FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $990,000 · EducationFOUNTAIN VALLEY S…COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $704,938 · EducationCOLORADO STATE UN…CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $607,081 · EducationCHOATE ROSEMARY H…Estes Park Learning Place Inc: $580,400 · EducationEstes Park Learni…NORTHEASTERN JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUND: $570,173 · EducationNORTHEASTERN JUNI…Estes Park Nonprofit Resource Center Inc: $527,375 · EducationSERIMUS OPERATING FOUNDATION: $485,547 · EducationELLIE FUND INC: $421,750 · EducationRESURRECTION CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $384,425 · Education+19 more: $3,208,387 · Education+19 moreHOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $1,745,222 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF NEIG…HOMEWARD ALLIANCE INC: $924,515 · Human ServicesHOMEWARD ALLI…DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $786,610 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE…PATHWAYS HOSPICE: $686,918 · Human ServicesPATHWAYS HOSP…RESPITE CARE INC: $524,928 · Human ServicesRESPITE CARE …CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $521,800 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS MI…3HOPEFUL HEARTS: $452,826 · Human Services3HOPEFUL HEAR…A LITTLE HELP: $408,730 · Human Services+13 more: $2,041,827 · Human Services+13 moreUNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY: $2,091,850 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION TRUST: $1,169,922 · PhilanthropyREALITIES FOR CHILDREN CHARITIES: $591,448 · PhilanthropyWELD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $337,886 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $247,765 · PhilanthropyGREEN & GOLD GUARD: $170,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $344,267 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY: $2,900,172 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $858,470 · Youth DevelopmentURBAN YOUTH MINISTRIES: $321,818 · Youth DevelopmentNORTHERN COLORADO YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC: $213,440 · Youth Development+4 more: $365,549 · Youth DevelopmentCOALITION FOR THE POUDRE RIVER WATERSHED: $893,812 · EnvironmentTREES WATER AND PEOPLE: $865,540 · EnvironmentPEAKS TO PEOPLE WATER FUND: $453,414 · EnvironmentCOLORADO OPEN LANDS: $273,842 · EnvironmentHeart-J Center for Experiential Lear: $268,004 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $250,000 · EnvironmentROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM: $250,000 · EnvironmentBIG THOMPSON WATERSHED COALITION: $205,544 · EnvironmentHIGH PLAINS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER: $195,000 · Environment+2 more: $188,489 · EnvironmentFORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY FKA DISCOVERY CENTER SCIENCE MUSEUM: $756,794 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $750,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ESTES PARK POST 119 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $317,500 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO COMPUTER MUSEUM: $285,259 · Arts & CultureFIRST PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER: $275,000 · Arts & CultureSPELLBINDERS: $263,000 · Arts & CultureBERTHOUD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $192,092 · Arts & CulturePublic Radio for the Front Range: $142,708 · Arts & CulturePULLIAM COMMUNITY BUILDING FOUNDATION: $141,103 · Arts & CultureFORT COLLINS CHILDRENS THEATRE INC: $136,573 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $524,024 · Arts & Culture
Other$31,221,414Education$10,224,560Human Services$8,093,376Philanthropy$4,953,138Youth Development$4,659,449Environment$3,843,645Arts & Culture$3,784,053

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY: $2,900,172 over 9y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY: $2,091,850 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetHOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $1,745,222 over 9y, 20% of budgetTHOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,744,484 over 9y, 36% of budgetPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $1,616,879 over 9y, 93% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION TRUST: $1,169,922 over 2y, 57% of budgetLA PUENTE HOME INC: $1,026,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetFOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $990,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $956,853 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSKY CORRAL: $947,958 over 8y, 98% of budgetHOMEWARD ALLIANCE INC: $924,515 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetLOVELAND ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $917,895 over 9y, 39% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE POUDRE RIVER WATERSHED: $893,812 over 5y, 17% of budgetUCHEALTH NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $891,553 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetTREES WATER AND PEOPLE: $865,540 over 9y, 22% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $858,470 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $786,610 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetFORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY FKA DISCOVERY CENTER SCIENCE MUSEUM: $756,794 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $750,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $704,938 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPATHWAYS HOSPICE: $686,918 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $607,081 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetREALITIES FOR CHILDREN CHARITIES: $591,448 over 8y, 19% of budgetEstes Park Learning Place Inc: $580,400 over 9y, 74% of budgetNORTHEASTERN JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUND: $570,173 over 5y, 41% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $542,892 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetEstes Park Nonprofit Resource Center Inc: $527,375 over 8y, 73% of budgetRESPITE CARE INC: $524,928 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetCROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $521,800 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetFIRST FRUITS OF ZION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSERIMUS OPERATING FOUNDATION: $485,547 over 9y, 31% of budgetPEAKS TO PEOPLE WATER FUND: $453,414 over 4y, 98% of budget3HOPEFUL HEARTS: $452,826 over 8y, 59% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GARDENS OF SPRING CREEK: $446,453 over 6y, 46% of budgetDare 2 Share Ministries: $442,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetCROSSROADS SAFEHOUSE INC: $438,180 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetNATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION: $433,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetFort Collins Symphony Association: $422,410 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetELLIE FUND INC: $421,750 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetSPACE FOR HUMANITY: $421,100 over 4y, 57% of budgetA LITTLE HELP: $408,730 over 7y, 15% of budgetRESURRECTION CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $384,425 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSummitstone Health Partners: $383,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY: $380,100 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetFORT COLLINS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $370,231 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetMuseum of Art Fort Collins Inc: $339,692 over 9y, 41% of budgetCAPE COD ACADEMY: $324,814 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetURBAN YOUTH MINISTRIES: $321,818 over 9y, 13% 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 BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds THOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds LA PUENTE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds The Food Bank for Larimer County ↗
  • Who funds SKY CORRAL ↗
  • Who funds HOMEWARD ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVELAND ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR THE POUDRE RIVER WATERSHED ↗
  • Who funds UCHEALTH NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TREES WATER AND PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds FORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY FKA DISCOVERY CENTER SCIENCE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds REALITIES FOR CHILDREN CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds Estes Park Learning Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUND ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds Estes Park Nonprofit Resource Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds RESPITE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK ↗
  • Who funds FIRST FRUITS OF ZION INC ↗
  • Who funds SERIMUS OPERATING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEAKS TO PEOPLE WATER FUND ↗
  • Who funds 3HOPEFUL HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GARDENS OF SPRING CREEK ↗

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.

Otter Cares Foundatio…United Way of Larimer…Colorado Gives Founda…The Food Bank for Lar…El Pomar FoundationDon & May Wilkins Cha…Anschutz Family Found…Woodward Governor Cha…Realities for Childre…The Weld TrustWeld Community Founda…Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…
Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATIONCO163.5× affinity125 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · United Way of Larimer County · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Food Bank for Larimer County · El Pomar Foundation · Don & May Wilkins Charitable Trust · Anschutz Family Foundation · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · Realities for Children Charities · The Weld Trust · Weld Community Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell 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 Community Foundation of Northern Colorado funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of Northern Colorado. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Ellie Fund Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton: 2% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Academy: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
  • Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
54report 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
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 631 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 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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The camps
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By state
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