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Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley

To provide a permanent entity to manage resources to help build community for the benefit of all residents of the gunnison watershed.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
75
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$122k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0180% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2020–2024.

Arts & Culture$897kHuman Services$665kHealth$585kPublic Safety & Disaster$558kYouth Development$352kFood & Nutrition$253kRecreation & Sports$231kHousing & Shelter$209kEducation$130kOther$1.4M
02FY2024 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 75 grants below total $2,724,276 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,840,215 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $115,939 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

  • Under $10k15 grants · $114k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $1.5M
$31,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIX POINTS EVALUATION AND TRAINING$121,582
PROJECT HOPE OF GUNNISON VALLEY$105,905
GUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY$95,745
GUNNISON VALLEY MENTORS$90,500
HISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT$80,000
CASA - YOUTH AND FAMILY ADVOCACY SE$72,200
GUNNISON VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION$72,000
CB STATE OF MIND$71,192
MOUNTAIN ROOTS FOOD PROJECT$65,250
LIVING JOURNEYS$64,100
SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER$63,705
FAMILIES PLUS$60,118
PARADISE PLACE SCHOOL$56,300
CENTER FOR THE ARTS$56,250
TELLURIDE ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM$55,600
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 (FY20–24, $561k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER: $64k → 7%PARADISE PLACE SCHOOL: $56k → 10%PARTNERS OF DELTA MONTROSE AND OURA: $40k → 12%TELLURIDE SKI AND SNOWBOARD CLUB IN: $15k → 7%CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL: $8k → 10%SIX POINTS EVALUATION AND TRAINING: $122k → 10%GUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY: $96k → 10%GUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY: $34k → 10%GUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY: $25k → 10%Six Points Eval & Training: $15k → 10%Gunnison Country Food Pantry: $15k → 10%Gunnison Country Food Pantry: $15k → 10%Gunnison Country Food Pantry: $14k → 10%Tenderfoot Child & Family Dev: $10k → 10%LIGHTHOUSE PREGNANCY CENTER: $10k → 10%Six Points Evaluation & Training Inc: $10k → 10%SIX POINTS EVALUATION & TRAINING: $7k → 10%GUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY: $6k → 10%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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.9M · 33 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

33 repeat relationships — 27 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 45 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
19

Total granted

$2.9M
$825k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+15%

Still filing today

79%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthRecreation & SportsEducationOther

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

  • GC
    Gunnison Council for the Arts
    5× · 2020–2024 · $282k · revenue +132%
  • GV
    GUNNISON VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $209k · revenue +641%
  • GC
    GUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $205k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • TC
    TAYLOR CANYON FIRE STATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $544k · revenue -98% · 57% of their budget
  • OT
    OZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +14%
  • GC
    GUNNISON CNTY JUVENILE SERVIC
    one grant, 2021 · $34k

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
Gunnison Trails Inc

Gunnison Trails is a non-profit trail advocacy organization established to assist land managers and other organizations in maintaining existing trails, educating users on responsible trail-based recreation, and pursuing opportunities for…

Environment
2
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
3
Gunnison Creative District

The Gunnison Creative district strengthens and enlivens Gunnison by building community connections,encouraging economic activity, and highlighting our community?s identity, through the flourishing presence ofcreative industries and…

Arts & Culture
4
Aspen Valley Land Trust

Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.

Environment
5
San Juan Mountains Association

To empower visitors and locals to explore, learn about and protect the spectacular public lands of Southwest Colorado.

Environment
6
Mesa County Land Conservancy Inc

To protect and enhance agricultural land, wildlife habitat and scenic lands in western colorado to benefit the community at large, enrich lives, and provide opportunities for outdoor recreation for future generations.

Environment
7
Theatre Aspen

Entertain, enlighten, enrich, educate and challenge the residents and visitors of the roaring fork valley through professional quality theatrical productions, new play development initiatives and a broad spectrum of educational programs.

Arts & Culture
8
Friends of the Dillon Ranger District

To engage our community and support the US Forest Service's Dillon Ranger District in stewardship through: adult and youth education and diverse volunteer programs, to preserve and enhance our public lands.

Environment
9
Friends of the Majestic

The majestic theatre serves to entertain, educate, and inspire the gunnison valley through new movies, local films, community events and collaborations. we harness the power of movies to provide an escape or a learning experience for all…

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10
Teton Arts Council Inc

Cultivation and celebration of the arts.

Arts & Culture
11
Wind River Valley Artist Guild
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12
Glenwood Springs Chamber Foundation

To support and advance the general welfare and prosperity of the greater glenwood springs, co area so that its citizens and all areas of the community may prosper and lessen the burden of local and state governments. the organization also…

Community Improvement

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

Your grantees are a median of 27 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%3%<5yr11%8%5–10yr24%22%10–20yr23%39%20–35yr11%26%35–55yr11%1%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%1%<5yr11%20%5–10yr24%24%10–20yr23%28%20–35yr11%27%35–55yr11%1%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/86
the rest of the field
12%
60/496

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

78 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. 78 of the 98 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/78
Grantees still filing
31/78
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GUNNISON WATERSHED SCHOOL DISTRICT RE1-J — $133,034 · OtherGUNNISON WATERSHED SCHOOL DISTRICT RE1-JPROJECT HOPE OF GUNNISON VALLEY — $117,855 · OtherPROJECT HOPE OF GUNNISON VALLEYGUNNISON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALT — $106,937 · OtherGUNNISON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTGunnison Cnty Health & Human — $85,500 · OtherCRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST — $89,650 · OtherCASA OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT INC — $72,200 · Other+51 more — $1,386,096 · Other+51 moreTHE CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $299,640 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR THE …Gunnison Council for the Arts — $281,897 · Arts & CultureGunnison Council fo…CRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN EDUCATIONAL RADIO — $60,950 · Arts & CultureCRESTED BUTTE MOUNT…NORTH FORK VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE WRIGHT OPERA HOUSE INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureTELLURIDE REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY — $35,000 · Arts & CultureCRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC — $30,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more — $108,630 · Arts & Culture+5 moreGUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY INC — $204,845 · Human ServicesGUNNISON COUNT…SIX POINTS EVALUATION AND TRAINING INC — $153,617 · Human ServicesSIX POINTS EVA…HISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT — $103,400 · Human ServicesHISPANIC AFFAI…SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER (SMRC) — $63,705 · Human ServicesSAN MIGUEL RES…PARADISE PLACE — $56,300 · Human ServicesPARADISE PLACEDELTA MONTROSE YOUTH SERVICES INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesDELTA MONTROSE…+4 more — $42,692 · Human Services+4 moreGUNNISON VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION — $209,376 · HealthGUNNISON VAL…CRESTED BUTTE STATE OF MIND — $199,086 · HealthCRESTED BUTT…LIVING JOURNEYS — $101,560 · HealthLIVING JOURN…Basin Clinic Inc — $50,000 · HealthBasin Clinic…TELLURIDE AIDS BENEFIT INC — $25,000 · HealthTAYLOR CANYON FIRE STATION INC — $544,452 · Public Safety & DisasterTAYLOR CANY…+1 more — $13,450 · Public Safety & DisasterGUNNISON HINSDALE YOUTH SERVICES — $97,500 · Youth DevelopmentALL AMERICAN FAMILIES — $60,118 · Youth DevelopmentTRUE NORTH YOUTH PROGRAM — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentPeer Kindness Inc — $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLACK CANYON BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC — $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Pinhead Institute — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentSAN MIGUEL MENTORING PROGRAM — $20,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $9,600 · Youth DevelopmentMOUNTAIN ROOTS FOOD PROJECT — $152,761 · Food & NutritionWESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO — $45,000 · Food & NutritionFRESH FOUNDATION — $40,000 · Food & NutritionCATTLEMEN'S DAYS INC — $15,600 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,991,272Arts & Culture$896,617Human Services$664,559Health$585,022Public Safety & Disaster$557,902Youth Development$352,218Food & Nutrition$253,361

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTAYLOR CANYON FIRE STATION INC — $544,452 over 1y, 57% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $299,640 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetGunnison Council for the Arts — $281,897 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetGUNNISON VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION — $209,376 over 4y, 16% of budgetGUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY INC — $204,845 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetCRESTED BUTTE STATE OF MIND — $199,086 over 5y, 16% of budgetSIX POINTS EVALUATION AND TRAINING INC — $153,617 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN ROOTS FOOD PROJECT — $152,761 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE OF GUNNISON VALLEY — $117,855 over 2y, 12% of budgetHISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT — $103,400 over 3y, 11% of budgetLIVING JOURNEYS — $101,560 over 5y, 10% of budgetGUNNISON HINSDALE YOUTH SERVICES — $97,500 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetCRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST — $89,650 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCASA OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT INC — $72,200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER (SMRC) — $63,705 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetCRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN EDUCATIONAL RADIO — $60,950 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetALL AMERICAN FAMILIES — $60,118 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetPARADISE PLACE — $56,300 over 1y, 11% of budgetTELLURIDE ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM — $55,600 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetVALLEY HOUSING FUND — $55,500 over 2y, 48% of budgetCRESTED BUTTE NORDIC COUNCIL — $53,856 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE SAN JUANS — $53,795 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAdaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc — $53,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHome Trust of Ouray County — $50,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetOZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBasin Clinic Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTRUE NORTH YOUTH PROGRAM — $50,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTELLURIDE FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE LEARNING COUNCIL — $50,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetWest End Family Link Center — $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetGunnison Sanctuary Housing Inc — $49,465 over 2y, 35% of budgetTelluride Mountain Club — $45,600 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetWESTERN COLORADO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CO — $45,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetPeer Kindness Inc — $45,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC — $41,650 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFRESH FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBLACK CANYON BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC — $40,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetNORTH FORK VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO INC — $40,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WRIGHT OPERA HOUSE INC — $40,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATIONAL FUND — $40,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetDELTA MONTROSE YOUTH SERVICES INC — $40,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetWEST END ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $40,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTELLURIDE REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY — $35,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetGUNNISON VALLEY HOCKEY ASSOCIATION — $33,600 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetGUNNISON COUNTY PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $30,685 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetCRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN HERITAGE MUSEUM INC — $30,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetWESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $30,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Pinhead Institute — $30,000 over 1y, 4.2% 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.

Telluride FoundationEl Pomar FoundationRocky Mountain Health…Colorado Gives Founda…Anschutz Family Found…Western Colorado Comm…Dea Family FoundationThe Thomas Phillips a…The Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …Just For Kids Foundat…Ebb Point Foundation-…
Telluride FoundationCO58.7× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Telluride Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Dea Family Foundation · The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Just For Kids Foundation Inc · Ebb Point Foundation- Blackrock

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 Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley 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%6%25%56%100%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
    48report 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 98 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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