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Daniels Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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Daniels Family Charitable Trust

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.

$347k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$81k
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, FY2023 to 2025.

Religion$488kArts & Culture$421kAnimals$94kHealth$88kEnvironment$70kInternational$12kEducation$5kPublic Benefit$4k
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $187k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $143k
$10,404
Median grant
6
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST$81,003
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST$62,425
WIDE HORIZON INC$26,010
COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO$26,010
THE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION$26,010
THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDA$26,010
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC$10,404
DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FDN INC$10,404
DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$10,404
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS$10,404
HISTORY CO THE CO HIST SOCIETY$10,404
ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND$10,404
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INC$10,404
DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC$10,404
LONGYEAR FOUNDATION$5,202
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 79% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LONGYEAR FOUNDATION: $8k → 7%THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST: $123k → 16%UNICEF USA: $5k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $21k → 14%WIDE HORIZON INC: $38k → 7%COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO: $38k → 8%DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FDN INC: $15k → 12%NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $5k → 6%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 6%LONGYEAR FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST: $81k → 16%UNICEF USA: $3k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $15k → 14%WIDE HORIZON INC: $26k → 7%COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO: $26k → 8%DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FDN INC: $10k → 12%NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $3k → 6%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 6%LONGYEAR FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST: $73k → 16%UNICEF USA: $3k → 17%HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INC: $10k → 14%WIDE HORIZON INC: $24k → 7%COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO: $24k → 8%DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FDN INC: $10k → 12%NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $3k → 6%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 6%MARY B EDDY LIBRARY: $5k → 16%THE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION: $38k → 17%NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $15k → 14%ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND: $15k → 7%DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $15k → 12%MARY B EDDY LIBBTMT OF HMNTY: $4k → 16%THE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION: $26k → 17%NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $10k → 14%ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND: $10k → 7%DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $10k → 12%THE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION: $24k → 17%NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $10k → 14%ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND: $10k → 7%DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $10k → 12%HISTORY CO THE CO HIST SOCIETY: $15k → 12%HISTORY CO THE CO HIST SOCIETY: $10k → 12%HISTORY CO THE CO HIST SOCIETY: $10k → 12%DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $15k → 12%DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $10k → 12%DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $10k → 12%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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 17 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
1

Total granted

$1.2M
$5k

Still filing today

71%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentHealthInternationalOther
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

  • WH
    WIDE HORIZON INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $88k · revenue +15%
  • TR
    THE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $88k · revenue +52%
  • HW
    Humane World for Animals Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $47k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • MB
    MARY B EDDY LIBRARY
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
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
2
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
5
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
6
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
7
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
8
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
9
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…

Science & Tech
10
Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources

The organization pursues higher standards of news coverage of natural resources and the environment -- standards of accuracy, fairness, balance, depth and context.

Arts & Culture
11
National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States

Impart knowledge and appreciation of humanity's relationship with wildlife through art.

Arts & Culture
12
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Center for the Performing Arts; the most unlike its peers is The National Museum of Women in the Arts. 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

12 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. 12 of the 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST: $277,813 · OtherFIRST CHURCH OF CHRISTFIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST: $210,534 · OtherFIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTTHE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDA: $87,722 · OtherTHE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDAHISTORY CO THE CO HIST SOCIETY: $35,089 · OtherARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND: $35,089 · OtherTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $35,089 · Other+2 more: $8,746 · OtherPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $87,722 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC BROADCASTING O…THE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC: $87,722 · Arts & CultureTHE ROYAL OAK FOUNDAT…DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $35,089 · Arts & CultureDENVER CENTER FOR THE…LONGYEAR FOUNDATION: $17,544 · Arts & CultureLONGYEAR FOUNDATIONHumane World for Animals Inc: $46,802 · AnimalsDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $35,089 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $11,696 · AnimalsWIDE HORIZON INC: $87,722 · HealthDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $35,089 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $35,089 · EnvironmentUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $11,696 · International
Other$690,082Arts & Culture$228,077Animals$93,587Health$87,722Environment$70,178International$11,696

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $87,722 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWIDE HORIZON INC: $87,722 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC: $87,722 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $46,802 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $35,089 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $35,089 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $35,089 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $35,089 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $35,089 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLONGYEAR FOUNDATION: $17,544 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $11,696 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $11,696 over 3y, 0.0% 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 PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds WIDE HORIZON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds LONGYEAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗

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.

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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 Daniels Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Daniels Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 19 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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