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Day Family Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$63k
Granted FY2017
60
Grants FY2017
14
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2017 · 60 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TELLURIDE MOUNTAIN FILM LTD$5,250
TELLURIDE INSTITUTE INC$4,000
BLAIR ACADEMY$3,000
THE PINHEAD INSTITUTE INC$3,000
TELLURIDE REPERTORY THEATRE CO$2,500
SAN MIQUEL EDUCATIONAL FUND$2,500
RICO CENTER$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
KUTE INC$2,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE$1,500
FLINT INSTITUTE OF ART$1,000
FRIENDS OF THE WILKINSON PUBLIC$1,000
AREI INC$1,000
SWALLOW HILL MUSIC ASSOCIATION$1,000
BLUE SAGE CENTER$1,000
02The need
02

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 (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DZI FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%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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IL
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MA
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NJ
CA
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GA
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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 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
Sonoma Mountain Institute
Environment
2
The Mountain Institute Inc

Advance the well- being of mountain people and conservation of mountain environments.

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3
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
4
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
5
Alliance for Sustainable Energy Llc

The mission of the alliance for sustainable energy llc (alliance) is to operate the u.s. department of energy's national renewable energy laboratory to advance the science and engineering of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation,…

Science & Tech
6
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
7
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
8
Creede Repertory Theatre

From its rocky mountain roots, creede repertory theatre serves as an artistic home to our rural community and beyond, through the creation of repertory seasons, dynamic educational programs, and compelling new works.

Arts & Culture
9
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
10
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
11
Upper Colorado River Alliance
Environment
12
San Juan Citizens Alliance

The San Juan Citizens Alliance advocates for clean air, pure water, and healthy lands - the foundations of resilient communities, ecosystems and economies in the San Juan Basin.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Telluride Foundation and the most unlike its peers is National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated. 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 backsteadyEnvironmental Advocacy Orga…Government Accountability R…Land Conservation Organizat…Community Arts OrganizationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-8 SchoolsClassical Music EnsemblesCancer Support OrganizationsAnimal Rescue and Adoption
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 39 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr21%21%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr12%42%35–55yr13%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr21%17%10–20yr17%20%20–35yr12%48%35–55yr13%16%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% 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%0/40
the rest of the field
13%
4,367/33,377

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.

03the grantee network

39 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. 39 of the 60 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
28/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TELLURIDE MOUNTAIN FILM LTD — $5,250 · OtherTELLURIDE MOUNTAIN FILM LTDSAN MIGUEL EDUCATIONAL FUND — $2,500 · OtherSAN MIGUEL EDUCATIONAL FUNDTELLURIDE REPERTORY THEATRE CO — $2,500 · OtherTELLURIDE REPERTORY THEATRE COIndividual grant recipient — $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRocky Mountain Institute — $1,500 · Other+34 more — $23,250 · Other+34 moreKUTE INC DBA KSUT PUBLIC RADIO — $2,000 · Arts & CultureKUTE INC DBA …Flint Institute of Arts — $1,000 · Arts & CultureFlint Institu…FRIENDS OF THE PARADISE THEATER — $1,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF TH…COMMUNITY RADIO PROJECT INC KSJD — $1,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY RAD…NORTH FORK VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO INC — $1,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH FORK VA…BLUE SAGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $1,000 · Arts & CultureBLUE SAGE CEN…COLORADO MUSIC HALL OF FAME — $500 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO MUSI…BLAIR ACADEMY — $3,000 · EducationBLAIR ACA…THE HILL SCHOOL — $1,000 · EducationTHE HILL …THE TELLURIDE ACADEMY INC — $1,000 · EducationTHE TELLU…ECOACTION PARTNERS — $250 · EducationHIGH COUNTRY NEWS — $1,000 · EnvironmentAREI INC — $1,000 · EnvironmentSHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE — $500 · EnvironmentTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC — $500 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY — $500 · EnvironmentThe Pachamama Alliance — $500 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE — $500 · EnvironmentTHE TELLURIDE INSTITUTE INC — $4,000 · Social ScienceThe Pinhead Institute — $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentRICO CENTER — $2,000 · Community Improvement
Other$37,000Arts & Culture$7,500Education$5,250Environment$4,500Social Science$4,000Youth Development$3,000Community Improvement$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE TELLURIDE INSTITUTE INC — $4,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetThe Pinhead Institute — $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBLAIR ACADEMY — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATIONAL FUND — $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRICO CENTER — $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKUTE INC DBA KSUT PUBLIC RADIO — $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlint Institute of Arts — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDZI FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CEDAR MESA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWALLOW HILL MUSIC ASSOCIATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAREI INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTELLURIDE SCIENCE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE SAGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNational Ataxia Foundation Incorporated — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE — $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO MUSIC HALL OF FAME — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTelluride Historical Museum Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN ARTS — $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMILLS COLLEGE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pachamama Alliance — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND CHANCE HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECOACTION PARTNERS — $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTELLURIDE FOUNDATION — $250 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Telluride FoundationCommunity Foundation …El Pomar FoundationThe Dalton Family Fou…The Thomas Phillips a…Nextfifty InitiativeRose Community Founda…The Denver FoundationValley Floor Preserva…Dw Frankel Foundation…Cornet Creek Foundati…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO33.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Telluride Foundation · Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley · El Pomar Foundation · The Dalton Family Foundation · The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation · Nextfifty Initiative · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Valley Floor Preservation Partners · Dw Frankel Foundation Inc · Cornet Creek 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 Day Family Foundation 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.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Blair Academy — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report 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 60 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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