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Delta Montrose Electric Association

We power and unite communities.

$200k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$57k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$129kPhilanthropy$57kRecreation & Sports$57kCommunity Improvement$30kEnvironment$25kArts & Culture$25kYouth Development$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $171,254, the rows itemized in this filing. The $200,163 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $28,909 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $107k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $57k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$271M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONTROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$57,150
MAGIC CIRCLE PLAYERS$25,000
DELTA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #50$21,750
GRAND MESA NORDIC COUNCIL INC$20,000
ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO$18,365
Individual grant recipient$11,366
Individual grant recipient$10,123
NORTH FORK AMBULANCE AUXILLARY$7,500
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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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%HISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT: $30k → 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 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
Colorado Mountain Bike Association

COMBA is dedicated to protecting and improving mountain biking on the Colorado Front Range.

Recreation & Sports
2
Friends of Mount Evans & Lost Creek Wildernesses

The Friends of Mount Evans & Lost Creek Wilderness (FOMELC) is a 501(c)3 charitable organization founded in November 2005. FOMELC is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization. We offer volunteer opportunities for all ages, physical…

Environment
3
Montrose Childrens Museum

Foster a learning environment by igniting imagination and fueling creativity of children and adults alike. With interactive play in a hands-on learning museum, we will inspire childrens intellect, curiosity, and a life-long love of…

Arts & Culture
4
Estes Park Nonprofit Resource Center Inc

To Support, connect, and Inspire community nonprofits.

Education
5
Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition
Health
6
Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce

Promoting the general business and community interests of Conifer, CO

Community Improvement
7
Columbine Community Foundation

The Grand Foundation is a philanthropic organization serving all of Grand County, Colorado. The Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in Grand County by proactively addressing current and future needs in the areas of Health &…

Philanthropy
8
The Colorado Parks Foundation Inc
Recreation & Sports
9
Grief Center of Southwest Colorado

Grief support to those who have lost a loved one.

Health
10
Colorado Energy Foundation

The Colorado Energy Foundation was incorporated in 2019 as a 501(c)(3) supporting organization of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association and seeks to amplify existing philanthropic efforts of the oil and gas industry in Colorado and develop…

Community Improvement
11
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
12
Protect Colorados Vote

To oppose a colorado statewide ballot initiative to join the national popular vote compact

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Energy Outreach Colorado; the most unlike its peers is Peer Kindness Inc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Montrose Community Foundation: $114,450 · OtherMontrose Community FoundationMAGIC CIRCLE PLAYERS: $25,000 · OtherMAGIC CIRCLE PLAYERSNFRIA-WSERC CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $25,000 · OtherNFRIA-WSERC CONSERVATION CENTER INCDELTA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 50J: $21,750 · OtherDELTA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 50JGRAND MESA NORDIC COUNCIL INC: $20,000 · OtherGRAND MESA NORDIC COUNCIL INCIndividual grant recipient: $11,366 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,123 · OtherMASLOW ACADEMY OF APPLIED LEARNING INC: $30,000 · EducationMASLOW ACADEMY …Montrose Veterans Memorial Coalition: $20,000 · EducationMontrose Vetera…ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO: $36,511 · Recreation & SportsENERGY OUTR…HISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT: $30,000 · Human ServicesHISPANIC …Peer Kindness Inc: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentNORTH FORK AMBULANCE AUXILIARY: $7,500 · Health
Other$227,689Education$50,000Recreation & Sports$36,511Human Services$30,000Youth Development$20,000Health$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMontrose Community Foundation: $114,450 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO: $36,511 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT: $30,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetMASLOW ACADEMY OF APPLIED LEARNING INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMAGIC CIRCLE PLAYERS: $25,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetNFRIA-WSERC CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetGRAND MESA NORDIC COUNCIL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetMontrose Veterans Memorial Coalition: $20,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetPeer Kindness Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetNORTH FORK AMBULANCE AUXILIARY: $7,500 over 1y, 8.0% 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.

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.

The Colorado Health F…Colorado Gives Founda…Western Colorado Comm…Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…Gates Family Foundati…Natl Christian Charit…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Colorado Health FoundationCO17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Colorado Health Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Delta Montrose Electric Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Delta Montrose Electric Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's 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
    3report 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 13 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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