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Dimond Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$406k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$6.0MHealth$191kArts & Culture$131kPhilanthropy$114kInternational$104kEmployment$35kEnvironment$25kYouth Development$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$300,000
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$30,000
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH$25,000
HIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY$10,000
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION$10,000
DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$10,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$5,000
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO BRANCH$5,000
WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST$4,500
LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$2,500
MINDS MATTER$1,001
LES DAMES DESCOFFIER COLORADO CHAPTER$1,000
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION$1,000
WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC$1,000
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 (FY18–19, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUVENILE ASSESSMENT CENTER: $1k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $5k → 15%MARRIOTT FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES I: $5k → 8%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

WA
NY
MA
IA
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
DC
OK
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.3M · 14 repeat orgs$369k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
28

Total granted

$6.3M
$352k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+10%

Still filing today

79%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
    7× · 2017–2023 · $4.5M · revenue +33%
  • MS
    METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $612k · revenue +129%
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $540k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • PF
    PIVOT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $106k · revenue -95%
  • SF
    SITANJALI FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +35%
  • CU
    CORNELL UNIVERSITY PAYROLL OFFICE
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
3
Denver Scholarship Foundation

Denver scholarship foundation (dsf) inspires and empowers denver public schools (dps) students to enroll in and graduate from postsecondary institutions of higher education by providing the tools, knowledge, and financial resources for…

Education
4
Education Commission of the States

The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…

Education
5
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
6
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
7
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
8
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
9
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
10
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Public Schools Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Delta Eta Boule 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

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 47 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
29/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $4,511,002 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVERMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC: $612,000 · EducationMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INCWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $540,000 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $275,000 · Education+4 more: $66,000 · EducationGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $89,407 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $80,000 · Health+3 more: $10,000 · HealthDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $113,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $5,102 · Arts & CulturePIVOT FOUNDATION: $106,000 · PhilanthropyDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $4,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropySITANJALI FOUNDATION: $100,000 · InternationalHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $20,000 · OtherCORNELL UNIVERSITY PAYROLL OFFICE: $20,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC: $11,000 · OtherACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · OtherWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA COLORADO BRANCH: $5,000 · OtherCOLORADO DREAM FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $5,000 · OtherBridges from School to Work Inc: $5,000 · OtherHEART AND HAND CENTER: $11,500 · OtherMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $11,001 · OtherFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $5,000 · OtherJOY OF SHARING FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $10,003 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 · Civil RightsCHILD ADVOCATES - DENVER CASA: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Education$6,004,002Health$179,407Arts & Culture$133,102Philanthropy$118,000International$100,000Other$144,504Civil Rights$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $4,511,002 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC: $612,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $540,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $275,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $113,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPIVOT FOUNDATION: $106,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetSITANJALI FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $89,407 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $41,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART AND HAND CENTER: $11,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $11,001 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE AHLA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALTA VISTA CENTER FOR AUTISM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBridges from School to Work Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOY OF SHARING FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES - DENVER CASA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDENVER METRO CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCOLORADO DREAM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $4,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Helping: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLD CROWN FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUVENILE ASSESSMENT CENTER: $1,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL LIVINGSTON INSTITUTE: $501 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN WITH A CAUSE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…The Colorado Health F…The Anschutz Foundati…Rose Community Founda…Mile High United Way …Denver Broncos Founda…El Pomar FoundationKroenke Sports Charit…Anschutz Family Found…The Anna and John J S…Caring for Denver Fou…
The Denver FoundationCO29× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Denver Broncos Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Kroenke Sports Charities Inc · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Anna and John J Sie Foundation · Caring for Denver 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 Dimond Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dimond Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • Bridges from School to Work Inc: 33% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
12report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Dimond Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Dimond Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 47 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home