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Esther M & Freeman E Everett Charitable

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$106k
Granted FY2023
10
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Esther M & Freeman E Everett Charitable’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Pikes Peak Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Esther M & Freeman E Everett Charitable named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $106k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

13
’17
9
’18
12
’19
5
’20
3
’21
4
’22
7
’23
1
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Philanthropy$758kRecreation & Sports$128kYouth Development$78kHuman Services$37kEnvironment$36kCrime & Legal$34kHousing & Shelter$34kCommunity Improvement$30kOther$0
02FY2023 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k6 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $79k
$6,292
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$30,413
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC$21,000
THE PLACE HELPING YOUTH EXIT$17,500
COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$6,292
FORGE EVOLUTION$6,292
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO FOUNDATION$6,292
PEAK EDUCATION$6,292
MOUNTAIN SONG COMMUNITY SCHOOL LLC$1,000
FOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY17–23, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%PIKES PEAK HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 9%CATAMOUNT INSTITUTE: $3k → 9%FOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%FOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%FOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%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

MN
OR
IN
CA
CO
VA
DE
FL

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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$324k · 12 repeat orgs$281k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

12 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
36

Total granted

$324k
$243k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+5%

Still filing today

58%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEducationCommunity ImprovementOther

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
    GAZETTE CHARITIES
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +60%
  • FH
    FOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2023 · $16k · revenue +206%
  • CO
    CASA of the Pikes Peak Region
    4× · 2018–2022 · $12k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • SC
    Stewardship Counsel
    one grant, 2019 · $56k · revenue -69% · 67% of their budget
  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +113%
  • RI
    RECIDIVIZ INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -19%

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
Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation

The mission of the Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation is to promote the health and well-being of physicians and physician assistants through evaluation, treatment referral, support education and research.

Health
2
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
3
Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau

Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau's, now doing business as Visit Colorado Springs (VCOS), primary exempt purpose is promotion of the Pikes Peak Region. VCOS is designed to stimulate the visitor industry in the Pikes Peak…

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4
Colorado Press Association

Promote the general interest of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and online publications, improve editorials and business methods of daily and weekly newspapers, and advance those newspapers' usefulness and influence in the public…

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5
The Pinon Project

The Pinon Project Family Resource Center strengthens our community by providing comprehensive services for children and families.

Human Services
6
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

To build a lasting connection to the pikes peak region by preserving and sharing our cultural history. this mission is accomplished through our support of the colorado springs pioneers museum, owned and operated by the city of colorado…

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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9
NeighborWorks Housing Services of Pueblo Inc

Our mission is to promote healthy, vibrant neighborhoods and serve as a first choice for homebuyer resources in Southern Colorado. We have four pillars: educate, build, lend, and engage, that guide us in everything we do. Our HUD-certified…

Housing & Shelter
10
Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission

The Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission educates, advocates, and cultivates peace, justice, nonviolence, and sustainability in the Pikes Peak Region, engaging our world.

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11
Philanthropy Colorado

Philanthropy colorado is a nonprofit membership association for grantmakers throughout the state. its mission is strengthen colorado communities by bringing people, information and resources together.

Philanthropy
12
Pueblo Rescue Mission

Because of our love for God, we extend his mercy as we strive to empower and improve the lives of unsheltered adults in Pueblo, CO, through provisions of food, shelter and navigational support services.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pikes Peak Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Converge Lecture Series. 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 37 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr15%3%5–10yr19%6%10–20yr17%36%20–35yr12%36%35–55yr15%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr17%70%20–35yr12%10%35–55yr15%5%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%
1,184/9,173

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

38 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. 38 of the 57 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
24/38
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $634,533 · PhilanthropyPIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONStewardship Counsel — $55,500 · PhilanthropyStewardship CounselINDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak — $36,500 · PhilanthropyGAZETTE CHARITIES — $30,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $11,680 · PhilanthropyTHE PLACE HELPING YOUTH EXIT — $60,000 · OtherTHE PLACE HELPING YOUTH …UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC — $41,000 · OtherUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AN…CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS — $20,000 · OtherCITY OF COLORADO SPRINGSCenter for Nonprofit Excellence — $13,300 · OtherCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER — $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP (CHP) — $10,000 · OtherCOLORADO NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION — $13,300 · OtherCASA of the Pikes Peak Region — $12,300 · Other+28 more — $92,626 · Other+28 moreUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Museum — $80,500 · Arts & CultureArtspace Projects Inc — $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE — $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $2,900 · Arts & CultureFOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION — $16,000 · Human ServicesTESSA — $5,000 · Human ServicesThe Catamount Institute — $2,900 · Human ServicesPIKES PEAK HOSPICE FOUNDATION — $2,600 · Human Services+1 more — $500 · Human ServicesRECIDIVIZ INC — $20,000 · Crime & LegalForge Evolution — $6,292 · Crime & LegalTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $25,000 · EnvironmentHomeward Pikes Peak — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterPartners in Housing Inc — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterROCKY MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — $2,600 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$768,213Other$272,526Arts & Culture$98,400Human Services$27,000Crime & Legal$26,292Environment$25,000Housing & Shelter$22,600

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 budgetPIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $634,533 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Museum — $80,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetStewardship Counsel — $55,500 over 1y, 67% of budgetINDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak — $36,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGAZETTE CHARITIES — $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRECIDIVIZ INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION — $16,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCenter for Nonprofit Excellence — $13,300 over 1y, 45% of budgetCOLORADO NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION — $13,300 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCASA of the Pikes Peak Region — $12,300 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPIKES PEAK UNITED WAY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP (CHP) — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHomeward Pikes Peak — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPartners in Housing Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetArtspace Projects Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Field Institute Inc — $7,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $6,292 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForge Evolution — $6,292 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $6,292 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeak Education — $6,292 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTESSA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMercy Corps — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCare and Share Inc — $4,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE CARES INC — $3,700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Catamount Institute — $2,900 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART — $2,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ COLORADO — $2,700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — $2,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPIKES PEAK HOSPICE FOUNDATION — $2,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC PIKES PEAK REGION — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMountain Song Community School — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHillside Connection — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONVERGE LECTURE SERIES — $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION — $500 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.

The Joseph Henry Edmo…Pikes Peak Community …El Pomar FoundationColorado Springs Heal…The Myron Stratton Ho…Pikes Peak United WayINDYGIVE DBA Give Pik…Ent Credit UnionThe Anschutz Foundati…Colorado Gives Founda…T Rowe Price Foundati…Dusty and Katherine L…
The Joseph Henry Edmondson FoundationCO51.2× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · The Myron Stratton Home · Pikes Peak United Way · INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak · Ent Credit Union · The Anschutz Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · T Rowe Price Foundation · Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom 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 Esther M & Freeman E Everett Charitable 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%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps — 47% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 57 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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