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Fb Foundation

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.

$135k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$128k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Animals$436kEducation$262kArts & Culture$56kHealth$13kRecreation & Sports$9kCommunity Improvement$5kHuman Services$5kEnvironment$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $7k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $128k
$1,997
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND CHANCE HUMANE SOCIETY$128,000
TELLURIDE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL$3,500
SHINING STARS FOUNDATION$1,997
ROARING FORK CYCLING$1,000
GRACE REINS EQUINE THERAPY$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 (FY20–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ANGEL BASKETS: $3k → 7%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$772k · 10 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$772k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+38%

Still filing today

70%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • SC
    SECOND CHANCE HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $435k · revenue +70%
  • TM
    TELLURIDE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $262k · revenue +19%
  • M
    MOUNTAINFILM
    7× · 2018–2024 · $55k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • WE
    WEST END ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • AB
    Angel Baskets Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -39%
  • CHARITY GLOBAL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -15%
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
Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club Inc

Our Mission is to instill and nurture a passion for all snow sports along with developing character, discipline and desire, which encourages young athletes to reach their highest potential.

Human Services
2
Telluride Science

Ts facilitates science meetings (conferences, workshops, graduate summer schools) for international scientists from universitites, colleges, government research labs and more. ts also sponsors many science outreach programs for adults and…

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3
Telluride Association of Realtors

Realtor's association

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4
Telluride Foundation

The telluride foundation (the foundation) is committed to preserving and enriching the quality of life of the residents, visitors and workforce of the telluride region. the foundation does this by providing leadership in philanthropy,…

Recreation & Sports
5
Telluride Nordic AssociationInc

The telluride nordic association provides equipment and labor to develop and maintain nordic trails in the winter months. tna also runs a nordic center that provides nordic equipment for rent and sale and nordic lessons and tours.

Recreation & Sports
6
Accessible Alpine Adventure Tours
Health
7
Colorado Discover Ability

Provide adaptive sports for the disabled.

Recreation & Sports
8
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
9
The Telluride Institute Inc

The telluride institute is an innovative non-profit organization that fosters the transition to a sustainable world. we work with communities, business, and the public sector to create and advance real solutions that support the health of…

Social Science
10
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
11
Aspen Skiing Company Environment Foundation

The aspen skiing company environment foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the enhancement and protection of the environmental quality of the roaring fork valley region. we support projects that promote environmental…

Philanthropy
12
Telluride Animal Foundation

The telluride animal foundation supports animal protection and welfare through charitable giving.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mountainfilm; the most unlike its peers is Charity Global 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECOND CHANCE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $434,932 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE HUMANE SOCIETY INC+2 more: $2,700 · AnimalsTELLURIDE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $261,801 · EducationTELLURIDE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INCMOUNTAINFILM: $55,000 · Arts & CultureTELLURIDE ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM: $6,320 · OtherGUNNISON GORGE ANGLERS: $2,000 · OtherGRACE REINS EQUINE THERAPY: $1,500 · OtherTELLURIDE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMAN DBA TELLURIDE ARTS: $1,000 · OtherPLACERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT: $750 · OtherTELLURIDE LIZARD HEAD HOCKEY: $710 · OtherThe Pinhead Institute: $3,500 · OtherSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $1,997 · OtherROARING FORK CYCLING INC: $1,000 · OtherARIANS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,472 · Other+2 more: $1,000 · OtherTHE TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,850 · HealthTELLURIDE AIDS BENEFIT INC: $2,200 · HealthASCENDIGO AUTISM SERVICES INC: $1,850 · HealthWEST END ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5,000 · Community ImprovementAngel Baskets Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2,000 · Human Services
Animals$437,632Education$261,801Arts & Culture$55,000Other$21,249Health$9,900Community Improvement$5,000Human Services$4,500

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 budgetSECOND CHANCE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $434,932 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetTELLURIDE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $261,801 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetMOUNTAINFILM: $55,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTELLURIDE ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM: $6,320 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,850 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWEST END ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Pinhead Institute: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAngel Baskets Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTELLURIDE AIDS BENEFIT INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $1,997 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASCENDIGO AUTISM SERVICES INC: $1,850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIANS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,472 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTELLURIDE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMAN DBA TELLURIDE ARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROARING FORK CYCLING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CUP DREAMS FOUNDATION FKA SFI FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 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.

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.

Telluride FoundationThe Thomas Phillips a…El Pomar FoundationThe Dalton Family Fou…Community Foundation …Colorado Gives Founda…Ebb Point Foundation-…The Mclaughlin Doty F…Just For Kids Foundat…Telluride Mountain Vi…The Lisa and Victor N…Salehi Family Foundat…
Telluride FoundationCO26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Telluride Foundation · The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Dalton Family Foundation · Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley · Colorado Gives Foundation · Ebb Point Foundation- Blackrock · The Mclaughlin Doty Foundation · Just For Kids Foundation Inc · Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association · The Lisa and Victor Nemeroff Foundation · Salehi Family 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 Fb Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fb Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    7report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Fb Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fb 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 23 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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