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Fine Arts Foundation

To enrich life in colorado by supporting the arts.

$15k
Granted FY2020
2
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2020.

Arts & Culture$173kEducation$40kEnvironment$3k
02FY2020 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Denver Art Musuem$7,500
University of Denver$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 (FY17–17, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%GRAND COUNTY CONCERT SERIES: $2k → 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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$145k · 14 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2020, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
22

Total granted

$145k
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+29%

Still filing today

100%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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
    4× · 2017–2020 · $33k · revenue +33%
  • DA
    DENVER ART MUSEUM
    4× · 2017–2020 · $30k · revenue +7%
  • DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    3× · 2017–2019 · $11k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue -11%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +79%
  • CA
    CHERRY ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +56%
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.

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Colorado Jazz Ambassadors
Arts & Culture
2
Fort Collins Symphony Association

Providing entertainment and education through the production of high-quality orchestral music.

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3
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

The mission of the boulder philharmonic orchestra is to enrich connections and communities through the power of orchestral music. the boulder philharmonic orchestra presents performances that reflect our community's values, creativity, and…

Arts & Culture
4
The Center for the Arts

The center for arts, a home for arts and culture, offers engaging opportunities and educational experiences to enrich and expand the life of our community.

Arts & Culture
5
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company

Boulder ensemble theatre company creates powerful, engaging, top-quality performances and programs, with meaningful impacts beyond the stage. we serve and welcome colorado's many diverse communities, cultivating an inclusive environment…

Arts & Culture
6
Aurora Symphony Orchestra

Performing Symphony Concerts for the greater Aurora, Colorado Community

Arts & Culture
7
Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra

Charitable organization presenting musical events and educational programs. In 2023-24, Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra presented two world premieres and featured numerous works by women composers and composers of color.

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8
Theatre Artibus

Artibus is dedicated to strengthening community through the experience of live performance. We are a hub in Denver for intimate, original performances that explore important social themes and for building community through shared space,…

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9
Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra

To inspire, enrich, and connect our community through the transformative power of live orchestral music.

Arts & Culture
10
Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble

The Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble (CVAE) is a regionally acclaimed chamber choir dedicated to excellence in the choral art.

Arts & Culture
11
Longmont Concert Band

The Longmont Concert Band is a nonprofit organization composed of volunteer musicians from the surrounding community. Our goals are to provide quality concert band music to the general public, to provide a fun and invigorating atmosphere…

Arts & Culture
12
Colorado Mahlerfest

Advancement of music through the celebration of the legacy of the composer Gustav Mahler through an annual festival

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central City Opera House Association; the most unlike its peers is Denver Film Society. 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

35 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. 35 of the 36 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
26/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DENVER ART MUSEUM: $30,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART MUSEUMDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $11,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSPLATTEFORUM: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePLATTEFORUMCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $9,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONPHAMALY THEATRE COMPANY: $8,000 · Arts & CultureCURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY: $8,000 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureArvada Center for the Arts and Humanities: $5,500 · Arts & CultureInside the Orchestra: $5,500 · Arts & Culture+19 more: $59,500 · Arts & Culture+19 moreUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $32,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVERUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $7,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO…STORIES ON STAGE: $2,500 · EducationSTORIES ON STAGETHE DENVER BRASS INC: $6,500 · OtherART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER: $5,500 · OtherUP CLOSE AND MUSICAL: $2,500 · OtherCherokee Ranch & Castle: $3,000 · EnvironmentGRAND CONCERTS INC: $2,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$154,000Education$42,000Other$14,500Environment$3,000Human Services$2,000

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: $32,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLATTEFORUM: $10,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPHAMALY THEATRE COMPANY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DENVER BRASS INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetArvada Center for the Arts and Humanities: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInside the Orchestra: $5,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHERRY ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Voices of Colorado: $5,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetOPERA COLORADO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MORRISON THEATER COMPANY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDENVER FILM SOCIETY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOULDER COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for the Arts Evergreen Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSU TEATRO INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationBonfils-Stanton Found…Rose Community Founda…The Colorado Health F…Xcel Energy FoundationBurgess R & F TuwThe Anschutz Foundati…Gates Family Foundati…Hill Foundation Wells…Zeppelin Family Found…Sheila Fortune Founda…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO52.1× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Bonfils-Stanton Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Burgess R & F Tuw · The Anschutz Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · Zeppelin Family Foundation · Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc

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 Fine Arts Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fine Arts Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 36 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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