· Private foundation
For the Future Foundation
The specific purpose of this Organization is to identify, fund and improve nonprofit entities registered under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which are located in and around the underserved rural county of La Plata, Colorado and the United States Territory of Puerto Rico.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $253k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Summit Church PR | $48,000 |
| Young Life | $40,910 |
| Cross Bar X Youth | $33,000 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $30,000 |
| Turning Point | $24,000 |
| Men of Nehemiah | $12,000 |
| Heritage Foundation | $12,000 |
| Hillsdale College Funding | $11,100 |
| Operation Bless | $11,000 |
| Love The Nations | $10,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Palmas Academy | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Oneness Needs Everyone | $2,400 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 79% of grant dollars ($736k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 21% that went abroad ($194k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $3k) 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 21% of all-years giving ($194k)
3 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 5% of For the Future Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YLYOUNG LIFE3× · 2020–2022 · $80k · revenue +62%
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION4× · 2021–2024 · $69k · revenue +32%- FOFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- 2A2022 ACT FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $70k · revenue +39%
- UWUT Wealth Management Centerone grant, 2023 · $25k
- SCSummit Churchone grant, 2022 · $24k
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.
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.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.
The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…
Lutheran indian ministries shares the gospel of jesus christ with native american people, encouraging them to proclaim christ's kingdom to their own and to others.
The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.
See schedule o.christians for biblical equality (cbe), www.cbeinternational.org, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization comprised of individuals, churches, colleges, seminaries, and organizations, representing more than 100 different…
Colorado christian academy provides an innovative christ-centered education that prioritizes academic achievements and individual development of the whole child. in relationship with parents, we will build healthy foundations that result…
Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.
The lausanne movement exists to activate the body of christ to accelerate global mission together through convening global influencers, creating biblically grounded missional content, fostering catalytic collaboration, and equipping…
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
The mission of mzl is to promote the publication, distribution, and sale of christian literature in spanish and english speaking countries in latin america, africa, and other areas.
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 62 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds 2022 ACT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds CLC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEXICO MEDICAL MISSIONS ↗
- Who funds CROSS BAR X YOUTH RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds Love the Nations Inc ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ST JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH OF BELLVILLE TX TRUST FUND ↗
- Who funds ONENESS NEEDS EVERYONE ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Family Legacy Missions International ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado · Thoren Family Charitable Trust · Ballantine Family Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization For the Future Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from For the Future Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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