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Frampton Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Frampton Family Charitable 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.

$293k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$60k
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 2025.

Education$600kArts & Culture$486kRecreation & Sports$141kEnvironment$139kHuman Services$116kPhilanthropy$73kCommunity Improvement$72kReligion$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $190k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$60,000
SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA$36,000
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM$33,333
THE EAGLE RIVER FUND$25,000
BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS$25,000
WALKING MOUNTAIN SCIENCE CENTER$24,200
BRAVO VAIL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL$20,000
VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION$16,500
HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION$10,000
COLORADO SNOWSPORTS MUSEUM$8,000
THEODORA PARK FUND$6,000
VAIL HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE COUNTY$5,000
PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF CHARLESTON$5,000
US SKI & SNOWBOARD FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY24–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FLORENCE CRITTENTON PROGRAMS OF SC: $3k → 12%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

NH
WA
MN
MA
UT
CO
AZ
SC
HI
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 23 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
12

Total granted

$1.5M
$89k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+23%

Still filing today

83%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentInternationalHealthOther
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

  • CU
    CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $370k · revenue +118%
  • SF
    SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $196k · revenue +53%
  • BF
    BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY
    3× · 2019–2025 · $114k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • CU
    CLEMSON UNIVERSITY - PRES BARKER'S LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
    one grant, 2019 · $42k
  • NC
    NORTHWEST COLORADO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • Y
    YOUTHPOWER365
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -10%
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
Fountain Valley School of Colorado

Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…

Education
2
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
3
Vail Mountain School

We inspire tomorrow's ethical leaders by developing character, seeking knowledge, and building a community of lifelong learners from the heart of the colorado mountains to the world beyond.

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
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
6
Vail-Summit Research & Education Foundat
Education
7
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
8
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
9
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
10
Pikes Peak Community Foundation

To inspire a passionate community to forge an enduring legacy now and for future generations. this mission is attained by building a community endowment, helping donors address community needs and providing philanthropic leadership.

Philanthropy
11
Vail Health Services

Vail health services is the parent company of a group of companies generally known as vail health, whose mission is to elevate health across our mountain communities.

Health
12
Vilar Performing Arts Center Inc

The purposes and objectives of the vilar performing arts center is to promote and develop awareness of and appreciation of the arts and to educate the general public about the arts through the ownership and operation of a theater by…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vail Health Services Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Vail International Pro Am. 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

28 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. 28 of the 41 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
16/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $370,000 · EducationCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONCOKER UNIVERSITY: $101,000 · EducationCOKER UNIVERSITYHUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION: $67,000 · EducationHUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATIONWALKING MOUNTAINS: $48,450 · EducationWALKING MOUNTAINS+3 more: $18,500 · EducationBRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY: $113,800 · OtherBRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE C…The Preservation Society of Charleston Inc: $105,000 · OtherThe Preservation Society of Charlest…BRAVO VAIL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL: $85,000 · OtherBRAVO VAIL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVALVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $55,000 · OtherVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONCLEMSON UNIVERSITY - PRES BARKER'S LEADERSHIP CIRCLE: $42,000 · OtherCLEMSON UNIVERSITY - PRES BARKER'S L…USST FOUNDATION: $28,000 · OtherTHE EAGLE RIVER FUND: $25,000 · OtherCOLORADO SNOWSPORTS MUSEUM: $24,500 · OtherSki and Snowboard Club Vail: $20,000 · OtherVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Other+11 more: $47,000 · Other+11 moreSPOLETO FESTIVAL USA INC: $195,833 · Arts & CultureSPOLETO FESTIVAL U…INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $74,166 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL AFRI…Colorado Ski Museum Inc: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $63,000 · Recreation & SportsCIVIC CENTER CONSERVANCY: $27,500 · Recreation & SportsVAIL INTERNATIONAL PRO AM: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsBetty Ford Alpine Gardens: $80,000 · EnvironmentVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $67,000 · Community ImprovementTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $5,000 · Community ImprovementBNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $15,000 · PhilanthropyYOUTHPOWER365: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Education$604,950Other$570,300Arts & Culture$290,999Recreation & Sports$105,500Environment$80,000Community Improvement$72,000Philanthropy$30,000

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 budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $370,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSPOLETO FESTIVAL USA INC: $195,833 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY: $113,800 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThe Preservation Society of Charleston Inc: $105,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCOKER UNIVERSITY: $101,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBetty Ford Alpine Gardens: $80,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $74,166 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $67,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION: $67,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $63,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWALKING MOUNTAINS: $48,450 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCIVIC CENTER CONSERVANCY: $27,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSki and Snowboard Club Vail: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Ski Museum Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetVAIL INTERNATIONAL PRO AM: $15,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetYOUTHPOWER365: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VAIL JAZZ FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZealous Schools: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Winmax Foundation…The Denver FoundationSlifer Family Foundat…Borgen Family Foundat…Kelton Family Foundat…The Precourt Foundati…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Colorado Health F…The Bessemer Giving F…The Joyce & Paul Kras…Howard & Martha Head …
Colorado Gives FoundationCO25.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Winmax Foundation Inc · The Denver Foundation · Slifer Family Foundation · Borgen Family Foundation · Kelton Family Foundation · The Precourt Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Joyce & Paul Krasnow Charitable Foundation · Howard & Martha Head 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 Frampton Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frampton Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Frampton Family Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Frampton Family Charitable 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 41 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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