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Freeman Family 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.

$29k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
43%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$650
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 37
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$616k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Freeman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving18$29k39%
FY202414$27k43%
FY202316$26k6%
FY202221$35k24%
FY202122$31k23%
FY202027$29k7%
FY201937$44k38%
FY201829$32k31%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$101kHealth$48kEnvironment$24kPhilanthropy$23kEducation$14kReligion$13kArts & Culture$11kCrime & Legal$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WI
NY
IA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MD
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Freeman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$60,00090%
Jewish Family Service of San Diego$26,75080%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$8,55080%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$8,50080%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$8,50080%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$7,70090%
National Park Foundation$5,00040%
The American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel Inc$5,0001n/a
St Vincent de Paul Village Inc$5,00050%
Hebrew Free Loan of San Diego$5,00011%
Hba Foundation Dba Home Builders Foundation$4,00040%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$3,75030%
Sierra Club Foundation$3,25060%
Children's Advocacy & Family Resources Inc$2,60020%
ACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc$2,60050%
Family Resource Center Association$2,50010%
Illuminate Colorado$2,50020%
Mental Health Center of Denver$2,00020%
The Jed Foundation$2,00030%
Colorado Jewish Reconstructionist Federation$2,0002n/a
Metro Crisis Services Inc$1,95030%
J Street$1,90040%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$1,85020%
Ray of Hope Inc$1,60031%
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network$1,50030%
Family Promise of Greater Denver Inc$1,50030%
Food Bank of the Rockies$1,50030%
Neshama- Association of Jewish Chaplains (Najc)$1,40030%
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion$1,3503n/a
Mental Health America of Colorado$1,00020%
Colorado Doula Project$1,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,00010%
Best Friends Animal Society$1,00010%
National Public Radio Inc$1,00010%
Larkin Street Youth Services$1,00020%
San Diego Jewish Academy$75010%
Anti-Defamation League$60010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$50010%
International Charter School Corporation$50010%
Equal Justice Initiative$50010%
Casa De Paz$50010%
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc$50010%
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center$5001n/a
Colorado Uplift Inc$50010%
Mighty Water$35010%
The Blue Bench$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Freeman Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish Family Service of Colorado Inc: $60,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Service of San Diego: $26,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Broadcasting of Colorado Inc: $8,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $8,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Research Institute Inc: $8,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $7,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Vincent de Paul Village Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Free Loan of San Diego: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHba Foundation Dba Home Builders Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $3,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Advocacy & Family Resources Inc: $2,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc: $2,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Resource Center Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIlluminate Colorado: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMental Health Center of Denver: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jed Foundation: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMetro Crisis Services Inc: $1,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJ Street: $1,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $1,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRay of Hope Inc: $1,600 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of Greater Denver Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNeshama- Association of Jewish Chaplains (Najc): $1,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMental Health America of Colorado: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Doula Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Jewish Academy: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Charter School Corporation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa De Paz: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Uplift Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMighty Water: $350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Blue Bench: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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 FoundationCO32.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Gary Philanthropy · Caring for Denver Foundation · Boettcher Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Western Union Foundation · Anschutz 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.

Compare Freeman Family Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Freeman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Freeman Family 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.

About Freeman Family Foundation

How much does Freeman Family Foundation give?
Freeman Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $28,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Freeman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Health (17%), Environment (8%).
Who are Freeman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc ($60k), Jewish Family Service of San Diego ($27k), Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc ($9k).
Does Freeman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Freeman Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Freeman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
Where is Freeman Family Foundation based?
Freeman Family Foundation is based in CO.

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 82 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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