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Frenzel Family Charitable Fdn

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$96k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Education$151kEnvironment$127kPhilanthropy$114kInternational$73kHousing & Shelter$34kHuman Services$33kFood & Nutrition$28kAnimals$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $74k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
$4,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY$12,000
BROOMFIELD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF$7,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$6,000
FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY$6,000
CHARLESTON WATERKEEPER$5,500
STRONG TOWNS$5,000
STAR GOSPEL MISSION$4,000
UWM FOUNDATION$4,000
LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST$4,000
NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$4,000
CASA OF ADAMS AND BROOMFIELD COUNTIES$4,000
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$4,000
GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION$3,000
COMMON GROUND$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDREN ACROSS BORDERS: $5k → 13%CHILDREN ACROSS BORDERS INC: $5k → 13%CASA OF ADAMS AND BROOMFIELD COUNTIES: $4k → 10%DISABILITY PARTNERSHIP PROJECT: $4k → 8%CHILDREN ACROSS BORDERS: $1k → 13%CASA OF ADAMS & BROOMFIELD COUNTIES INC: $3k → 10%AYUDA: $5k → 14%CASA OF ADAMS & BROOMFIELD COUNTIES INC: $3k → 10%CAROLINA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $3k → 12%CAROLINA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
MN
WI
NY
OR
OH
CT
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$332k · 26 repeat orgs$214k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +61% since the first grant, against +35% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
31

Total granted

$332k
$208k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+35%

Still filing today

96%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • THE UWM FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $28k · revenue +30%
  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $28k · revenue +37%
  • CW
    CHARLESTON WATERKEEPER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $27k · revenue +174%

Funded once

  • ST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +60%
  • HK
    HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONALgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +35%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +175%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
5
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
6
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
7
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
8
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
The Commons Inc

To partner with individuals and organizations to access, organize, and share data that inspires action that restores our environment.

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11
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
12
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Conservation Colorado Education Fund and the most unlike its peers is Rocky Mountain Legal Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAnimal Rescue and ShelterChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Food Banks and PantriesHealth Access Advocacy and …Elementary Literacy TutoringCommunity FoundationsPregnancy Support ServicesDomestic Violence ServicesImmigrant Worker SupportCommunity FoundationsAffordable Housing Construc…Environmental Conservation …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr16%31%20–35yr13%35%35–55yr16%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr13%36%35–55yr16%38%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/53
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,512

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

53 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 53 of the 62 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/53
Grantees still filing
41/53
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL — $100,000 · EducationST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMM…THE UWM FOUNDATION INC — $28,000 · EducationTHE UWM FOUNDATION INCWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $9,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC+1 more — $4,500 · EducationBROOMFIELD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $81,000 · PhilanthropyBROOMFIELD COMMUNITY…GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC — $28,500 · PhilanthropyGREATER MILWAUKEE FO…THE CLEAR FUND — $5,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $4,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $1,000 · PhilanthropyCHARLESTON WATERKEEPER — $26,833 · EnvironmentCHARLESTON WATERKE…LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC — $25,833 · EnvironmentLOWCOUNTRY LAND TR…CLEAN WISCONSIN INC — $22,500 · EnvironmentCLEAN WISCONSIN IN…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $20,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFE…Rock Creek Conservancy Inc — $5,000 · Environment+3 more — $6,500 · Environment+3 moreUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $25,250 · InternationalUNITED STATE…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $15,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE …MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $11,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SAN…HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL — $10,000 · InternationalHELEN KELLER…PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND — $4,000 · InternationalPALESTINE CH…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — $3,000 · InternationalWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL — $2,500 · International+1 more — $2,000 · InternationalSTAR GOSPEL MISSION — $12,833 · OtherSTAR GOSPEL MISSIONCharleston Habitat for Humanity Inc — $11,000 · OtherCharleston Habitat for Hum…NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONCAROLINA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT — $6,000 · OtherHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc — $23,000 · OtherHumane Society of Tampa Ba…The Colorado Trail Foundation — $10,500 · OtherThe Colorado Trail Foundat…STRONG TOWNS — $8,000 · Other+24 more — $74,750 · Other+24 moreCHILDREN ACROSS BORDERS INC — $11,250 · Human ServicesCASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties — $9,500 · Human ServicesAYUDA INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesLandmarks for Families Inc — $4,500 · Human ServicesDISABILITY PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT — $4,000 · Human ServicesFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC — $27,750 · Food & Nutrition
Education$141,500Philanthropy$119,500Environment$106,666International$73,250Other$156,083Human Services$34,250Food & Nutrition$27,750

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL — $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBROOMFIELD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $81,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetGREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC — $28,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC — $28,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC — $27,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLESTON WATERKEEPER — $26,833 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC — $25,833 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $25,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc — $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCLEAN WISCONSIN INC — $22,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR GOSPEL MISSION — $12,833 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN ACROSS BORDERS INC — $11,250 over 3y, 29% of budgetCharleston Habitat for Humanity Inc — $11,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Colorado Trail Foundation — $10,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties — $9,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTRONG TOWNS — $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN LEGAL CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetOne-Eighty Place — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoper St Francis Foundation — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOMFIELD COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES — $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAYUDA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRock Creek Conservancy Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLandmarks for Families Inc — $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ COLORADO — $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DICTIONARY PROJECT — $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON GROUND INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION COLORADO EDUCATION FUND — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COALITION — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEL PORVENIR — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharleston Moves — $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Colorado Gives Founda…Henry & Sylvia Yaschi…Coastal Community Fou…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Joanna FoundationPathfinder Foundation…Kuznik Charitable Fou…The Meier and Linnart…Post and Courier Foun…The James J and Joan …Baird Foundation IncDominion Energy Chari…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO20.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 4 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Joanna Foundation · Pathfinder Foundation Inc · Kuznik Charitable Foundation · The Meier and Linnartz Family Foundation · Post and Courier Foundation · The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Frenzel Family Charitable Fdn funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 60%
  • Chrysalis Center Inc — 93% of income from government
  • Rock Creek Conservancy Inc — 60% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc — 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 62 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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