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Fronk Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Fronk Family Foundation Inc

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.

$23k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$53kEducation$25kCommunity Improvement$9kHuman Services$6kYouth Development$4kFood & Nutrition$4kAnimals$4kScience & Tech$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$422k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Strings Music Festival$5,001
Oxford House Inc$1,500
Humane Colorado$1,500
The Jasper Project$1,500
ACE Scholarships$1,500
Mile High Lab Mission$1,500
Savio House$1,500
Food Bank of the Rockies$1,000
Denver Rescue Mission$1,000
Columbia University$1,000
Opera Colorado$1,000
Junior League of Denver Foundation$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Smithsonian Institution$1,000
Lift Up Routt County$1,000
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 (FY19–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Lift Up Routt County: $1k → 6%Savio House: $2k → 12%Denver Hospice: $500 → 12%The Denver Hospice: $500 → 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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$146k · 13 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
10

Total granted

$146k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+69%

Still filing today

69%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementAnimalsCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • SM
    STRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL
    6× · 2018–2025 · $48k · revenue +169%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +100%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
    3× · 2023–2025 · $4k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • LC
    Lewis Clark College
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • SC
    Sixth Church of Christ
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • CF
    CARUSO FAMILY CHARITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +69%
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
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
2
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
3
Colorado State Fire Chiefs

The vision of the csfc is to partner with the fire service and supplier partners across the state of colorado in their efforts to protect all of colorado's life and property from fire and other disasters. it is a dynamic organization,…

Public Safety & Disaster
4
The Colorado Humane Society & Spca Inc

See schedule o.to prevent cruelty and neglect of animals within the state of colorado by:-assisting agencies in the enforcement of laws relating to cruelty and neglect of companion animals and equines-educating the public on animal welfare…

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5
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
6
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
7
Colorado Uplift Inc

Building long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth.

Education
8
Child Advocates - Denver Casa

Child advocates - denver casa's mission is to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in denver juvenile court through the services of specially selected and trained community volunteers from a variety of…

Civil Rights
9
Pathways Hospice

Honoring every moment of life, pathways hospice provides compassionate, excellent, comprehensive care for those who have an advanced medical condition and those who are grieving.

Human Services
10
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
11
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Dumb Friends League; the most unlike its peers is Caruso Family Charities. 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

19 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. 19 of the 31 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $52,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLewis Clark College: $5,000 · OtherLewis Clark CollegeMile High Lab Mission: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · Other+13 more: $11,596 · Other+13 moreSTRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL: $48,303 · Arts & CultureSTRINGS MUSIC FESTIVALOPERA COLORADO: $3,500 · Arts & CultureOPERA COLORADO+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $10,000 · EducationALLIANCE FOR…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $9,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES…JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER FOUNDATION: $8,500 · Community ImprovementJUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC: $1,000 · Community ImprovementDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3,000 · Human ServicesSAVIO HOUSE: $1,500 · Human ServicesLift Up of Routt County: $1,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $4,000 · Food & NutritionCHILL FOUNDATION: $2,750 · Youth Development
Other$80,596Arts & Culture$52,803Education$19,500Community Improvement$9,500Human Services$6,500Food & Nutrition$4,000Youth Development$2,750

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 budgetSTRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL: $48,303 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA COLORADO: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILL FOUNDATION: $2,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAVIO HOUSE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOxford House Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARUSO FAMILY CHARITIES: $1,321 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $725 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEWS RELEASE BASKETBALL: $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COOK COUNTY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Xcel Energy FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fronk Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fronk Family Foundation Inc. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Oxford House Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Chill Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 31 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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