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Fulcrum 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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
77
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$2.5MFood & Nutrition$2.2MInternational$1.5MHuman Services$1.3MEducation$1.1MHealth$890kCivil Rights$605kPublic Benefit$595kOther$0
02FY2025 · 77 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $735k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $2.0M
$25,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDING AMERICA$150,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$150,000
LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT$75,000
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER$75,000
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$75,000
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$75,000
REPORTS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS$75,000
DENVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$75,000
COMMON CAUSE$75,000
FLORENCE IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT$75,000
DEMOCRACY FORWARD$75,000
SAFEHOUSE DENVER$75,000
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE$75,000
COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS$50,000
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $940k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $15k → 8%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $10k → 8%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $10k → 8%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $10k → 8%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $10k → 8%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $10k → 8%SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 7%SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 7%SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 7%SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 7%SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 7%SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 7%BRIGHT BY THREE: $5k → 12%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $25k → 17%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $25k → 17%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $25k → 17%SO MAY ALL EAT: $10k → 12%SO MAY ALL EAT: $5k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $25k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $25k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $25k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $25k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $25k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $25k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $150k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $75k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $75k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $75k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $75k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $25k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $25k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $25k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $25k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $25k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $25k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $75 → 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

ME
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
SD
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
DC
LA
TX
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 72 repeat orgs$997k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

72 repeat relationships: 63 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
16

Total granted

$12M
$327k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+7%

Still filing today

75%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $670k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $900k · revenue +23%
  • Feeding America
    6× · 2020–2025 · $900k · revenue +40%
  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
    6× · 2020–2025 · $475k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • TL
    The Logan School For Creative Learninggraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +38%
  • TF
    TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • CK
    CATALYST KITCHENS
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
2
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
3
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
4
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
5
Waterorg

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

International
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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
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
9
The Fund for Peace Inc

Building bridges across diverse sectors, and developing innovative technologies and tools for policy makers. a leader in the conflict assessment and early warning field, the fund for peace focuses on the problems of weak and failing…

International
10
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
11
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
12
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is Indigenous Women Rising Indigeous Women Rising. 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

75 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. 75 of the 103 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/75
Grantees still filing
48/75
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLORADO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $300,000 · OtherCOLORADO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESSTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $250,000 · OtherWILDEARTH GUARDIANS: $210,000 · OtherTHE GATHERING PLACE: $180,000 · OtherREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $300,000 · OtherREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & …DENVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $450,000 · OtherDENVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · OtherWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INCTHE DELORES PROJECT: $180,000 · Other+48 more: $3,004,000 · Other+48 moreTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $475,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PU…RAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · EnvironmentRAINFOREST FOUND…COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $300,000 · EnvironmentCOALITION FOR RA…CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $300,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK F…CLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND: $275,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE EMERGENC…REVISION: $110,000 · EnvironmentREVISIONOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · Environment+3 more: $57,500 · EnvironmentFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $900,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF TH…Feeding America: $900,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding AmericaSave The Children Federation Inc: $300,000 · InternationalSave The Childr…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…RAINFOREST TRUST: $250,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUS…HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $200,000 · InternationalHELEN KELLER IN…HIAS INC: $150,000 · InternationalHIAS INCUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $150,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES F…International Rescue Committee INC: $125,000 · InternationalInternational R…VITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $80,000 · InternationalWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $80,000 · InternationalWomen for Afghan Women Inc: $80,000 · International+4 more: $80,000 · InternationalSAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $450,075 · Human ServicesSAFEHOUSE …GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECT…FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $150,000 · Human ServicesFLORENCE C…WARREN VILLAGE INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesWARREN VIL…THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIGID…PROJECT WORTHMORE: $65,000 · Human Services+3 more: $50,000 · Human ServicesDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $300,000 · PhilanthropyMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $300,000 · PhilanthropyJazz Foundation of America Inc: $170,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $35,000 · PhilanthropyMAYO CLINIC: $300,000 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $275,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $110,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $30,000 · Health+3 more: $30,000 · Health
Other$5,174,000Environment$1,917,500Food & Nutrition$1,800,000International$1,795,000Human Services$1,240,075Philanthropy$805,000Health$745,000

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 budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $900,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $900,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $475,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $450,075 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetDENVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $450,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $300,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $300,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND: $275,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $275,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $250,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWILDEARTH GUARDIANS: $210,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $200,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DELORES PROJECT: $180,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetJazz Foundation of America Inc: $170,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetHIAS INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $150,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $135,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $110,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREVISION: $110,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetThe Logan School For Creative Learning: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWomen for Afghan Women Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINDIGENOUS WOMEN RISING INDIGEOUS WOMEN RISING: $75,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT WORTHMORE: $65,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetDENVER URBAN GARDENS: $40,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds GIVEDIRECTLY INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WILDEARTH GUARDIANS ↗
  • Who funds HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE DELORES PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Jazz Foundation of America Inc ↗
  • Who funds HIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds WARREN VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗

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…Rose Community Founda…The Denver FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …The Anschutz Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationAnschutz Family Found…Records Johnston Fami…Schlessman Foundation…The Women's Foundatio…Caring for Colorado F…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO33.4× affinity16 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 · The Anschutz Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Records Johnston Family Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc · Caring for Colorado 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 Fulcrum Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fulcrum Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Echo Hill Outdoor School Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 103 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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