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Genesee Mountain 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.

$855k
Granted FY2025still arriving
58
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$184k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.4MPhilanthropy$545kHealth$263kEducation$172kEnvironment$167kCommunity Improvement$142kHuman Services$127kFood & Nutrition$62kOther$0
02FY2025 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k37 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $368k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $401k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DENVER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS$184,242
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE$65,896
COLORADO SYMPHONY$51,046
NEWMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$50,000
COLORADO BALLET$50,000
DENVER YOUTH ARTISTS ORCHESTRA$38,328
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC$35,896
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE$31,707
OPERA COLORADO$30,243
VICTORIA FALLS WILDLIFE TRUST$30,000
DENVER ART MUSEUM$30,000
DENVER BOTANIC GARDEN INC$25,000
BOULDER COUNTY AIDS PROJECT$24,470
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$23,788
VILAR CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$20,000
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, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%FAMILY TREE INC: $10k → 7%FAMILY TREE INC: $10k → 7%VILLAGE EXCHANGE CENTER: $1k → 8%FAMILY TREE INC: $5k → 7%FAMILY TREE INC: $3k → 7%SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $500 → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $5k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $5k → 12%FAMILY TREE INC: $2k → 7%BRIDGE HOUSE: $5k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $1k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $1k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $1k → 12%HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $2k → 7%HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $2k → 7%HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $2k → 7%HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $1k → 7%HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $1k → 7%RIVER DEEP FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%RIVER DEEP FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%BESSIE'S HOPE: $500 → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 12%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $2k → 12%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $2k → 12%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $2k → 12%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $1k → 12%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $500 → 12%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $500 → 12%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $500 → 12%BESSIE'S HOPE: $2k → 12%BESSIE'S HOPE: $2k → 12%BESSIE'S HOPE: $2k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $2k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $2k → 12%BESSIE'S HOPE: $2k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $1k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $1k → 12%BESSIE'S HOPE: $500 → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $500 → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $500 → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $500 → 12%BESSIE'S HOPE: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
NV
WY
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MO
DE
NM
NC
DC
GA
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.
$4.1M · 64 repeat orgs$286k to everyone else

64 repeat relationships: 47 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
25

Total granted

$4.1M
$254k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+61%

Still filing today

80%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    7× · 2019–2025 · $885k · revenue +20%
  • CS
    COLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $519k · revenue +42%
  • CB
    COLORADO BALLET
    7× · 2019–2025 · $296k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE RUSTIC PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $115k · revenue -98% · 38% of their budget
  • NC
    NEWMAN CENTER FOR THE
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -9%
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
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

The mission of the boulder philharmonic orchestra is to enrich connections and communities through the power of orchestral music. the boulder philharmonic orchestra presents performances that reflect our community's values, creativity, and…

Arts & Culture
2
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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3
Denver Film Society

The mission of the denver film society is to develop opportunities for diverse audiences to discover film through creative, thought-provoking experiences. we strive to cultivate and celebrate film as an art form; to enrich and expand the…

Arts & Culture
4
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
5
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc

To deliver meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms

Arts & Culture
6
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
7
Philanthropy Colorado

Philanthropy colorado is a nonprofit membership association for grantmakers throughout the state. its mission is strengthen colorado communities by bringing people, information and resources together.

Philanthropy
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
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
10
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver

The museum of contemporary art denver is an innovative forum for contemporary art that inspires and challenges all audiences, creating understanding and dialogue about art of our time.

Arts & Culture
11
Colorado Jazz Ambassadors
Arts & Culture
12
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Childrens Museum of Denver Inc; the most unlike its peers is Literacy Alliance. 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

83 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. 83 of the 102 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/83
Grantees still filing
59/83
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $884,501 · Arts & CultureDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $519,152 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONCOLORADO BALLET: $295,700 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO BALLETAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC: $158,721 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INCDENVER ART MUSEUM: $132,490 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART MUSEUMOPERA COLORADO: $120,448 · Arts & CultureColorado Museum of Natural History: $101,768 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $259,243 · Arts & Culture+15 moreARVADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS: $170,592 · OtherARVADA COUNCIL FOR THE ART…NEWMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $150,680 · OtherNEWMAN CENTER FOR THE PERF…DENVER YOUTH ARTISTS ORCHESTRA: $107,398 · OtherDENVER YOUTH ARTISTS ORCHE…ARVADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $95,000 · OtherARVADA COUNCIL FOR THE ART…VILAR CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $45,000 · OtherDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $87,000 · OtherDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC+48 more: $476,647 · Other+48 moreSAVUSAVU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $528,000 · PhilanthropySAVUSAVU COM…+4 more: $14,750 · PhilanthropyBOULDER COUNTY AIDS PROJECT: $119,737 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $77,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $30,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $25,000 · HealthBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $12,000 · HealthCOLORADO HEALTH NETWORK INC: $10,119 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $10,000 · Health+4 more: $11,500 · HealthWild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary: $130,000 · AnimalsDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $58,607 · Animals+2 more: $8,000 · AnimalsPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $142,600 · Community ImprovementTHE RUSTIC PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC: $115,119 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $13,000 · EducationEMILY GRIFFITH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $6,524 · Education
Arts & Culture$2,472,023Other$1,132,317Philanthropy$542,750Health$295,356Animals$196,607Community Improvement$142,600Education$139,643

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $884,501 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSAVUSAVU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $528,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $519,152 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCOLORADO BALLET: $295,700 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC: $158,721 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $142,600 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $132,490 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary: $130,000 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetOPERA COLORADO: $120,448 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetBOULDER COUNTY AIDS PROJECT: $119,737 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetTHE RUSTIC PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC: $115,119 over 1y, 38% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $101,768 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $87,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $77,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $70,803 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $58,607 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARTS IGNITE INC: $41,650 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $38,896 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARLANDO INCORPORATED: $36,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC: $31,366 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY TREE INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC: $28,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLITERACY ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetLA PUENTE HOME INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEL SISTEMA COLORADO: $20,634 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetBridge House: $18,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO CULTURAL MEXICANO CORP: $17,363 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $16,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER DEEP FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetFUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW: $13,438 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH CLUB OF TRINIDAD INC: $11,319 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN HONOR FLIGHT: $11,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetInside the Orchestra: $10,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCOLORADO HEALTH NETWORK INC: $10,119 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBessies Hope: $9,500 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetCOLORADO CHAUTAUQUA ASSOCIATION: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $8,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARVADA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK dba COMMUNITY TABLE: $8,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGOLD CROWN FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $7,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRugby Colorado Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN BUTTERFLY CONSORTIUM: $6,000 over 4y, 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.

  • Who funds DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds SAVUSAVU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO BALLET ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANGEL HEART ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary ↗
  • Who funds OPERA COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds BOULDER COUNTY AIDS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE RUSTIC PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARTS IGNITE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC ↗
  • Who funds PARLANDO INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WEDONTWASTE INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY TREE INC ↗
  • Who funds GIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LA PUENTE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds EL SISTEMA COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds Bridge House ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO CULTURAL MEXICANO CORP ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds RIVER DEEP FOUNDATION ↗

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 Denver FoundationRose Community Founda…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …The Janus Henderson F…Community Foundation …Anschutz Family Found…El Pomar FoundationNathan B & Florence R…Hill Foundation Wells…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO56.2× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Anschutz Family Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Nathan B & Florence R Burt Foundation · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na

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 Genesee Mountain Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Genesee Mountain Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 102 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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