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· Public charity

Golden Civic Foundation Inc

To invest in the economic and cultural vitality of the golden community.

$176k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$304kFood & Nutrition$125kEducation$96kHuman Services$91kCommunity Improvement$69kCrime & Legal$18kAnimals$15kHousing & Shelter$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $85,900, the rows itemized in this filing. The $175,550 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $89,650 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $56k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM$28,000
CHRISTIAN ACTION GUILD$17,900
GOLDEN POLICE DEPARTMENT$10,000
SHELTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$7,500
GOFARM$7,500
FRIENDS OF DINOSAUR RIDGE$7,500
PORCHLIGHT A FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER$7,500
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 (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FAMILY TREE: $5k → 7%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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$576k · 12 repeat orgs$177k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +238% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
9

Total granted

$576k
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+238%
+27%

Still filing today

83%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • GP
    GOLDEN PANTRY AND THRIFT INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $139k · revenue +505%
  • FA
    FOOTHILLS ART CENTER INC
    3× · 2017–2023 · $108k · revenue +77%
  • TM
    THE MORRISON THEATER COMPANY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $94k · revenue +343%

Funded once

  • GH
    GOLDEN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $77k · revenue -42% · 68% of their budget
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEGION-TAYLOR MILLER POST 21graduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +42%
  • VO
    VICTIM OUTREACH INC
    one grant, 2021 · $14k · revenue +19%
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
Golden Civic Foundation Inc

To invest in the economic and cultural vitality of the golden community.

Philanthropy
2
The Colorado Parks Foundation Inc
Recreation & Sports
3
Colorado Chamber of Commerce Fka Co Assn of Commerce & Industry

The colorado chamber of commerce mission is to enhance the business climate of the state of colorado by promoting a positive legislative and regulatory environment and providing programs and services for its members, economic education,…

—
4
Glenwood Springs Chamber Foundation

To support and advance the general welfare and prosperity of the greater glenwood springs, co area so that its citizens and all areas of the community may prosper and lessen the burden of local and state governments. the organization also…

Community Improvement
5
Columbine Community Foundation

The Grand Foundation is a philanthropic organization serving all of Grand County, Colorado. The Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in Grand County by proactively addressing current and future needs in the areas of Health &…

Philanthropy
6
Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition
Health
7
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
8
Colorado Mining Association

The association's primary purpose is to foster, promote and develop the general welfare of the mineral resource industry.

—
9
Colorado Grain Chain

The colorado grain chain is a membership based non-profit organization that seeks to grow and connect a vibrant community-centered grain economy in the state of colorado.

Food & Nutrition
10
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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11
Boulder County Injured and Fallen Officer Foundation
Public Safety & Disaster
12
Colorado Press Association

Promote the general interest of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and online publications, improve editorials and business methods of daily and weekly newspapers, and advance those newspapers' usefulness and influence in the public…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Golden Pantry and Thrift Inc; the most unlike its peers is Golden High School Alumni Foundation Inc. 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 25 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOOTHILLS ART CENTER INC: $108,291 · Arts & CultureFOOTHILLS ART CENTER INCTHE MORRISON THEATER COMPANY: $94,239 · Arts & CultureTHE MORRISON THEATER COMPANYCOLORADO RAILROAD HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO RAILROAD HISTORICAL FOUNDA…GOLDEN PANTRY AND THRIFT INC: $138,650 · Food & NutritionGOLDEN PANTRY AND THRIFT INCGOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM INC: $60,750 · Food & NutritionGOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM INCGoFarm: $7,500 · Food & NutritionGOLDEN HISTORY MUSEUM & PARK: $30,000 · OtherGOLDEN HISTORY MUSEUM & P…CITY OF GOLDEN PUBLIC ART COMMISSION: $26,462 · OtherCITY OF GOLDEN PUBLIC ART…GOLDEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $16,234 · OtherGOLDEN CHAMBER OF COMMERC…AMERICAN LEGION-TAYLOR MILLER POST 21: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN LEGION-TAYLOR MI…RED ROCKS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $12,000 · OtherRED ROCKS COMMUNITY COLLE…THE SALVATION ARMY: $9,259 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYGOLDEN HISTORY MUSEUMS: $9,000 · OtherROTARY CLUB OF GOLDEN CO: $7,875 · OtherJEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $7,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF DINOSAUR RIDGE: $7,500 · OtherFriends of Foothills Animal Shelter: $15,000 · OtherFriends of Foothills Anim…PORCHLIGHT A FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER: $7,500 · Other+1 more: $5,449 · OtherGOLDEN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC: $76,750 · EducationGOLDEN HIGH…GOLDEN VISITORS CENTER CORPORATION DBA GOLDEN WELCOME CENTER: $25,000 · Community ImprovementNeighborhood Rehab Project: $14,000 · EnvironmentTHE COLORADO MOUNTAIN CLUB: $5,449 · EnvironmentVICTIM OUTREACH INC: $13,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY TREE INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$237,530Food & Nutrition$206,900Other$168,779Education$76,750Community Improvement$25,000Environment$19,449Human Services$18,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGOLDEN PANTRY AND THRIFT INC: $138,650 over 7y, 16% of budgetFOOTHILLS ART CENTER INC: $108,291 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetTHE MORRISON THEATER COMPANY: $94,239 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetGOLDEN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC: $76,750 over 1y, 68% of budgetGOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM INC: $60,750 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetCOLORADO RAILROAD HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGOLDEN VISITORS CENTER CORPORATION DBA GOLDEN WELCOME CENTER: $25,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetGOLDEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $16,234 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFriends of Foothills Animal Shelter: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION-TAYLOR MILLER POST 21: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetNeighborhood Rehab Project: $14,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetVICTIM OUTREACH INC: $13,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRED ROCKS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF GOLDEN CO: $7,875 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetGoFarm: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF DINOSAUR RIDGE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPORCHLIGHT A FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE COLORADO MOUNTAIN CLUB: $5,449 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY TREE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 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.

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 FoundationAnschutz Family Found…Catholic Health Initi…Gates Family Foundati…The Colorado Health F…Xcel Energy FoundationVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO36× affinity17 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 · Anschutz Family Foundation · Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado · Gates Family Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Golden Civic Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Golden Civic Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Golden Civic Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Golden Civic Foundation Inc 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.

    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 25 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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