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Gooding Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$178k
Granted FY2018
17
Grants FY2018
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Health$150kPublic Safety & Disaster$101kInternational$50kAnimals$23kHousing & Shelter$22kArts & Culture$15kRecreation & Sports$10kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2018 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k13 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$172k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA$100,000
WINDWALKERS$10,000
CO PUBLIC RADIO-WYCISK FELLOWSHIP$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$10,000
DENVER HOSPICE$5,000
SENSE OF SECURITY$5,000
HOSPICE OF HANCOCK COUNTY$5,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HORSE RESCUE$5,000
FACE THE CHALLENGE$5,000
BIRDS OF PREY FOUNDATION$5,000
PETAID COLORADO$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
FLAMENCO DENVER$4,500
DOUGLAS LAND CONSERVANCY$1,000
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $122k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%WINDWALKERS: $10k → 6%THE DENVER HOSPICE: $5k → 12%DENVER HOSPICE: $5k → 12%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER: $1k → 12%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER: $1k → 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.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$89k · 11 repeat orgs$242k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
3

Total granted

$89k
$111k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+55%

Still filing today

73%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterAnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • SO
    SENSE OF SECURITY INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +43%
  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN HORSE RESCUE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $8k · revenue +265%
  • FD
    FLAMENCO DENVER
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +216%

Funded once

  • RO
    RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +55%
  • US
    USC SWIM WITH MIKE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
Friends of the Dillon Ranger District

To engage our community and support the US Forest Service's Dillon Ranger District in stewardship through: adult and youth education and diverse volunteer programs, to preserve and enhance our public lands.

Environment
2
The Colorado Parks Foundation Inc
Recreation & Sports
3
Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado

Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado LDAR serves the public as a 501c3 tax exempt, non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of homeless and abandoned animals in Colorado and surrounding areas. We rescue, rehabilitate and find homes…

Animals
4
Colorado Horse Rescue

Our mission is to build a better future for horses by continuously reimagining what's possible and creating a reality where safe solutions exist for every horse.

Animals
5
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
6
Colorado Hunter Jumper Foundation
Education
7
Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue

Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue is a group of hardworking fosters and volunteers who work to save the lives of unwanted dogs and puppies around the Colorado area. We focus on the younger animals that, when dumped in a shelter, are often…

Animals
8
Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition
Health
9
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals
10
Denver Osteopathic Foundation
Health
11
Colorado Animal Rescue Inc

C.A.R.E's mission is practicing excellence in the animal care, education, and advocacy to connect pets to their people.

Animals
12
Dogs Unbroken

Dog Rescue Dogs Unbroken supports Colorado dogs at higher risk for euthanasia evaluating their behavioral stability and applying training methods appropriate for their needs. The goal of helping each dog learn to make good choices in…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Assistance League of Denver; the most unlike its peers is Rocky Mountain Horse Rescue. 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA: $100,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICAHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYBirds of Prey Foundation: $10,000 · OtherBirds of Prey FoundationFACE THE CHALLENGE INC: $10,000 · OtherFACE THE CHALLENGE INCHOSPICE OF HANCOCK COUNTY: $10,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF HANCOCK COUNTYUSC SWIM WITH MIKE: $10,000 · OtherUSC SWIM WITH MIKECO PUBLIC RADIO-WYCISK FELLOWSHIP: $10,000 · OtherCO PUBLIC RADIO-WYCISK FELLOWSHIP+4 more: $13,000 · Other+4 moreRAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesRAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATIONWINDWALKERS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING AND: $10,000 · Human ServicesWINDWALKERS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING…HOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 · InternationalTHE ROTARY FOU…SENSE OF SECURITY INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterROCKY MOUNTAIN HORSE RESCUE: $7,500 · AnimalsFLAMENCO DENVER: $5,000 · Arts & CultureDOUGLAS LAND CONSERVANCY: $2,000 · EnvironmentMountain Rescue Aspen Inc: $500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$183,000Human Services$122,000International$50,000Housing & Shelter$10,000Animals$7,500Arts & Culture$5,000Environment$2,000Public Safety & Disaster$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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirds of Prey Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFACE THE CHALLENGE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetWINDWALKERS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING AND: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENSE OF SECURITY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN HORSE RESCUE: $7,500 over 2y, 14% of budgetFLAMENCO DENVER: $5,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetPetaid Colorado: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetStep Denver: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDOUGLAS LAND CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMountain Rescue Aspen Inc: $500 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 FoundationLibertygives Foundati…Anschutz Family Found…Rose Community Founda…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Colorado Gives FoundationCO24.4× affinity10 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 · Libertygives Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 21 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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