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Grace Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Grace Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$122k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$560kArts & Culture$524kEnvironment$167kReligion$95kInternational$60kHealth$50kHuman Services$49kAnimals$41kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DENVER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FRIENDS FOUNDATION$60,000
ARROYO SECO LIVE INC$15,000
DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$10,000
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH$10,000
FROM THE HEART PRODUCTIONS INC$5,000
MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES INC$5,000
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS$5,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN COLORADO$5,000
INDY YOGA MOVEMENT INC$5,000
THE PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC$2,000
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 (FY18–24, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BRIDGE HOUSE INC: $3k → 9%BRIDGE HOUSE INC: $3k → 9%FISH OF SANCAP INC: $25k → 11%BRIDGE HOUSE INC: $3k → 9%INDY YOGA MOVEMENT INC: $5k → 5%WHEELER MISSION INC: $1k → 16%INDY YOGA MOVEMENT INC: $5k → 5%INDY YOGA MOVEMENT INC: $5k → 5%FISH OF SANCAP INC: $3k → 11%NOT FORGOTTEN OUTREACH INC: $1k → 18%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

MT
IL
NY
NV
IN
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
TN
SC
HI
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 35 repeat orgs$320k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
65

Total granted

$1.3M
$305k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+35%

Still filing today

63%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • Culver Educational Foundation
    6× · 2017–2022 · $75k · revenue +73%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $50k · revenue +89%
  • SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $49k · revenue +143%

Funded once

  • E
    EIYU
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • IA
    INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +143%
  • II
    IAYV Inc
    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
Site Santa Fe

Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.

Arts & Culture
2
Field Institute of Taos

Provide opportunities for children and adults to participate in outdoor field-oriented education in natural science programs.

Recreation & Sports
3
Tucson Audubon Society

Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.

Animals
4
Taos County Economic Development Corp

The organization was formed in 1987. Its mission is "supporting land, food, water, and the cultures" of the people of northern New Mexico through the design and implementation of community and economic development programs and projects.

Community Improvement
5
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
6
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
7
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
8
The Mountain Institute Inc

Advance the well- being of mountain people and conservation of mountain environments.

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9
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
10
Animal Protection New Mexico Inc (Apnm)Foundation

The organization operates exclusively for the benefit and support of animal protection new mexico, which seeks to educate the public about and advocates campaigns that prevent cruelty to animals.

Animals
11
Rocky Mountain Field Institute Inc

Rocky Mountain Field Institute conserves and protects public lands in Southern Colorado through volunteer-based trail and restoration projects, environmental education, and restoration research.

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12
Colorado Headwaters Land Trust

To conserve and steward the open lands and natural character of the headwaters of the colorado river in partnership with the local community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Taos Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Paul Sherwen Project 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

57 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. 57 of the 106 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
38/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DENVER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $254,000 · OtherDENVER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FRIENDS FOUNDATIONARROYO SECO LIVE: $232,000 · OtherARROYO SECO LIVECLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE COMPANY: $60,000 · OtherHOLY TRINITY CHURCH: $45,000 · OtherBREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $40,000 · Other+71 more: $497,250 · Other+71 moreSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $48,500 · EnvironmentTAOS LAND TRUST: $25,000 · EnvironmentLake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund Inc: $20,500 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $12,500 · EnvironmentLAKE MAXINKUCKEE ASSOCIATION INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentHALEAKALA CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentINDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureIAYV Inc: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFrom The Heart Productions: $18,500 · Arts & CultureDavis Contemporary Dance Company: $17,500 · Arts & CultureBARRIER ISLAND GROUP FOR THE ARTS: $15,000 · Arts & CultureThe Paseo Project Inc: $14,000 · Arts & CultureThe Harwood Museum Alliance Inc: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE TAOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 · PhilanthropyDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPAUL SHERWEN PROJECT INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyCulver Educational Foundation: $75,000 · EducationMaui Huliau Foundation: $5,000 · EducationORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $50,000 · InternationalProject Heal Foundation Inc: $2,500 · InternationalRIPPLE EFFECT IMAGES: $2,500 · InternationalFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $27,500 · Human ServicesINDY YOGA MOVEMENT: $15,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGE HOUSE INC: $7,500 · Human Services+2 more: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$1,128,250Environment$124,500Arts & Culture$110,000Philanthropy$89,500Education$85,000International$55,000Human Services$52,000

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 budgetCulver Educational Foundation: $75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $48,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Harwood Museum Alliance Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetMISSIONARY ENTERPRISES INC: $32,500 over 5y, 15% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE TAOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTAOS LAND TRUST: $25,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund Inc: $20,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $18,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDavis Contemporary Dance Company: $17,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetINDY YOGA MOVEMENT: $15,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetBARRIER ISLAND GROUP FOR THE ARTS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Paseo Project Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE MAXINKUCKEE ASSOCIATION INC: $12,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetGolden Willow Retreat Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGE HOUSE INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBABY2BABY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL SHERWEN PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMaui Huliau Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNAMI National: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORCHARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO CARING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetProject Heal Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRIPPLE EFFECT IMAGES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSearch and Rescue Taos Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF TAOS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRivers & Birds Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTRUE KIDS 1: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOT FORGOTTEN OUTREACH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Culver Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Harwood Museum Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TAOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TAOS LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds IAYV Inc ↗
  • Who funds From The Heart Productions ↗
  • Who funds Davis Contemporary Dance Company ↗
  • Who funds INDY YOGA MOVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds BARRIER ISLAND GROUP FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds The Paseo Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds LAKE MAXINKUCKEE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Golden Willow Retreat Inc ↗
  • Who funds DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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.

The Taos Community Fo…Lor Foundation IncReed Family Foundatio…Planet in Peace Found…Los Alamos National L…The Moore Charitable …Marshall L and Perrin…Santa Fe Community Fo…JF Maddox FoundationNew Mexico Community …Budd Family FoundationRobert T Keeler Found…
The Taos Community Foundation IncNM34.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Taos Community Foundation Inc · Lor Foundation Inc · Reed Family Foundation Inc · Planet in Peace Foundation · Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation · The Moore Charitable Foundation Inc · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · Santa Fe Community Foundation · JF Maddox Foundation · New Mexico Community Foundation · Budd Family Foundation · Robert T Keeler 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 Grace Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grace Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Bridge House Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
10report 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 106 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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