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H Chase Stone Trust B Xxxxx5009

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$190k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2025.

Arts & Culture$1.2MPhilanthropy$85kEducation$40kAnimals$40kCivil Rights$38kHuman Services$7k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$18,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WORLD WARII AVIATION$55,000
COLORADO SPRINGS CONSERVATORY$25,000
COLORADO SPRINGS PIONEERS MUSEUM$20,000
Colorado Springs Philharmonic$20,000
ART SONG COLORADO$18,000
CONCRETE COUCH$15,000
COLORADO SPRINGS YOUTH SYMPHONY$15,000
YOUTH DOCUMENTARY ACADEMY$12,458
MANITOU ART THEATER$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%COLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS I: $7k → 9%PIKES PEAK PRIDE: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.0M · 15 repeat orgs$291k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +22% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
19

Total granted

$1.0M
$236k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+11%

Still filing today

73%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CS
    COLORADO SPRINGS CONSERVATORY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $235k · revenue +101%
  • CS
    COLORADO SPRINGS PIONEERS MUSEUM
    5× · 2019–2025 · $105k · revenue +80%
  • TC
    The Chamber Orchestra of the Springs
    3× · 2018–2023 · $65k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • CM
    CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO
    one grant, 2021 · $40k
  • CS
    Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestragraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $28k · revenue +27%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +40%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fort Collins Symphony Association

Providing entertainment and education through the production of high-quality orchestral music.

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2
Colorado Jazz Ambassadors
Arts & Culture
3
Colorado Springs Philharmonic Foundation

To raise funds and acquire assets, both real and personal, that will provide financial assistance to the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra.

Arts & Culture
4
The Center for the Arts

The center for arts, a home for arts and culture, offers engaging opportunities and educational experiences to enrich and expand the life of our community.

Arts & Culture
5
Canyon Concert Ballet

Promotion of ballet and other types of dance throughout the community, by offering dance classes and performances.

Arts & Culture
6
Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau

Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau's, now doing business as Visit Colorado Springs (VCOS), primary exempt purpose is promotion of the Pikes Peak Region. VCOS is designed to stimulate the visitor industry in the Pikes Peak…

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7
Colorado Children's Chorale

The mission of the colorado children's chorale is to share professional choral music with the global community by training excellent young performers.

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
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…

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10
Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts

To inspire and connect community members of all ages by providing access to the best of the world's music through education and performance.

Arts & Culture
11
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
12
Colorado Chamber Players Incorporated

The Colorado Chamber Players presents public private and outreach concerts as well as education through coaching and classroom instruction

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Springs Conservatory Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Chamber Music With the Veronika String Quartet Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%9%<5yr16%4%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr16%39%20–35yr10%13%35–55yr12%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%4%<5yr16%3%5–10yr20%20%10–20yr16%61%20–35yr10%9%35–55yr12%4%55yr+

The field is 27% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/29
the rest of the field
14%
487/3,594

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COLORADO SPRINGS CONSERVATORY FOUNDATION — $234,700 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO SPRINGS CONSERVATORY FOUNDATIONColorado Springs Community Ventures Inc — $217,500 · Arts & CultureColorado Springs Community Ventures IncCOLORADO SPRINGS PIONEERS MUSEUM — $105,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO SPRINGS PIONEERS MUSEUMMANITOU ART THEATRE — $55,000 · Arts & CultureMANITOU ART THEATRENATIONAL MUSEUM OF WORLD WAR II AVIATION INC — $55,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WORLD WAR II AVIATION INCHistoric Manitou Springs Inc — $40,000 · Arts & CultureCONCRETE COUCH — $30,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more — $114,226 · Arts & Culture+10 moreCOLORADO SPRINGS PHILHARMONIC — $90,000 · OtherCOLORADO SPRINGS PHILHARMON…The Chamber Orchestra of the Springs — $65,000 · OtherThe Chamber Orchestra of th…CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO — $40,000 · OtherCHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOOART SONG COLORADO — $36,000 · OtherART SONG COLORADOCOLORADO SPRINGS YOUTH SYMPHONY — $25,000 · OtherCOLORADO SPRINGS YOUTH SYMP…ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCASTING — $25,000 · OtherROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROAD…GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS — $20,000 · OtherGRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS+5 more — $35,000 · Other+5 morePIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $85,000 · PhilanthropyYouth Documentary Academy — $32,458 · Youth DevelopmentUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $25,000 · EducationTHE COLORADO COLLEGE — $5,000 · EducationCASA of the Pikes Peak Region — $27,500 · Civil RightsPIKES PEAK PRIDE — $10,000 · Human ServicesCOLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC — $6,500 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$851,426Other$336,000Philanthropy$85,000Youth Development$32,458Education$30,000Civil Rights$27,500Human Services$16,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOLORADO SPRINGS CONSERVATORY FOUNDATION — $234,700 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetColorado Springs Community Ventures Inc — $217,500 over 7y, 26% of budgetCOLORADO SPRINGS PIONEERS MUSEUM — $105,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetPIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $85,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Chamber Orchestra of the Springs — $65,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetMANITOU ART THEATRE — $55,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetHistoric Manitou Springs Inc — $40,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetYouth Documentary Academy — $32,458 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetCONCRETE COUCH — $30,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetColorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra — $28,226 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCASA of the Pikes Peak Region — $27,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOTTONWOOD ARTISTS' SCHOOL — $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOLORADO SPRINGS CHILDREN'S CHORALE — $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetColorado Vocal Arts Ensemble — $10,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC WITH THE VERONIKA STRING QUARTET INC — $10,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetOpera Theatre of the Rockies — $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetPIKES PEAK PRIDE — $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCULTURAL OFFICE OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC — $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN MUSEUM OF MINING & INDUSTRY — $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLORADO SPRINGS CHORAL SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Bee Vradenburg Founda…El Pomar FoundationThe Joseph Henry Edmo…Pikes Peak Community …INDYGIVE DBA Give Pik…The Buettner Family F…Dusty and Katherine L…Colorado Springs Heal…The Hester E & Edwin …Ent Credit UnionKirkpatrick Family Af…Colorado Gives Founda…
Bee Vradenburg FoundationCO39× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bee Vradenburg Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak · The Buettner Family Foundation · Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · The Hester E & Edwin W Giddings Foundation · Ent Credit Union · Kirkpatrick Family Affiliated Fund of Occf Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization H Chase Stone Trust B Xxxxx5009 funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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