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Harry W Rabb Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.1M
Granted FY2020
7
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$650k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2020.

Human Services$727kReligion$703kEducation$679kPhilanthropy$75kHealth$71kAnimals$56kCivil Rights$25kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2020 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.9M
$75,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHALOM PARK$650,000
JEWISH COLORADO$650,000
DENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$650,000
ZARLENGO FOUNDATION$75,000
FIRST LIBERTY$25,000
THE DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE$25,000
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH$6,947
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 (FY17–20, $724k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Forward Steps: $3k → 7%Seniors Resource Center: $4k → 12%Forward Steps: $2k → 7%Seniors Resource Center: $4k → 12%Family Tree Inc: $3k → 7%SHALOM PARK: $650k → 8%INTERNATIONAL HEARING DOG: $5k → 10%Family Tree Inc: $3k → 7%Shalom Cares: $3k → 8%International Hearing Dog: $3k → 10%International Hearing Dog: $3k → 10%DENVER HOSPICE: $10k → 12%Jewish Family Service: $3k → 12%Laradon: $2k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $9k → 12%Safehouse Denver: $5k → 12%Safehouse Denver: $5k → 12%Warren Village: $4k → 12%Warren Village: $4k → 12%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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$862k · 18 repeat orgs$800k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +69% since the first grant, against +38% for the ones you funded once.

18 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2020, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
9

Total granted

$862k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+38%

Still filing today

67%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $757k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesAnimalsCrime & LegalHealthEducationRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • DD
    DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE
    3× · 2017–2020 · $31k · revenue +254%
  • SO
    SAVE OUR YOUTH INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $20k · revenue +45%
  • SD
    SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $19k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • HO
    HOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -15%
  • EF
    EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THE COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -32%
  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -8%

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
Lutheran Social Services of Colorado

Rooted in the values of kindness, dignity and social justice, lfsrm strenghtens communities by providing support, guidance, and resource coordination to individuals and families throughout the rocky mountain region.

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2
Colorado Health Institute
Health
3
Rocky Mountain Human Services

We embrace the power of community to support individuals and families in creating their future. we do this by: simplifying access, celebrating individuality, and bridging communities.

Human Services
4
Denver Children's Home

Denver children's home restores hope and health to traumatized children and families through a comprehensive array of therapeutic, educational, and community-based services.

Health
5
Mental Health Center of Denver

We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Health
6
Childsafe Colorado Inc

Mission: our mission is to break the cycle and heal the childhood trauma resulting from abuse and neglect with specialized treatment, education and community outreach. we believe in a comprehensive, community-based approach to the problem…

Crime & Legal
7
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
8
Colorado Cross Disability Coalition

To advocate for social justice for people with all types of disabilities.

—
9
Urban Peak Denver

Urban peak helps youth experiencing homelessness and youth at risk of becoming homeless overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults.

Housing & Shelter
10
Colorado Dream Foundation

We partner with youth and their families as they successfully navigate school, college, and career by providing a holistic academic, social, and emotional program from elementary school through college, along with post-secondary…

—
11
Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition
Health
12
Hilltop Health Services Corporation

Hilltop community resources is dedicated to building a community where everyone belongs. our tailored programs address the unique needs of individuals and families, from behavioral health support and intimate partner violence services to…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Laradon Hall Society for Exceptional Children and Adults and the most unlike its peers is National Mill Dog Rescue. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAlternative K-12 SchoolsAffordable Housing Developm…Health Systems CollaborationHomeless Services & Recover…Environmental Advocacy Orga…Animal Rescue and AdoptionYouth Leadership DevelopmentTrauma-Informed Child Servi…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr17%12%20–35yr12%48%35–55yr17%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%2%10–20yr17%59%20–35yr12%34%35–55yr17%2%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/26
the rest of the field
13%
1,338/10,128

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

26 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. 26 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JEWISHColorado — $703,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISHColoradoZarlengo Foundation — $75,000 · PhilanthropyZarlengo FoundationSHALOM PARK — $652,500 · Human ServicesSHALOM PARK+9 more — $71,000 · Human Services+9 moreDENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL — $650,000 · EducationDENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL+1 more — $10,000 · EducationSACRED HEART HOUSE — $16,000 · OtherEducation Foundation Inc — $13,000 · OtherMOUNT ST VINCENT HOME INC — $13,000 · OtherNational Jewish Medical Ctr — $12,000 · OtherRocky Mtn MS Center — $10,000 · OtherROCKY MOUNTAIN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTER — $10,000 · OtherLearning Ally — $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $6,000 · OtherCOLORADO CENTER FOR THE BLIND — $15,000 · OtherNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH — $6,947 · OtherNational Mill Dog Rescue — $11,000 · Other+2 more — $4,000 · OtherDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE — $31,000 · AnimalsMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION — $3,000 · AnimalsFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE — $25,000 · Civil RightsSAVE OUR YOUTH INC — $20,000 · Crime & LegalCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES — $2,000 · Crime & Legal
Philanthropy$778,000Human Services$723,500Education$660,000Other$122,947Animals$34,000Civil Rights$25,000Crime & Legal$22,000

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 budgetJEWISHColorado — $703,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetSHALOM PARK — $652,500 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetDENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL — $650,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetZarlengo Foundation — $75,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE — $31,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAVE OUR YOUTH INC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSAFEHOUSE DENVER INC — $19,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOLORADO CENTER FOR THE BLIND — $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNT ST VINCENT HOME INC — $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPARAGON SERVICE DOGS — $11,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNational Mill Dog Rescue — $11,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THE COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD — $10,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSENIORS' RESOURCE CENTER INC — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC — $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH — $6,947 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY TREE INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetForward Steps Foundation — $4,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND ADULTS — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationHill Foundation Wells…Rose Community Founda…The Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …The Anschutz Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationRose FoundationSchlessman Foundation…Nextfifty InitiativeAnschutz Family Found…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO33.4× affinity15 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 · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Anschutz Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Rose Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Nextfifty Initiative · Anschutz Family 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 Harry W Rabb Foundation 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%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 32 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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