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Harry W Rabb Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

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 (FY17–20, $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 its 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
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +38% for those 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
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

  • 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%
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
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.

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Laradon Hall Society for Exceptional Children and Adults; 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.
04the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 32 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.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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
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 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

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

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no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's 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
    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 32 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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