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Heider Family Foundation Co Susan H Coleman

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$352k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$148k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.6MReligion$791kHuman Services$198kYouth Development$120kEnvironment$80kHealth$75kSocial Science$38kPhilanthropy$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $99k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $213k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 99% of reported assets are held in Berkshire Hathaway Cl A.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALL SOULS CATHOLIC PARISH$148,000
ALL SOULS CATHOLIC SCHOOL$65,000
ARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$30,000
BELLA HEALTH WELLNESS$25,000
SEEDS OF HOPE CHARITABLE TRUST$24,000
HOPE IGNITES COLORADO$20,000
SACRED HEART HOUSE$7,500
CATHOLIC SPORTS$5,000
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY$5,000
CHRIST IN THE CITY$5,000
FOCUS$5,000
EMMAUS CATHOLIC HOSPICE$5,000
CAMP WOJTYLA$2,500
ST SEBASTIAN PROJECT$2,500
PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $290k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LEARNING ALLY: $60k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $50k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $35k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $30k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $25k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $25k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $5k → 11%WARREN VILLAGE: $20k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $10k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $10k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $10k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $10k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 28 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
3

Total granted

$2.9M
$20k

Still filing today

50%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationReligionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • Learning Ally Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $230k · revenue +106%
  • CU
    Creighton University
    5× · 2017–2025 · $135k · revenue +48%
  • CO
    COLORADO OPEN LANDS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +215%

Funded once

  • BH
    BELLA HEALTH & WELLNESS
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • GA
    GUARDIAN ANGELS CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • ST
    ST THERESE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
St Anne's Episcopal School Inc

St. Anne's Episcopal School is a PK-8 independent school dedicated to fostering academic excellence, character development, and a strong sense of community, guided by our core values of community, curiosity, faith, compassion, and humility.

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2
Wichita Adore Ministries

Bringing souls face to face with the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Christ and forming missionaries of the New Evangelization. The organization has realized this mission by providing music and production services for worship events.

Religion
3
Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver

As the charitable arm of the archdiocese of denver and inspired by god's love and compassion, catholic charities extends the healing ministry of jesus christ to the poor and those in need. catholic charities of the archdiocese of denver…

Human Services
4
Annunciation Heights

Annunciation heights is a catholic youth and family camp nestled at the base of longs peak in the heart of colorado's majestic rocky mountains. we seek to glorify god by leading our guests into the depth and mystery of a personal…

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5
Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado

We make the healing presence of god known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.

Health
6
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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7
Avila University

Avila university, a catholic university sponsored by saint joseph educational ministries, a ministerial public juridic person of the catholic church (sjem), is a values-based community of learning providing liberal arts, professional,…

Education
8
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud

At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…

Human Services
9
Summit Classical Christian School

Summit Classical Christian School is a PreK-12 school that exists to cultivate generations of joyful disciples of Christ by partnering with faithful Christian families to educate their children from a Biblical worldview using classical…

Education
10
Halo Initiative for Catholic Education Inc

To work alongside our catholic schools office and the dallas community to strengthen, grow the impact of, and provide broad-based access to our k-8 catholic schools.

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11
Cherry Hills Christian School

Cherry Hills Christian School awakens the educational experience by preparing students to live fully for God in a rapidly changing world, knowing they are His masterpieces, uniquely designed for His purpose.

Education
12
Ascend College Prep

Ascend College Prep is a public high school for 10-12th grade students in Colorado Springs and the surrounding area. Our Mission is to "Prepare and inspire students to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens through rigorous…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seeds of Hope Charitable Trust; the most unlike its peers is Summit County Library Foundation. 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

18 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. 18 of the 36 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC FOUNDATION: $540,000 · OtherCATHOLIC FOUNDATIONARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $349,500 · OtherARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLALL SOULS SCHOOL: $281,715 · OtherALL SOULS SCHOOLALL SOULS CATHOLIC PARISH: $233,000 · OtherALL SOULS CATHOLIC PARISHSEEDS OF HOPE CHARITABLE TRUST: $216,000 · OtherSEEDS OF HOPE CHARITABLE TRUSTBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $185,000 · OtherBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPECATHOLIC CHARITIES: $92,500 · OtherALL SOULS CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $80,000 · Other+16 more: $364,098 · Other+16 moreLearning Ally Inc: $230,000 · Human ServicesLearning A…WARREN VILLAGE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesWARREN VIL…Creighton University: $135,000 · EducationSAINT SEBASTIAN PROJECT DENVER INC: $22,500 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCOLORADO OPEN LANDS: $80,000 · EnvironmentCATHOLIC SPORTS: $22,500 · ReligionCamp Wojtyla Inc: $22,500 · ReligionChrist in the City: $5,000 · ReligionENDOW: $37,500 · Social ScienceHAVEN OF HOPE: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $9,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,341,813Human Services$290,000Education$158,500Environment$80,000Religion$50,000Social Science$37,500Philanthropy$34,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLearning Ally Inc: $230,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSEEDS OF HOPE CHARITABLE TRUST: $216,000 over 9y, 7.8% of budgetCreighton University: $135,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO OPEN LANDS: $80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetENDOW: $37,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetHAVEN OF HOPE: $25,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCATHOLIC SPORTS: $22,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCamp Wojtyla Inc: $22,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSAINT SEBASTIAN PROJECT DENVER INC: $22,500 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetHOPE IGNITES COLORADO: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGED: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChrist in the City: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMIT COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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 Learning Ally Inc ↗
  • Who funds SEEDS OF HOPE CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Creighton University ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO OPEN LANDS ↗
  • Who funds WARREN VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds ENDOW ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC SPORTS ↗
  • Who funds Camp Wojtyla Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAINT SEBASTIAN PROJECT DENVER INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANGEL HEART ↗
  • Who funds Alternatives Pregnancy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGED ↗
  • Who funds Christ in the City ↗
  • Who funds DOMINICAN HOME HEALTH AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT COUNTY LIBRARY 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 Catholic Foundation No ColoradoCO26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Martin Family Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Daniels Fund · Mile High United Way Inc · Weckbaugh Foundation · JJP Family Foundation Inc · Jk Mullen Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · John & Florence Fortune Foundation · Saeman Family Foundation a Charitable Trust

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 Heider Family Foundation Co Susan H Coleman funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heider Family Foundation Co Susan H Coleman. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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