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Herbert E Parker Char at a glance

· Private foundation

Herbert E Parker Char

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$79kEducation$38kRecreation & Sports$38kYouth Development$13kArts & Culture$13kHuman Services$11k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$542k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADVANCED CANCER CARE RESEARCH FOUNDATION$7,500
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC$7,500
THERE WITH CARE$5,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO$5,000
DENVER CHILDRENS HOME$5,000
WAPIYAPI$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%WINDWALKERS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING: $5k → 6%THERE WITH CARE: $6k → 12%THERE WITH CARE: $5k → 12%LARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHI: $10k → 12%LARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHI: $10k → 12%LARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHI: $10k → 12%LARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHI: $5k → 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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$121k · 8 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
10

Total granted

$121k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+5%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LH
    LARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND ADULTS
    4× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +36%
  • NS
    NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $18k · revenue +102%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO
    3× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • TG
    The Girls Athletic Leadership School of Denver
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +5%
  • CS
    COLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +6%
  • FS
    FAMILY STAR INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue 0%
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
Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children

Part i and part iii, line 1: anchor center for blind children is a nationally recognized leader in teaching children with vision, cortical visual, dual sensory (vision and hearing), and co-occurring disabilities during their most formative…

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2
The Rise School of Denver

The purpose of the Rise School of Denver is to provide the highest quality inclusive early childhood education and therapy for children with and without developmental disabilities. We do this by providing exemplary school- and clinic-based…

Education
3
Denver Police Activities League Inc

The denver police activities league's (pal) mission is to create strong communities by providing under-resourced children with opportunities, exposure, and experiences with the intent of changing young people's lives in a positive way.

Youth Development
4
Colorado Wellness Center for Girls
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5
Developmental Fx Developmental & Fragile X Resource

The mission of dfx is to prepare children with developmental differences for a bright future of engaged belonging by equipping them, their families, therapists, and teachers via innovative programming in colorado and around the world.

Health
6
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
7
Mount St Vincent Home Inc

As part of intermountain health, mount saint vincent partners with children and families to heal beyond trauma into a healthy and hopeful future.

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8
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
9
Little Keswick Education Corporation

Keswick school was founded in 1963 as little keswick school by bob and libby wilson, two local public school teachers who started the school on their 25 acre farm (little keswick farm) outside of charlottesville, va. initially a summer…

Education
10
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc

To provide club members with a safe, supportive, fun, and enriching environment that inspires and empowers them to achieve their greatest potential. bgcmd accomplishes this mission with a foundational social- emotional learning approach…

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11
Sewall Child Development Center

Sewall child development center provides inclusive and joyful learning environments.

Education
12
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School

The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Children's Home; the most unlike its peers is Windwalkers Equine Assisted Learning and. 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLCOLORADO DREAM FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCOLORADO DREAM FOUNDATIONADVANCED CANCER CARE & RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $7,500 · OtherADVANCED CANCER CARE & RESEARCH…GIGIS PLAYHOUSE INC: $7,500 · OtherGIGIS PLAYHOUSE INCTINY TIM LEARNING CENTER: $5,000 · OtherTINY TIM LEARNING CENTERCO INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS: $5,000 · OtherCO INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL P…LARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEPTIONAL: $5,000 · OtherLARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEPT…BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF CO INC: $3,000 · OtherBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF CO …LARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $35,000 · Human ServicesLARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEP…THERE WITH CARE: $11,000 · Human ServicesTHERE WITH CAREWINDWALKERS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING AND: $5,000 · Human ServicesWINDWALKERS EQUINE ASSISTED LE…NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $17,500 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER…SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS COLOR…WAPIYAPI: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsWAPIYAPIDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $15,000 · HealthDENVER CHILDR…THE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthTHE MORGAN AD…Special Kids-Special Families Inc: $3,000 · HealthSpecial Kids-…The Girls Athletic Leadership School of Denver: $7,500 · EducationFAMILY STAR INC: $5,000 · EducationBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$53,000Human Services$51,000Recreation & Sports$37,500Health$23,000Education$12,500Youth Development$7,500Arts & Culture$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLARADON HALL SOCIETY FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHERE WITH CARE: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOLORADO DREAM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Girls Athletic Leadership School of Denver: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY STAR INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWINDWALKERS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING AND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWAPIYAPI: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSpecial Kids-Special Families Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 FoundationMile High United Way …Rose Community Founda…Hill Foundation Wells…The Anschutz Foundati…The Colorado Health F…Madigan Edward Fdn TuwThe Denver Children's…Daniels FundEl Pomar FoundationXcel Energy Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO30.1× affinity13 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 · Mile High United Way Inc · Rose Community Foundation · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · The Anschutz Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Madigan Edward Fdn Tuw · The Denver Children's Foundation · Daniels Fund · El Pomar Foundation · Xcel Energy 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 Herbert E Parker Char funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herbert E Parker Char. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 21 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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