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Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2025
45
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,980,680
Organizations funded a year
36 to 91
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$26M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving42$3.9M17%
FY202445$3.3M36%
FY202336$3.6M17%
FY202240$3.4M33%
FY202150$3.3M32%
FY202091$3.7M55%
FY201958$2.8M40%
FY201844$2.8Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$17MInternational$1.9MArts & Culture$1.4MCrime & Legal$765kYouth Development$410kEnvironment$272kHealth$248kScience & Tech$229kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
DC
HI
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 117 grantees
All grantees of Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dsst Public Schools Foundation$9,877,800650%
Teach for America Inc$1,950,00060%
Colorado School of Mines Foundation$1,400,00071%
Casa of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties$960,000822%
Denver Scholarship Foundation$800,00081%
Bluff Lake Nature Center$681,50085%
World Bicycle Relief Nfp$640,00071%
Colorado Museum of Natural History$610,00070%
Peruvian Hearts$527,867822%
Red Rocks Community College Foundation$276,50065%
Lighthouse Writers Workshop Inc$265,00082%
The Friendship Bridge$261,00081%
Friends First Inc$245,00034%
Bridges to Prosperity Inc$222,99871%
Phamaly Theatre Company$213,00084%
Maia$212,50054%
Book Trust$210,00081%
Friends of Dinosaur Ridge$191,13564%
Access Gallery$120,00074%
Openworld Learning$120,000113%
Posner Center for International Development$116,75044%
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts$105,00085%
In Colorado Initiative for Inclusive Higher Education$104,668327%
Daring Girls$100,00044%
Walking Mountains$95,0003n/a
Art Students League of Denver$95,00081%
University of Northern Colorado Foundation$90,00050%
Museo de Las Americas$85,00071%
Donorschooseorg$75,00020%
Youth Employment Academy$70,00072%
Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers & Scientists$60,000215%
One Collective$55,00070%
Colorado Council of Black Nurses Inc$50,0005n/a
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver$40,00030%
Redline$40,00031%
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired$40,00040%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado Inc$40,00040%
Parkinson Association of the Rockies$30,97641%
Defenders of Wildlife$30,00050%
One Acre Fund$30,00030%
Wayfinder Family Services$30,00030%
Indiana University School of Medicine$27,1612n/a
Yale University$27,1611n/a
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$27,00040%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$27,00040%
Houston Christian University$25,36430%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$25,00030%
Feeding America$25,00010%
Washington University$25,00010%
Jeffco Action Center Inc the Action Center$20,00010%
Used Car Dealers of Colorado Charity Fund Inc$20,000210%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$20,00010%
Denver Rescue Mission$20,00010%
University of Idaho Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Nourish Meals on Wheels$20,00011%
Angels With Paws$20,00034%
Food Bank of the Rockies$20,00010%
Historic Wendover Airfield Inc$18,00024%
World Central Kitchen Inc$15,00020%
Haven of Hope$15,00011%
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc$15,00020%
Youth on Record$15,00021%
Wedontwaste Inc$15,00010%
Sobriety House Inc$15,00020%
Rocky Mountain Butterfly Consortium$15,00020%
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre Inc$15,00022%
The Feline Fix$15,00042%
Kolunga Village Foundation$14,5301n/a
Phoenix Multisport Inc$14,00020%
University of Denver$10,45010%
Family Promise of the Palouse Inc$10,00012%
Hope House of Colorado$10,00010%
Metro Caring$10,00010%
Swallow Hill Music Association$10,00010%
D3 Arts$10,00014%
Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation$10,00016%
Colorado Artists in Recovery$10,00013%
Denver Zoological Foundation$10,00010%
Bayaud Enterprises Inc$10,00010%
Orang Utan Republik Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Peace for DC$10,0001n/a
Best Kids Inc$10,00011%
Wildlife Conservation International$10,00011%
Metro Community Provider Network Inc$10,00010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence$10,00011%
Lutheran Social Services of Colorado$10,00010%
Team Rubicon Inc$10,00010%
Mile High United Way Inc$10,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$8,00020%
Nourish Colorado$7,00011%
Red Fern Animal Rescue$5,75022%
Yellowstone to Yukon$5,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$5,00010%
Colorado Pet Pantry$5,00011%
Martha's Table Inc$5,00010%
Race Forward$5,00010%
Idaho Humane Society Inc$5,00010%
Project Zawadi Inc$5,00011%
Indigenous Environmental Network$5,00010%
Fleet of Angels$5,00011%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,0001n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$5,00010%
Metrovolunteers$5,00010%
Wis Teq Neemit$5,0001n/a
Valley Meals and More$5,0001n/a
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
Latah Recovery Community Center Inc$5,00011%
Together Colorado$3,50010%
National Indigenous Womens Resource Center Inc$2,50010%
Davis Phinney Foundation$2,50010%
Community of Hope$2,50010%
The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc$2,50010%
International Rescue Committee INC$2,50010%
Wish for Wheels Inc$2,00010%
Colorado Cross Disability Coalition$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 108 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDsst Public Schools Foundation: $9,877,800 over 6y, 50% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,950,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetColorado School of Mines Foundation: $1,400,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCasa of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties: $960,000 over 8y, 22% of budgetDenver Scholarship Foundation: $800,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetBluff Lake Nature Center: $681,500 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetWorld Bicycle Relief Nfp: $640,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $610,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPeruvian Hearts: $527,867 over 8y, 22% of budgetRed Rocks Community College Foundation: $276,500 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetLighthouse Writers Workshop Inc: $265,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetThe Friendship Bridge: $261,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFriends First Inc: $245,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetBridges to Prosperity Inc: $222,998 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPhamaly Theatre Company: $213,000 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetMaia: $212,500 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetBook Trust: $210,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of Dinosaur Ridge: $191,135 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetAccess Gallery: $120,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetOpenworld Learning: $120,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPosner Center for International Development: $116,750 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetDowntown Aurora Visual Arts: $105,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetIn Colorado Initiative for Inclusive Higher Education: $104,668 over 3y, 27% of budgetDaring Girls: $100,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetArt Students League of Denver: $95,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Northern Colorado Foundation: $90,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMuseo de Las Americas: $85,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Employment Academy: $70,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetColorado Association of Black Professional Engineers & Scientists: $60,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetOne Collective: $55,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art Denver: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRedline: $40,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetParkinson Association of the Rockies: $30,976 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOne Acre Fund: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWayfinder Family Services: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Broadcasting of Colorado Inc: $27,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $27,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Christian University: $25,364 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJeffco Action Center Inc the Action Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUsed Car Dealers of Colorado Charity Fund Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 108.

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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 FoundationCO72.8× affinity47 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 · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Bonfils-Stanton Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Gates Family Foundation · Caring for Denver Foundation · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc

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.

Compare Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation with peer funders

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About Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation

How much does Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation give?
Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $3,907,138 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 91 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (74%), International (8%), Arts & Culture (6%).
Who are Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Dsst Public Schools Foundation ($9.9M), Teach for America Inc ($1.9M), Colorado School of Mines Foundation ($1.4M).
Does Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Rose Community Foundation.
Where is Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation based?
Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation is based in CO.

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 177 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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