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Imagis Foundation at a glance

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Imagis Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$620k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$407k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$1.5MCrime & Legal$126kPhilanthropy$106kHealth$56kReligion$10kInternational$3kAnimals$1k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $182k
  • $250k+1 grant · $407k
$56,182
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$407,435
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO FOUNDATION$126,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY$56,182
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION$20,000
BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Canine Partners of the Rockies: $1k → 10%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 7 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$1.6M
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+42%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationHealthReligionPhilanthropyCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $720k · revenue +93%
  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK
    2× · 2022–2024 · $81k · revenue +49%
  • CC
    CHERRY CREEK SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $30k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Colorado Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +42%
  • LA
    LAS AMERICAS IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -54%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
2
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
3
University of Northern Colorado Foundation

The foundation is entrusted to provide support and steward donations for the university of northern colorado.

Education
4
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
5
Colorado Fiscal Institute

To provide timely, credible and accessible analyses of fiscal and economic issues facing colorado to inform public policy debates and promote economic prosperity

Community Improvement
6
JEWISHColorado

We convene, connect, invest, and protect jewish life in colorado, israel, and around the world.

Philanthropy
7
Colorado Bar Association

To advance the science of jurisprudence, secure the more efficient administration of justice, encourage the adoption of proper legislation, advocate thorough and continuing legal education, uphold the honor and integrity of the bar,…

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8
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
9
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
10
Indiana University Foundation

The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) maximizes private philanthropic support for Indiana University by fostering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for (Continued…

Education
11
Colorado Water Trust

To restore water to colorado's rivers.

Environment
12
Denver Bar Association

To promote justice, its administration, and its availability to all sectors of society; to support and assist the membership in the delivery of legal services; to uphold the honor and dignity of the bar, and foster respect for the legal…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation Boulder County; the most unlike its peers is Siguiendo Los Pasos De Jesus Inc. 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 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC: $720,335 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INCUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $522,935 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONUniversity of Idaho Foundation Inc: $156,000 · EducationUniversity of Idaho Foundation Inc+1 more: $1,000 · EducationREGIS JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherCHERRY CREEK SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherLAS AMERICAS IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: $20,000 · Other+1 more: $2,500 · OtherRose Community Foundation: $100,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $81,182 · Civil RightsBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $30,960 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $25,000 · HealthJUDAISM YOUR WAY: $10,000 · ReligionCANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Education$1,400,270Other$127,500Philanthropy$105,500Civil Rights$81,182Health$55,960Religion$10,000Human Services$1,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC: $720,335 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $522,935 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Idaho Foundation Inc: $156,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRose Community Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $81,182 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $30,960 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHERRY CREEK SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetLAS AMERICAS IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJUDAISM YOUR WAY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOK TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSIGUIENDO LOS PASOS DE JESUS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Denver FoundationCO15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Imagis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Imagis Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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