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International Association of Lions 3602

To serve and support the local community, promote social union, and encourage civic participation by doing the most good for the most people.

$156k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0171% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$194kHealth$133kPhilanthropy$126kRecreation & Sports$115kArts & Culture$53kFood & Nutrition$45kHuman Services$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$16kYouth Development$10kOther$289k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 8 grants below total $128,950 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $155,866 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $26,916 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $107k
$16,950
Median grant
1
States reached
$245k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSEUMS OF WESTERN COLORADO$30,000
MARILLAC HEALTH$25,000
COLORADO DISCOVER ABILITY$25,000
MESA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 51$16,950
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$10,000
GV EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING$8,500
GRAND MESA LITTLE LEAGUE$7,500
HOPEWEST$6,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MESA COUNTY PARTNERS: $10k → 11%MESA YOUTH SERVICES: $8k → 11%COUNSELING AND EDUCATION CENTER: $7k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$483k · 12 repeat orgs$425k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +67% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

12 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
29

Total granted

$483k
$362k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+14%

Still filing today

83%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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
Recreation & SportsEducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MC
    MARILLAC CLINIC INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +56%
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    4× · 2019–2025 · $33k · revenue +190%
  • LL
    LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC
    3× · 2018–2025 · $32k · revenue +149%

Funded once

  • CH
    Community Hospital Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $45k · revenue -25%
  • LV
    LOWER VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT
    one grant, 2023 · $45k
  • GB
    GJ BLACKOUT
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -2%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Grand Junction Economic Partnership

The mission of the grand junction economic partnership is to generate high quality economic development by attracting business and quality jobs to mesa county, colorado.

Community Improvement
2
Mesa County Land Conservancy Inc

To protect and enhance agricultural land, wildlife habitat and scenic lands in western colorado to benefit the community at large, enrich lives, and provide opportunities for outdoor recreation for future generations.

Environment
3
Colorado Mountain Bike Association

COMBA is dedicated to protecting and improving mountain biking on the Colorado Front Range.

Recreation & Sports
4
Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado

To develop and increase charitable giving that connects donors to community needs in Southwest Colorado and to support the nonprofit sector through granting and educational opportunities.

Philanthropy
5
The Colorado State Fair Foundation

To enhance youth programming, education and experiences at the colorado state fair.

Arts & Culture
6
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
7
San Juan Mountains Association

To empower visitors and locals to explore, learn about and protect the spectacular public lands of Southwest Colorado.

Environment
8
Mesa County Business Education Foundation

Education for youth throughout mesa county, co

Education
9
United Way of Mesa County Inc

To meet human service needs

Philanthropy
10
Columbine Community Foundation

The Grand Foundation is a philanthropic organization serving all of Grand County, Colorado. The Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in Grand County by proactively addressing current and future needs in the areas of Health &…

Philanthropy
11
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
12
Colorado Civic Education

Educate the general public about important policy issues.

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Little League Baseball Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%3%<5yr16%9%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr13%33%20–35yr12%21%35–55yr16%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%3%<5yr16%10%5–10yr19%26%10–20yr13%32%20–35yr12%13%35–55yr16%17%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/45
the rest of the field
14%
96/711

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
19/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 51 — $98,676 · OtherMESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 51LOWER VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT — $44,982 · OtherLOWER VALLEY FIRE DISTRICTCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $32,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOOD BANKCITY OF GRAND JUNCTION - BOND — $20,355 · OtherCITY OF GRAND JUNCTION - BONDKARIS INC — $17,500 · OtherWestern Colorado Drag Racing Assn Inc — $16,000 · OtherCOLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION — $15,000 · OtherMESA YOUTH SERVICES INC — $17,500 · OtherHopeWest — $16,000 · Other+13 more — $71,217 · Other+13 moreCOLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $66,348 · EducationCOLORADO MESA UNIVERS…DISTRICT 51 FOUNDATION — $64,415 · EducationDISTRICT 51 FOUNDATIO…RIVERSIDE EDUCATIONAL CENTER — $29,500 · EducationRIVERSIDE EDUCATIONAL…MESA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · EducationMESA COUNTY PUBLIC LI…GRAND VALLEY EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING CENTER — $8,500 · EducationMARILLAC CLINIC INC — $75,000 · HealthMARILLAC CLINI…Community Hospital Foundation — $45,000 · HealthCommunity Hosp…HILLTOP HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION — $7,500 · HealthHILLTOP HEALTH…ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIONS EYE BANK — $5,000 · HealthWESTERN COLORADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $105,780 · PhilanthropyWESTERN COLORA…HARMONY ACRES EQUESTRIAN CENTER — $20,000 · PhilanthropyHARMONY ACRES …LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC — $31,500 · Recreation & SportsLITTLE LEAGU…GJ BLACKOUT — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsGJ BLACKOUTCOLORADO DISCOVER ABILITY — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsCOLORADO DIS…Camp Hope Inc — $11,000 · Recreation & SportsCamp Hope In…GRAND JUNCTION SOCCER CLUB — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsGRAND JUNCTI…SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $6,000 · Recreation & SportsGRAND VALLEY YOUTH FOOTBALL INC — $6,000 · Recreation & SportsMUSEUM OF WESTERN COLORADO INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureEUREKA MCCONNELL SCIENCE MUSEUM — $15,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO COMPANY — $7,500 · Arts & CultureClifton Christian Church Food Bank — $25,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $20,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$349,730Education$193,763Health$132,500Philanthropy$125,780Recreation & Sports$114,500Arts & Culture$52,500Food & Nutrition$45,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWESTERN COLORADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $105,780 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMARILLAC CLINIC INC — $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $66,348 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDISTRICT 51 FOUNDATION — $64,415 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetCommunity Hospital Foundation — $45,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $32,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetLITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC — $31,500 over 3y, 19% of budgetRIVERSIDE EDUCATIONAL CENTER — $29,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGJ BLACKOUT — $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMESA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetClifton Christian Church Food Bank — $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetCOLORADO DISCOVER ABILITY — $25,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARMONY ACRES EQUESTRIAN CENTER — $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMESA YOUTH SERVICES INC — $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKARIS INC — $17,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHopeWest — $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Colorado Drag Racing Assn Inc — $16,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCOLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION — $15,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetCamp Hope Inc — $11,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetMESA YOUTH SERVICES FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetWestern Slope Center For Children — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKIDS AID KIDS AID — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGRAND VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO COMPANY — $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHILLTOP HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ENRICHED COMMUNICATION — $7,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND VALLEY YOUTH FOOTBALL INC — $6,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN LIONS EYE BANK — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND MESA NORDIC COUNCIL INC — $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Western Colorado Comm…Colorado Gives Founda…Rocky Mountain Health…United Way of Mesa Co…The Goodwin FoundationEl Pomar FoundationSt Mary's Hospital & …Gates Family Foundati…Bacon Family Foundati…Anschutz Family Found…Thrift Shop of Fruita…Gary and Colettie Cra…
Western Colorado Community Foundation IncCO66.7× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · United Way of Mesa County Inc · The Goodwin Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · St Mary's Hospital & Medical Center Inc · Gates Family Foundation · Bacon Family Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Thrift Shop of Fruita Inc · Gary and Colettie Cranston Family Charitable Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization International Association of Lions 3602 funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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