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Invest in Kids

INVEST IN KIDS partners with local communities to ensure the success of evidence-based programs that improve the health and well-being of colorado's youngest children and their families.

$615k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$151k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2025.

Health$2.6MHuman Services$1.7MEducation$572kYouth Development$104kReligion$35kCommunity Improvement$30k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 12 grants below total $598,226 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $615,478 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $17,252 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 · $26k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $73k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $499k
$30,330
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOLVISTA HEALTH$151,396
PARAGON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONNECTIO$146,531
SAVIO HOUSE$75,000
AURORA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER$66,377
SAN LUIS VALLEY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH G$59,706
BLOSSOMING TREES TO EMPOWER COMM$30,330
JEFFERSON CENTER$18,637
ARAPAHOE COUNTY EARLY CHILDHOOD$13,391
MUSLIM YOUTH FOR POSITIVE IMPACT$10,891
SHERIDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT$9,902
BRUSH PRESCHOOL$9,365
ADAMS COUNTY HEAD START$6,700
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 (FY18–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERS: $21k → 7%STRIVE: $18k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $19k → 11%TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $241k → 12%STERLING FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 15%PINON PROJECT: $7k → 15%EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERS: $18k → 7%STRIVE: $11k → 11%TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $193k → 12%STERLING FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $7k → 15%EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERS: $9k → 7%TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $149k → 12%SAVIO HOUSE: $370k → 12%SAVIO HOUSE: $312k → 12%SAVIO HOUSE: $175k → 12%SAVIO HOUSE: $75k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $8k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 12%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.9M · 28 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +47% since the first grant, against +20% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
7

Total granted

$4.9M
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+20%

Still filing today

71%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentReligionOther

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

  • AC
    AURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $719k · revenue +135%
  • AC
    ARAPAHOE COUNTY EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $162k · revenue +43%
  • MH
    Mental Health Center of Denver
    5× · 2018–2022 · $106k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA
    one grant, 2022 · $19k · revenue +20%
  • JE
    JEFFCO EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $18k · revenue +73%
  • WP
    WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2024 · $18k

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
Early Childhood Council of Boulder County

To expand and improve the comprehensive system of quality early childhood services for families in boulder county. the organization acts as the countywide convener for strategic planning for early childhood programs and services.

Human Services
2
Early Childhood Partnership of Adams Cou

Building a community where every young child, their family, and early childhood professional can reach their full potential.

Education
3
Community Partnership for Child Development

Cpcd's programs are based on the comprehensive head start model and are child and family-focused. cpcd adopts a two-generation approach that focuses on creating opportunities for, and addressing the needs of, both vulnerable young children…

Education
4
A Shared Vision Partners in Pediatric Blindness and Visual Imp

A Shared Vision educates, inspires, and empowers families to nurture the development of their young children who are blind or visually impaired. We provide early intervention vision services in families' homes and community settings…

Health
5
Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council

Cbhc's mission is to support community resilience, guide behavioral health innovation, and enhance individual well-being throughout colorado by supporting colorado's community behavioral health safety net providers.

Health
6
Southwest Colorado Mental Health Center Inc

To make a meaningful difference through healthcare innovation and caring for the whole person.

Health
7
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
8
Denver Early Childhood Council

The vision of denver's early childhood council (the "council") is that denver is a community where the diverse needs of all children and their families are supported. the council elevates the early childhood field through innovative and…

Education
9
Early Childhood Council of La Plata County Inc

The council's mission is to support families by increasing the availability, accessibility, and reliability of affordable, high quality, comprehensive services for all young children and families.

Education
10
La Vida Felicidad Inc

Life quality of children and families, adults, and seniors, through advocacy and individualized services in collaboration with community partnerships.

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11
Hope Center Inc

The organization provides childcare, preschool programs, gifted programs, vocational training, and therapy for the developmentally disabled.

Human Services
12
The Alliance for Community Wellness Dba La Familia Counseling Services

La Familia Counseling Service is an inclusive Latino community-based, multi-cultural organization committed to strengthening the emotional wellness of individuals and the preservation of families.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tennyson Center for Children At Colorado Christian Home and the most unlike its peers is Bayfield Early Education Programs 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 28 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%17%<5yr15%4%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr17%38%20–35yr12%13%35–55yr14%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%30%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr17%20%20–35yr12%18%35–55yr14%30%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 17% of your grantees by number, and just 30% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/35
the rest of the field
13%
2,401/17,915

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

25 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. 25 of the 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC — $718,695 · HealthAURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INCSan Luis Valley Community Mental Health Center — $693,706 · HealthSan Luis Valley Community Mental Health CenterPARAGON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS — $672,235 · HealthPARAGON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONNECTIONSWEST CENTRAL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA SOLVISTA HEALTH — $319,511 · HealthWEST CENTRAL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA SOLVISTA HEALTHMental Health Center of Denver — $106,196 · Health+3 more — $70,322 · HealthSAVIO HOUSE — $931,563 · Human ServicesSAVIO HOUSETENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN HOME — $582,943 · Human ServicesTENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORA…Broomfield Early Childhood Council — $72,512 · Human Services+6 more — $147,053 · Human Services+6 moreWESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $71,830 · OtherJT DISTRICT 28-J — $57,090 · OtherYWCA BOULDER COUNTY — $47,769 · OtherBLOSSOMING TREES — $30,330 · OtherBRUSH SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-B2-J — $23,320 · OtherSheridan School District — $21,707 · OtherJEFFCO EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION — $18,141 · OtherDELTA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 50J — $17,933 · OtherWESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $17,518 · OtherAdams County School District 14 — $17,116 · OtherManitou Springs School District 14 — $14,997 · Other+3 more — $24,576 · OtherARAPAHOE COUNTY EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL INC — $162,437 · EducationSeeds of Learning — $45,558 · EducationBAYFIELD EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS INC — $22,898 · EducationMUSLIM YOUTH FOR POSITIVE IMPACT — $94,346 · Youth DevelopmentCONNECTIONS 4 KIDS — $14,533 · Youth DevelopmentGROWING HOME INC — $34,974 · Religion
Health$2,580,665Human Services$1,734,071Other$362,327Education$230,893Youth Development$108,879Religion$34,974

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSAVIO HOUSE — $931,563 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetAURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC — $718,695 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSan Luis Valley Community Mental Health Center — $693,706 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPARAGON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS — $672,235 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetTENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN HOME — $582,943 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetWEST CENTRAL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA SOLVISTA HEALTH — $319,511 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetARAPAHOE COUNTY EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL INC — $162,437 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetMental Health Center of Denver — $106,196 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMUSLIM YOUTH FOR POSITIVE IMPACT — $94,346 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetBroomfield Early Childhood Council — $72,512 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetJEFFERSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH — $51,890 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERS INC — $48,895 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetYWCA BOULDER COUNTY — $47,769 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSeeds of Learning — $45,558 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetGROWING HOME INC — $34,974 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMESA DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES — $29,597 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER — $26,756 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetBAYFIELD EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS INC — $22,898 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA — $19,353 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJEFFCO EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION — $18,141 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC — $15,324 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTIONS 4 KIDS — $14,533 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetHILLTOP HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION — $10,340 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA KIDZ CLINIC — $8,092 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Pinon Project — $7,128 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…Caring for Colorado F…The Colorado Health F…The Denver FoundationRose Community Founda…Colorado Gives Founda…Mile High United Way …Trailhead InstituteParent PossibleEnergy Outreach Color…Early Milestones Colo…Colorado Garden Show …
Temple Hoyne Buell FoundationCO40× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Trailhead Institute · Parent Possible · Energy Outreach Colorado · Early Milestones Colorado · Colorado Garden Show Inc

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 Invest in Kids 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%3%6%10%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
    20report 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 37 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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