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Jared Polis 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.

$500
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500
Largest
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Community Improvement$25kEducation$13kHealth$4kPhilanthropy$4kYouth Development$4kCivil Rights$2kEnvironment$2kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$500
02The need
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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 (FY18–20, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $54 → 5%COLORADO BOLD: $25k → 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.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17k · 11 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
21

Total granted

$17k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+61%

Still filing today

64%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’25
EducationCivil RightsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    4× · 2019–2025 · $4k · revenue +5%
  • IO
    IMPACT ON EDUCATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +213%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • CB
    COLORADO BOLD
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • JP
    JARED POLIS FOUNDATION FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $4k
  • TI
    TEENS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +65%
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.

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Public Education & Business Coalition

Every child deserves a great educator. pebc works across the nation to prepare outstanding new teachers, help practicing teachers and leaders become exceptional, and shape systems and policies in order to foster vibrant growth and lasting…

Education
2
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
3
Careerwise Colorado

Careerwise's mission is to forge pathways to meaningful careers through bold advocacy, innovative apprenticeships, and industry led partnerships, creating a dynamic talent ecosystem that connects ambition to opportunity for empowered young…

Education
4
Colorado Council On Economic Education

Our mission is to empower colorado students to achieve a lifetime of economic understanding and financial freedom. how will we achieve this mission? by providing economic and personal financial education to students through training…

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5
Cherry Creek Schools Foundation

The cherry creek schools foundation's mission is to enhance the educational experience and whole wellbeing of cherry creek school district students, staff, and families through community support that provides inclusive and innovative…

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6
The Colorado Education Initiative

See schedule o.cei's mission is to champion, empower, and ignite colorado leaders to deliver on the promise of public education to develop thriving young people and flourishing communities. cei's long-term vision is that all young people…

Arts & Culture
7
Colo Foundation for Water Education

Water education colorado ensures coloradans are informed on water issues and equipped to make decisions that guide our state to a sustainable water future.

Environment
8
Education Commission of the States

The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…

Education
9
Colorado Children's Campaign

The colorado children's campaign relentlessly champions the needs of children. we leverage data, research, and relationships to unapologetically advocate for kids, fighting for a brighter, more equitable future for every child in colorado.…

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10
Endeavor Colorado

Endeavor colorado is a not-for-profit leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in colorado to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in our region. high-impact…

Community Improvement
11
Parent Possible

We envision a colorado where every family is a thriving ecosystem of learning, laughing, and well-being. our mission is to equip parents with the tools and information to be their child's most valuable teacher, trainer, and mentor in life.

Education
12
The Campbell Institute

Children's institute's mission is to leverage research, practice, policy, and advocacy to shift systems toward justice for families so that all of oregon's children, prenatal to grade 5, have access to opportunity.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Impact On Education Inc; the most unlike its peers is Community Computer Connection 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

20 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. 20 of the 33 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLORADO BOLD: $25,000 · Human ServicesCOLORADO BOLD+1 more: $54 · Human ServicesJARED POLIS FOUNDATION FUND: $4,000 · OtherJARED POLIS FOUNDATION FUNDIMPACT ON EDUCATION INC: $3,185 · OtherIMPACT ON EDUCATION INCHEALTHY LEARNING PATHS INC: $2,250 · OtherHEALTHY LEARNING PATHS INCHISPANIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · OtherHISPANIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $1,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSCHOOL OF EDUCATION CU BOULDER: $1,000 · OtherSCHOOL OF EDUCATION CU BOULDEREDUCATION FOUNDATION ST VRAIN VALLEY: $1,000 · OtherEDUCATION FOUNDATION ST VRAIN VALLEYSUSTAINABLE RESILIENT LONGMONT: $750 · OtherTHINK LIKE A GENIUS FOUNDATION: $750 · Other+11 more: $1,758 · Other+11 moreThe Trustees of Princeton University: $3,500 · EducationThe Trust…EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY: $1,000 · EducationEDUCATION…GREAT EDUCATION COLORADO: $253 · EducationANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,000 · Civil RightsCONSERVATION COLORADO: $880 · Civil RightsROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $500 · Civil RightsTEENS INC: $1,100 · Youth DevelopmentINVEST IN KIDS: $750 · Youth DevelopmentBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthLIVING JOURNEYS: $812 · HealthMOTUS THEATER: $500 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$25,054Other$17,793Education$4,753Civil Rights$3,380Youth Development$1,850Health$1,812Arts & Culture$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLORADO BOLD: $25,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT ON EDUCATION INC: $3,185 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHEALTHY LEARNING PATHS INC: $2,250 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION COLORADO: $880 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING JOURNEYS: $812 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINVEST IN KIDS: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHINK LIKE A GENIUS FOUNDATION: $750 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPASSAGEWAYS INSTITUTE INC dba PASSAGEWORKS INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOTUS THEATER: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $325 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT EDUCATION COLORADO: $253 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $54 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COMPUTER CONNECTION INC: $43 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.

Rose Community Founda…The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…The Colorado Health F…Community Foundation …Mile High United Way …Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…Boettcher FoundationDaniels FundVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Rose Community FoundationCO27.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Mile High United Way Inc · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Boettcher Foundation · Daniels Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jared Polis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jared Polis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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How do I get to Jared Polis Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jared Polis Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 33 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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