· Private foundation
John and Vivian Sabel Family
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF DENVER | $10,000 |
| DENVER HEALTH FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE | $5,000 |
| DENVER BALLET GUILD | $2,800 |
| FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES | $2,750 |
| ARCS FOUNDATION | $750 |
| DENVER ART MUSEUM | $550 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $500 |
| COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO | $200 |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS | $190 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $25 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF DENVER4× · 2018–2025 · $26k · revenue +34%
DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION4× · 2018–2025 · $23k · revenue +168%
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC3× · 2018–2021 · $11k · revenue +231%
Funded once
- WVWARREN VILLAGE INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +82%
- CFCENTER FOR CHINA US COOPERATIONone grant, 2017 · $5k
- RMROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF CHRONS COone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
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.
To bring conventions and leisure visitors to denver for the economic benefit of the city, the community, and our partners.
The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
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.
To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.
Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.
Community radio for northern colorado's (crnc) mission is to strengthen our community by cultivating the mind and spirit - informing, inspiring, and entertaining. crnc strives to meet its mission by operating two public media services -…
The denver metro chamber of commerce is the architect of tomorrow, igniting change and driving progress to build dynamic economies and communities. we champion innovation, forge powerful partnerships, and relentlessly advocate for our…
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,…
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…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 31 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Colorado Museum of Natural History ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
- Who funds DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ENGLEWOOD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
- Who funds WARREN VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds DENVER ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
- Who funds DENVER WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL DBA WORLDDE ↗
- Who funds Denver Ballet Guild ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds COLORADO OPEN GOLF FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMON HOPE ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John and Vivian Sabel Family funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Vivian Sabel Family. Bigger dots raise more.
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