Colorado · Public charity
Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families
Joint initiatives serves as a catalyst for effecting change by working collectively with community partners to foster innovation and engage leaders to promote positive outcomes for children, youth and families. (continued on sch o)(continued) JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES (ji) serves as the backbone agency bringing together…
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $225k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $224,990
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $224,990
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $179k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $1.7M | 9% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $1.6M | 9% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Possible | $3,282,466 | 4 | 94% |
| Savio House | $1,048,720 | 4 | 2% |
| Second Chance Through Faith | $497,380 | 5 | 49% |
| Ruth Washburn Cooperative School | $471,784 | 5 | 29% |
| Passageway Scholarship Foundation | $424,537 | 4 | n/a |
| Hinds Feet Adventures | $404,707 | 5 | 61% |
| Mission Possible | $325,097 | 4 | n/a |
| The Resource Exchange Inc | $218,144 | 2 | 1% |
| Colorado Springs Child Nursery Centers Inc | $91,359 | 4 | 1% |
| City of Woodland Park | $65,969 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Possible | $3,282,466 | 4 | 94% |
| Savio House | $1,048,720 | 4 | 2% |
| Second Chance Through Faith | $497,380 | 5 | 49% |
| Ruth Washburn Cooperative School | $471,784 | 5 | 29% |
| Passageway Scholarship Foundation | $424,537 | 4 | n/a |
| Hinds Feet Adventures | $404,707 | 5 | 61% |
| Mission Possible | $325,097 | 4 | n/a |
| The Resource Exchange Inc | $218,144 | 2 | 1% |
| Colorado Springs Child Nursery Centers Inc | $91,359 | 4 | 1% |
| City of Woodland Park | $65,969 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Partnership for Child Development | $64,466 | 2 | 0% |
| Forge Evolution | $8,750 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: El Pomar Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · Pikes Peak United Way · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families
- How much does Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families give?
- Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families reported 1 itemized grants totaling $224,990, out of $1,698,100 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Youth Development (51%), Human Services (27%), Health (11%).
- Who are Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Mission Possible ($3.3M), Savio House ($1.0M), Second Chance Through Faith ($497k).
- Does Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include El Pomar Foundation, Pikes Peak Community Foundation, Pikes Peak United Way.
- Where is Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families based?
- Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families is based in CO.
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