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Junior League of Denver Inc

The junior league of denver is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$101kHuman Services$63kHousing & Shelter$63kEducation$43kYouth Development$30kInternational$15kPublic Benefit$15kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $25,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $30,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DRESS FOR SUCCESS$15,000
HOPE HOUSE COLORADO$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%HOPE HOUSE COLORADO: $10k → 7%Second Chance Center: $10k → 8%WEECYCLE: $13k → 8%Florence Crittenton Services: $10k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Junior League of Denver Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 97% of the giving stays in CO; by stated purpose, 86%.

Junior League of Denver Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$235k · 6 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +63% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$235k
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+63%

Still filing today

83%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationFood & NutritionInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • TG
    THE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FOR REBUILDING LIVES
    5× · 2019–2023 · $84k · revenue +46%
  • WI
    WEDONTWASTE INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $53k · revenue +79%
  • TG
    THE GROWHAUS
    2× · 2018–2019 · $23k · revenue +208%

Funded once

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +63%
  • MM
    MINDS MATTER COLORADO INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +1%
  • W
    WEECYCLEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $13k · revenue +110%
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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Urban Outreach Denver

Urban Outreach Denver exists to connect people to God and to a community of support by caring for both short-term and long-term needs in the areas of food, clothing, shlter, medical care, education and job preparation.

Human Services
2
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
3
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
4
Mental Health Center of Denver

We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Health
5
Denver Community Ventures

To empower low-income families and individuals towards self-sufficiency and independent living.

Housing & Shelter
6
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
7
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
8
Work Options for Women Dba Work Options

Work options for women helps people overcome barriers to sustainable employment by building confidence while providing resources and culinary training.

Religion
9
Urban Peak Denver

Urban peak helps youth experiencing homelessness and youth at risk of becoming homeless overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults.

Housing & Shelter
10
Julia Greeley Home Inc

Julia greeley home, inc. serves single unaccompanied women in the denver metro area between the ages of 18 and 64 who are struggling with chronic or repeated homelessness. the program fulfills existing gaps between overnight short term…

Housing & Shelter
11
Dream Centers of Colorado Springs

Dream centers serves vulnerable women and children who have nowhere else to turn. dream centers programs help those trapped in cycles of poverty to find hope, empbrace health, and build sustainable lives for themselves and their children.

Health
12
Denver Children's Home

Denver children's home restores hope and health to traumatized children and families through a comprehensive array of therapeutic, educational, and community-based services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope House of Colorado; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FOR REBUILDING LIVES: $84,298 · Housing & ShelterTHE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FO…COLORADO HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCOLORADO HOMELESS FAMILIES INCCOLORADO ENERGY OFFICE: $40,000 · OtherCOLORADO ENERGY OFFICETHE GROWHAUS: $22,900 · OtherTHE GROWHAUSIndividual grant recipient: $9,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…WRITE OUR WORLD: $5,000 · OtherWRITE OUR WORLDFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $20,000 · Human ServicesFLORENCE CRITTENTON SE…HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $15,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADOWEECYCLE: $12,500 · Human ServicesWEECYCLESecond Chance Center Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesSecond Chance Center I…THREE BIRDS ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHREE BIRDS ALLIANCEWEDONTWASTE INC: $52,500 · Food & NutritionWEDONTWASTE INCDress for Success Denver: $15,000 · Public BenefitInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 · InternationalMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentSUMMER SCHOLARS: $5,000 · EducationDENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Education
Housing & Shelter$94,298Other$76,900Human Services$67,500Food & Nutrition$52,500Public Benefit$15,000International$15,000Youth Development$15,000Education$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FOR REBUILDING LIVES: $84,298 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC: $52,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GROWHAUS: $22,900 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDress for Success Denver: $15,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWEECYCLE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSecond Chance Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHREE BIRDS ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSUMMER SCHOLARS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…The Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …Rose Community Founda…Schlessman Foundation…Xcel Energy FoundationAnschutz Family Found…The Anschutz Foundati…Caring for Colorado F…Trailhead InstituteThe Connie Burwell Wh…
The Denver FoundationCO28.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Rose Community Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Trailhead Institute · The Connie Burwell White and William W White Foundation

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 Junior League of Denver Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Junior League of Denver Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 17 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 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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