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Karen J Glanert Charitable Trust at a glance

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Karen J Glanert Charitable Trust

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.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$445kHealth$315kHousing & Shelter$245kArts & Culture$205kEducation$182kYouth Development$165kAnimals$140kFood & Nutrition$132kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $225k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$6.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAKE-A-WISH$30,000
COASTAL COMMONS AT CYPRESS COVE$25,000
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM$25,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO$15,000
RAWHIDE BOYS RANCH$10,000
LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION$10,000
MILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION$10,000
DENVER RESCUE MISSION$10,000
GULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
PATRIOTS SERVICE DOGS$10,000
LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES LLC K9 COMFORT DOG MINISTRY$10,000
VALERIE'S HOUSE$10,000
SAMARTIANS PURSE$10,000
NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED$10,000
SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $364k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $15k → 11%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $10k → 17%FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOREVER: $10k → 10%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 13%TURNING POINT: $5k → 20%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $10k → 11%COLLIN FARREL FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $10k → 17%FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOREVER: $10k → 10%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 13%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $10k → 11%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $10k → 17%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $2k → 13%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $10k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $2k → 13%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $10k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $2k → 13%LU BIRDS LIGHT FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $10k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $2k → 13%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $10k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $2k → 13%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $10k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $2k → 13%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $10k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $2k → 13%LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 12%SO ALL MAY EAT INC: $2k → 12%SO ALL MAY EAT INC: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
ND
IL
WI
NY
CA
CO
NE
AZ
AR
TN
NC
HI
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 39 repeat orgs$232k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
16

Total granted

$2.0M
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+55%

Still filing today

72%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k 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 ServicesHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationArts & 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

  • MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $190k · revenue +20%
  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $125k · revenue +21%
  • MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $120k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • CHI OMEGA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +161%
  • KH
    Kathy's House Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -42%
  • HC
    HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - MAUI STRONG
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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.

1
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
2
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
3
Goodwill Industries of Denver

Goodwill's mission is to provide education, career development, and employment opportunities to help coloradans in need achieve self-sufficiency, dignity, and hope through the power of work.

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4
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
5
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

—
6
Colorado Legal Services

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.

Crime & Legal
7
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

—
8
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
9
Denver Dumb Friends League

Working with our compassionate community, we will end pet homelessness and animal suffering.

Animals
10
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity

Seeking to put god's love into action; habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. fort collins habitat for humanity adheres…

Housing & Shelter
11
Homeward Bound Foundation

To support the charitable purposes of homeward bound, inc.

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12
Goodwill Industries of the Valley Works

Goodwill's mission is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and inspire communities through job skills training and work placement opportunities with a multi-generational approach focused on removing barriers.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Grand Foundation. 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

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 67 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
35/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES LLC K9 COMFORT DOG MINISTRY: $80,000 · OtherLUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES LLC K9 COMFORT DOG MINISTR…MAKE-A-WISH: $60,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISHHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER INC: $56,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER INCREGIS JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherPATRIOTS SERVICE DOGS: $45,000 · OtherRAWHIDE INC: $40,000 · OtherLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $40,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION: $40,000 · OtherSWFL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherSAFE & SOUND: $40,000 · OtherGULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $90,000 · OtherGULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INCNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $85,000 · OtherNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC+30 more: $376,000 · Other+30 moreSOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $95,000 · Human ServicesSOLDIERS BEST FRIENDLEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesLEE COUNTY HOMELESS C…DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $85,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSIONVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesVALERIE'S HOUSE INCPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS I…FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOREVER INC DBA FOSTERING SUCCESS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $20,000 · Human Services+4 more: $24,000 · Human Services+4 moreMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $120,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH …Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $65,000 · HealthChildren's H…THE BLUE BENCH: $35,000 · HealthTHE BLUE BEN…Kathy's House Inc: $25,000 · HealthKathy's Hous…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $190,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE…+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $95,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $8,500 · Food & NutritionWEDONTWASTE INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionSTANLEY BRITISH PRIMARY SCHOOL: $79,500 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $14,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · Education
Other$1,042,000Human Services$414,000Health$250,000Arts & Culture$195,000Youth Development$125,000Food & Nutrition$108,500Education$94,500

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 budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $190,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $125,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $120,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $95,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $95,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetLEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION INC: $90,000 over 9y, 5.6% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $85,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $85,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSTANLEY BRITISH PRIMARY SCHOOL: $79,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER INC: $56,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRAWHIDE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE & SOUND: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BLUE BENCH: $35,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $27,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHI OMEGA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKathy's House Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Wisconsin Inc: $23,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $23,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOREVER INC DBA FOSTERING SUCCESS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $20,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO CARING: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINCLUSIVE BEAN INC: $11,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetColumbine Community Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLubirds Light Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GRAND FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetSO ALL MAY EAT INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDENVER KIDS INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds GULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC ↗
  • Who funds STANLEY BRITISH PRIMARY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER INC ↗
  • Who funds VALERIE'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds RAWHIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE & SOUND ↗
  • Who funds THE BLUE BENCH ↗
  • Who funds PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Kathy's House Inc ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin Inc ↗
  • Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOREVER INC DBA FOSTERING SUCCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds METRO CARING ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗

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 Colorado Health F…Colorado Gives Founda…Xcel Energy FoundationRose Community Founda…The Denver FoundationMile High United Way …Baird Foundation IncWestern Union Foundat…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…
The Colorado Health FoundationCO17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Colorado Health Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Western Union Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer 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 Karen J Glanert Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karen J Glanert Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 67 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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