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Kelleyknox Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$106k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$142kEnvironment$99kPhilanthropy$75kArts & Culture$55kHealth$26kHuman Services$25kCommunity Improvement$15kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $97k
$24,764
Median grant
2
States reached
$355k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CSU Foundation - NKE & UNP STOCK$25,101
Utah Film Center$25,000
Yampa Valley Community Foundation - ABBV$24,764
Yampa Valley Community Foundation - NSC$21,874
Graland Annual Fund$5,000
Yampa Valley Community Foundation - UNP Stock$3,763
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY20–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $5k → 14%Mercy Housing Mountains Plains: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your 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 earmarks the money.

About 32% of Kelleyknox Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 85% of the giving stays in CO; read by stated purpose it is 73% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

Kelleyknox Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

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 foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
2
Aia Colorado

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…

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3
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
4
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
5
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
6
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

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.

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7
Colorado Fiscal Institute

To provide timely, credible and accessible analyses of fiscal and economic issues facing colorado to inform public policy debates and promote economic prosperity

Community Improvement
8
Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation

The mission of the Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation is to promote the health and well-being of physicians and physician assistants through evaluation, treatment referral, support education and research.

Health
9
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
10
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
11
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

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…

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12
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Children's Campaign and the most unlike its peers is Lutheran Social Services of Colorado. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr15%5%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr17%36%20–35yr12%36%35–55yr15%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr17%42%20–35yr12%36%35–55yr15%16%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/24
the rest of the field
13%
1,659/12,635

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Colorado State University - Stock — $50,173 · OtherColorado State University - StockCSU Foundation - NKE & UNP STOCK — $25,101 · OtherCSU Foundation - NKE & UNP STOCKAurora Public Schools Foundation — $25,000 · OtherAurora Public Schools FoundationTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $24,995 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYColorado Open Lands -Stock — $24,427 · OtherColorado Open Lands -StockYampa Valley Community Foundation - NSC — $21,874 · OtherYampa Valley Community Foundation - NSCIndividual grant recipient — $15,005 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFOUNDATION - COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY — $10,000 · OtherBarton Institute — $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $9,879 · Other+7 more — $32,000 · Other+7 moreUTAH FILM CENTER — $25,000 · Arts & CultureUTAH FILM CEN…MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER — $25,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CON…BOULDER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART — $5,000 · Arts & CultureBOULDER MUSEU…YAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $28,527 · PhilanthropyYAMPA VALLEY …DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC — $25,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED…Strive Preparatory Schools — $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · EducationEarly Childhood Partnership of Adams Cou — $5,000 · EducationDEVELOPMENTAL FX DEVELOPMENTAL & FRAGILE X RESOURCE — $5,000 · HealthLA CLINICA TEPEYAC — $5,000 · HealthCOLORADO ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH — $5,000 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC — $5,000 · HealthCraig Hospital Foundation — $1,000 · HealthTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — $10,000 · Community ImprovementCenter for African American Health — $5,000 · Community ImprovementTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER — $5,000 · Community ImprovementCOLORADO OPEN LANDS — $15,000 · EnvironmentMERCY HOUSING MOUNTAIN PLAINS — $5,000 · Human ServicesSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE — $5,000 · Human Services
Other$248,454Arts & Culture$55,000Philanthropy$53,527Education$25,000Health$21,000Community Improvement$20,000Environment$15,000Human Services$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $28,527 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAurora Public Schools Foundation — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $24,995 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO OPEN LANDS — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStrive Preparatory Schools — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for African American Health — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMERCY HOUSING MOUNTAIN PLAINS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEVELOPMENTAL FX DEVELOPMENTAL & FRAGILE X RESOURCE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLA CLINICA TEPEYAC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF COLORADO — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH — $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCOLORADO CHILDREN'S CAMPAIGN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOULDER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarly Childhood Partnership of Adams Cou — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Colorado Gives Founda…Rose Community Founda…The Denver FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…Mile High United Way …Gary PhilanthropyCaring for Denver Fou…Caring for Colorado F…Gates Family Foundati…Rose FoundationThe Sidney E Frank Fo…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO28.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Gary Philanthropy · Caring for Denver Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Rose Foundation · The Sidney E Frank Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Kelleyknox Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Third Sector New England Inc — 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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