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Ken and Dolly Munsch Family Foundation at a glance

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Ken and Dolly Munsch Family Foundation

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.

$133k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Religion$185kPhilanthropy$90kHealth$51kHuman Services$25kAnimals$10k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Serve 68$65,000
St Joseph's Catholic Church$45,000
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish$10,000
Archdiocese of Denver$10,000
Hope Lives$3,029
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 (FY22–25, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $10k → 8%Serve 68: $65k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $25k → 11%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$85k · 3 repeat orgs$186k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
5

Total granted

$85k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+17%

Still filing today

33%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthOther
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

  • AO
    ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k
  • SE
    Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish
    4× · 2022–2025 · $25k
  • HH
    HEARTS & HORSES INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • SC
    STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • HO
    HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -19%
  • FS
    FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +87%
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
Hero Dogs Inc

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

Human Services
2
Taras Chance

Tara's chance is dedicated to promoting the physical, cognitive, and social well-being of those with special needs through equine assisted activities and therapies.

Health
3
First Responder Therapy Dogs

We lead the way in addressing the mental health needs of first responders by providing emotional support using therapy dogs.

Public Benefit
4
Healing to You

Healing to you provides mobile medical and mental health services to adults and children impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. our goal is to close the gap in access to healthcare services to promote well being and heal the…

Health
5
The Healing Spot Counseling Center Inc

Healing Spot Counseling Center, Inc. is a non-profit community counseling center that provided mental health services to individuals, couples, families, and groups. While we serve the community at large, some of our practitioners…

Human Services
6
Healing Reins Equine Assisted Services Inc

"to heal with horses" by offering nationally accredited, affordable, horse-centered therapies and experiences that bring strength, independence, confidence and joy to central oregonians of all ages and abilities.

Health
7
Horses Healing Humans Inc

Providing high-quality education and healing therapeutic services that incorporate the physical and emotional benefits of horses. The specific educational, psychological, and therapeutic goals of each client are addressed in a physically…

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8
Health Services of North Texas Inc

Hsnt is committed to providing quality, affordable healthcare for the entire family from newborns to seniors, including prenatal care, women's health, behavioral health, a robust pediatric program, prescription assistance and infectious…

Health
9
Equines for Freedom

Provide equine-assisted post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) treatment to current and former us service members and first responders regardless of the source of trauma or characterization of military service at no charge to the client.

Health
10
Companions for Heroes

To champion public awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and challenges confronting our countrys heroes and rally support for shelter animal adoption by connecting heroes and companions.

Human Services
11
Heart of Horse Sense

Heart of Horse Sense provides trauma informed mental health and wellness services through the healing connection between horses and humans.

Animals
12
Holy Redeemer Visiting Nurse Agency Inc

As a catholic health system, rooted in the tradition of the sisters of the holy redeemer, we care, comfort and heal, following the example of jesus, proclaiming the hope god offers in the midst of human struggle.our professional nurses and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hearts & Horses Inc; the most unlike its peers is First Responder Trauma Services Inc. 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

8 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. 8 of the 12 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
4/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Joseph's Catholic Church: $45,000 · OtherSt Joseph's Catholic ChurchARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $40,000 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF DENVERSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONSaint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish: $24,500 · OtherSaint Elizabeth Ann Seton ParishMISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO: $10,000 · OtherMISSION SAN LUIS OBISPOSERVE 6 8: $65,000 · Human ServicesSERVE 6 8HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $25,000 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICEFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INCAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $90,300 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIO…HEARTS & HORSES INC: $20,000 · HealthHOPE LIVES THE LYDIA DODY BREAST CANCER SUPPORT CENTER: $3,029 · HealthFirst Responder Trauma Services Inc: $2,500 · Health
Other$144,500Human Services$100,000Philanthropy$90,300Health$25,529

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 budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $90,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSERVE 6 8: $65,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEARTS & HORSES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE LIVES THE LYDIA DODY BREAST CANCER SUPPORT CENTER: $3,029 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFirst Responder Trauma Services Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

Community Foundation …Otter Cares Foundatio…Colorado Gives Founda…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Northern ColoradoCO13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · Colorado Gives Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Ken and Dolly Munsch Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ken and Dolly Munsch Family Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 12 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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