· Private foundation
KNU For Kids 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $1k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $390k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES | $50,000 |
| Stepping Stones of the Roaring Fork | $50,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MOU | $50,000 |
| FAMILIES FORWARD | $40,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB LA HARBOR | $40,000 |
| A WAY OUT | $40,000 |
| ASPEN YOUTH CENTER | $35,000 |
| J F SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING | $35,000 |
| WINDWALKERS | $30,000 |
| Assistance League of San Pedro Sout | $30,000 |
| CENTER ON COLFAX | $30,000 |
| HOPE HOUSE COLORADO | $30,000 |
| CENTER THEATRE GROUP | $20,000 |
| THE WOODEN FLOOR | $20,000 |
| ASPEN HOPE CENTER | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $360k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 12% of KNU For Kids Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 57% of the giving stays in CO; by stated purpose, 46%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RMROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC8× · 2017–2024 · $390k · revenue +38%
- SSSTEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY8× · 2017–2024 · $311k · revenue +145%
- AHASPEN HOPE CENTER8× · 2017–2024 · $310k · revenue +420%
Funded once
- AVASPEN VALLEY SKISNOWBOARD CLUB INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +84%
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.
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.
To promote and provide a continuum of human services to youth and their families.
La Plata Youth Services, Inc. supports and advocates for youth facing challenges in school, home and court.
Services provided in arapahoe county colorado related to early childhood education intervention issues.
Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.
Youth counseling and mentoring.
The guidance center provides comprehensive mental health treatment to our community's most disadvantaged children and their families struggling with mental illness and abuse, leading them toward a positive and productive future.
Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.
Dcac works to improve the lives of children traumatized by sexual abuse, neglect and violence-as well as those who are at high-risk with prevention, education, and direct services. our mission is to prevent abuse strengthen families…
Junior achievement - rocky mountain, inc. (ja) is critical for inspiring and preparing young people to own their economic success. in partnership with business and educators, ja immerses students in disruptive, real-world experiences,…
Youth progress is a nonprofit organization that is licensed as a child caring agency (cca) to serve youth ages 12-25 in the custody of the oregon youth authority (oya) or the oregon department of human services (dhs). youth progress uses…
Adoption options is a non-profit,colorado corporation, dedicated to providing the state of colorado with a range of private, non-secretarian child placement services.
The adaptive sports center enriches the lives of people with disabilities and other specific needs through exceptional outdoor adventures. the successful programs the asc provides are inclusive to families and friends, empower our…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
- Who funds STEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY ↗
- Who funds ASPEN HOPE CENTER ↗
- Who funds WINDWALKERS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING AND ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR ↗
- Who funds A Way Out Inc ↗
- Who funds JF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC ↗
- Who funds ASPEN YOUTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD ↗
- Who funds THE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT ↗
- Who funds Assistance League of San Pedro-South Bay ↗
- Who funds GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL & TRANSGEND COMMUNITY CENTER OF COLORADO ↗
- Who funds HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds OPERATION JUMP START ↗
- Who funds DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ASPEN VALLEY SKISNOWBOARD CLUB INC ↗
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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Aspen Community Foundation · The Thrift Shop · The Thendara Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Zanin Family Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization KNU For Kids Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from KNU For Kids Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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