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LARRK 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.6MArts & Culture$1.1MHealth$924kReligion$885kEnvironment$545kYouth Development$498kHuman Services$284kPhilanthropy$186kOther$0
02FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $335k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $630k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Kent Denver School$150,000
Western Stock Show Association$130,000
University of Denver Graduate Schoo$100,000
Montview Church$100,000
Highline Canal Conservancy$50,000
Lifespan Local$50,000
Work to Ride$50,000
Denver Museum of Nature Science$25,000
Warren Village$25,000
Daraja Education Fund$25,000
St Vrain Valley Schools Innovation$25,000
Bluff Lake Nature Center$25,000
Denver Health Foundation$20,000
Thriving Families$20,000
Colorado Youth for Change$20,000
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 (FY18–24, $171k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Rosalynn Carter Institute of Caregi: $5k → 22%Shiloh House: $15k → 7%Shout Inc: $6k → 12%Shout Inc: $5k → 12%Shout Inc: $5k → 12%Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado: $30k → 12%Warren Village: $25k → 12%Warren Village: $25k → 12%Warren Village: $25k → 12%Thriving Families: $20k → 12%Denver Police Foundation: $5k → 12%Thriving Families: $5k → 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

NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
KY
KS
DC
GA
TX
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.7M · 58 repeat orgs$968k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

58 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
51

Total granted

$7.7M
$772k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+36%

Still filing today

67%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $196k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalHealthArts & 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

  • KD
    KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +76%
  • DA
    DENVER ART MUSEUM
    4× · 2017–2021 · $800k · revenue +7%
  • GC
    GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    3× · 2020–2022 · $225k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • CR
    Cherokee Ranch & Castlegraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $55k · revenue +116%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $55k · revenue +527%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
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
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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2
International School of Denver

Our inclusive, globally-minded community develops highly motivated and academically successful bilingual learners. isd students are inter-culturally adept and make positive contributions in a complex world.

Education
3
Fountain Valley School of Colorado

Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…

Education
4
Denver Hybrid College

To support college students in innovative, affordable paths to in-demand careers and financial freedom.

Education
5
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
6
Denver Academy Inc

Education of students with learning differences

Education
7
Public Education & Business Coalition

Every child deserves a great educator. pebc works across the nation to prepare outstanding new teachers, help practicing teachers and leaders become exceptional, and shape systems and policies in order to foster vibrant growth and lasting…

Education
8
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
9
Colorado Association of School Executives

Empower colorado education leaders through advocacy, professional learning and networking to deliver on the promise of public education

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10
Luminary Learning Network

The lln brings together a group of diverse-by-design schools that are committed to providing unique and dynamic learning experiences for all students, including those historically underserved, while empowering teachers, leaders and…

Education
11
Education Commission of the States

The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…

Education
12
Denver Montessori Society

Montessori school of denver (msd) is a dynamic educational environment empowering students to use diverse knowledge and experiences to reach their full potential and do good in the world. msd is accredited by acis and the american…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philanthropy Colorado; the most unlike its peers is Equine Partnership Program. 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

73 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. 73 of the 120 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
72/73
Grantees still filing
54/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Montview Church: $875,000 · OtherMontview ChurchUniversity of Denver Graduate Schoo: $405,000 · OtherUniversity of Denver Graduate SchooUniversity of Denver Psychology: $312,530 · OtherUniversity of Denver PsychologyUniversity of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology: $312,530 · OtherUniversity of Denver Graduate School of Professional …WORK TO RIDE INC: $200,000 · OtherHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $170,000 · OtherEmanuel Project: $151,667 · Other+72 more: $1,652,393 · Other+72 moreKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $2,100,000 · EducationKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $225,000 · EducationGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $100,500 · Education+13 more: $284,500 · Education+13 moreDENVER ART MUSEUM: $800,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART …YOUTH ON RECORD: $50,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH ON RE…+3 more: $37,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $150,000 · EnvironmentCOTTONWOOD INSTITUTE: $85,000 · EnvironmentCherokee Ranch & Castle: $55,000 · EnvironmentBLUFF LAKE NATURE CENTER: $50,000 · EnvironmentCOLORADO OPEN LANDS: $25,000 · Environment+1 more: $7,200 · EnvironmentLIFESPAN LOCAL INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $130,500 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyPHILANTHROPY COLORADO: $16,153 · PhilanthropyTHE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION: $130,000 · Recreation & SportsROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsGLOBAL DENTAL RELIEF: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsWARREN VILLAGE INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHRIVING FAMILIES: $25,000 · Human ServicesSHOUT INC: $15,500 · Human ServicesSHILOH HOME INC: $15,000 · Human Services+2 more: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$4,079,120Education$2,710,000Arts & Culture$887,000Environment$372,200Philanthropy$316,653Recreation & Sports$185,000Human Services$170,500

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 budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $2,100,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $800,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $225,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWORK TO RIDE INC: $200,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $170,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetLIFESPAN LOCAL INC: $150,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $130,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION: $130,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $100,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOTTONWOOD INSTITUTE: $85,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetDENVER SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMILE HIGH MONTESSORI EARLY LEARNING CENT: $80,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDaraja Education Fund: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINVEST IN KIDS: $65,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCOLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE: $60,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HAVEN: $60,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE FOUNDATION: $54,918 over 1y, 19% of budgetYOUTH ON RECORD: $50,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBLUFF LAKE NATURE CENTER: $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER: $45,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $37,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $33,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $32,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEQUINE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM: $30,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARIA DROSTE SERVICES OF COLORADO INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCOLORADO OPEN LANDS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Youth Medical and Nursing: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHRIVING FAMILIES: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPLATTEFORUM: $22,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetEARLY EXCELLENCE PROGRAM OF DENVER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL DENTAL RELIEF: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKIDS FIRST HEALTH CARE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMACKINTOSH ACADEMY: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPHILANTHROPY COLORADO: $16,153 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetSHOUT INC: $15,500 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENERATION SCHOOLS NETWORK INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSHILOH HOME INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE: $14,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International: $13,292 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMusical Mentors Collaborative Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 1.8% 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 KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WORK TO RIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds LIFESPAN LOCAL INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds DENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COTTONWOOD INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds DENVER SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH MONTESSORI EARLY LEARNING CENT ↗
  • Who funds Daraja Education Fund ↗
  • Who funds WARREN VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds INVEST IN KIDS ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds Cherokee Ranch & Castle ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ON RECORD ↗
  • Who funds BLUFF LAKE NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH ↗

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…Rose Community Founda…The Anschutz Foundati…The Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …Boettcher FoundationCaring for Colorado F…Gates Family Foundati…Daniels FundTemple Hoyne Buell Fo…Xcel Energy Foundation
The Denver FoundationCO74.7× affinity43 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 · Rose Community Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Boettcher Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Daniels Fund · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Xcel Energy 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 LARRK Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from LARRK Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to LARRK Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to LARRK Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 120 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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