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Larsen Family Foundation Martha J Larsen Pres

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.

$32k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$163kEducation$22kHuman Services$21kHousing & Shelter$17kFood & Nutrition$12kInternational$11kArts & Culture$9kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$435k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$10,000
STEP DENVER$10,000
SALVATION ARMY$5,000
FOOD BANK OF LARIMER COUNTY$5,000
NFCBA BOOTS AND COATS$1,500
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 (FY18–23, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%HIGH PLAINS HONOR FLIGHT: $100 → 9%FOOTHILL GATEWAY: $100 → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$250k · 17 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
15

Total granted

$250k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+28%

Still filing today

47%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureEducationReligionPhilanthropyHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SD
    Step Denver
    9× · 2017–2025 · $17k · revenue +171%
  • TF
    The Food Bank for Larimer County
    9× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +45%
  • DA
    DENVER ART MUSEUM
    2× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • CS
    COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +28%
  • PH
    POUDRE HIGH SCHOOL - FFA
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
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 Open Lands

Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.

Environment
2
Mountain Area Land Trust

Mountain area land trust's mission is to save natural areas, wildlife habitat, streams and rivers, working ranches and historic lands, for the benefit of the community and as a legacy for future generations.

Environment
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
New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc

The mission of new mexico state university foundation is to foster long-term relationships with our alumni, supporters, and community in order to secure, manage, steward, and protect a sustainable source of private resources that will…

Education
5
Denver Rescue Mission

The denver rescue mission is changing lives in the name of christ by meeting people at their physical and spiritual points of need with the goal of returning them to society as productive, self-sufficient citizens.

Human Services
6
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
7
North Dakota State University Foundation

Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.

Education
8
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
9
Southern Plains Land Trust Inc

The mission of the southern plains land trust is to create and protect a network of shortgrass prairie preserves which ensure a future for all native animals and plants.

Environment
10
Colorado Water Trust

To restore water to colorado's rivers.

Environment
11
Colorado State Fire Chiefs

The vision of the csfc is to partner with the fire service and supplier partners across the state of colorado in their efforts to protect all of colorado's life and property from fire and other disasters. it is a dynamic organization,…

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Colorado Headwaters Land Trust

To conserve and steward the open lands and natural character of the headwaters of the colorado river in partnership with the local community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado State University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Team Vortex Swim Club. 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

16 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. 16 of the 32 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SKY RANCH LUTHERAN CAMP: $105,000 · OtherSKY RANCH LUTHERAN CAMPOUR SAVIOURS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $58,100 · OtherOUR SAVIOURS LUTHERAN CHURCHStep Denver: $16,500 · OtherStep DenverSALVATION ARMY: $11,500 · OtherRIVENDELL SCHOOL: $8,400 · OtherNFCBA BOOTS AND COATS: $8,400 · Other+15 more: $13,709 · Other+15 moreThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $11,900 · Food & NutritionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,500 · Religion+1 more: $100 · ReligionDENVER ART MUSEUM: $3,400 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $3,100 · Arts & CultureColorado Museum of Natural History: $2,150 · Arts & CulturePOUDRE RIVER LIBRARY TRUST INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyNAVY SEALS FUND: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,870 · EducationNORTHWEST FOUNDATION INC: $600 · EducationTEAM VORTEX SWIM CLUB: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$221,609Food & Nutrition$11,900Religion$10,600Arts & Culture$8,650Philanthropy$3,000Education$2,470Recreation & Sports$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 budgetStep Denver: $16,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $11,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $3,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $3,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $2,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPOUDRE RIVER LIBRARY TRUST INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,870 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEALS FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHWEST FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM VORTEX SWIM CLUB: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGELMAN SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLARIMER COUNTY 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHigh Plains Honor Flight Inc: $100 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 Step Denver ↗
  • Who funds The Food Bank for Larimer County ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds POUDRE RIVER LIBRARY TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEALS FUND ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TEAM VORTEX SWIM CLUB ↗
  • Who funds FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds ANGELMAN SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LARIMER COUNTY 4-H FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds High Plains Honor Flight 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives 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 Larsen Family Foundation Martha J Larsen Pres funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Larsen Family Foundation Martha J Larsen Pres. 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
    4report 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 32 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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