· Private foundation
Leo Hill Charitable Trust
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, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $801k
- $250k+7 grants · $5.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CU FOUNDATION | $1,357,731 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,308,524 |
| BCH FOUNDATION | $724,539 |
| PINE STREET CHURCH | $660,308 |
| COLORADO COLLEGE | $365,440 |
| TRU COMMUNITY CARE | $328,765 |
| BOULDER ROTARY FOUNDATION | $320,047 |
| MILE HIGH UNITED WAY | $204,657 |
| WWII MUSEUM | $200,000 |
| 5430 FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| BOY SCOUTS | $100,000 |
| LIVING TRUTH | $96,000 |
| ADAPTIVE ADVENTURES | $15,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
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 (FY21–24, $494k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 3 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, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE COLORADO COLLEGE4× · 2021–2024 · $526k · revenue +12%
- TCTRU COMMUNITY CARE3× · 2021–2024 · $399k · revenue +30%
- IFIMAGINE FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2022 · $15k · revenue +63%
Funded once
- JFJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INCone grant, 2022 · $80k · revenue +2%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $13k · revenue +27%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $10k
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.
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…
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
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.
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
The foundation is entrusted to provide support and steward donations for the university of northern 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…
To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.
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.
To restore water to colorado's rivers.
Kipp colorado's mission is to equip our students with the academic skills and character strengths necessary to succeed in college and careers.
Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.
Serving god by providing christ-centered higher education.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 23 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 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE COLORADO COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds TRU COMMUNITY CARE ↗
- Who funds MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC ↗
- Who funds Adaptive Adventures ↗
- Who funds COLORADO VETERANS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ↗
- Who funds IMAGINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds IMPACT ON EDUCATION 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 · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Leo Hill Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leo Hill Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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