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Lewis Family 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.

$46k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Human Services$45kEducation$29kFood & Nutrition$24kEnvironment$22kHealth$21kCivil Rights$19kPhilanthropy$16kAnimals$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$68k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERCY CENTER SOCIETY OF MISSIONARIES OF MERCY$5,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$5,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$5,000
CARE AND SHARE FOOD BANK$5,000
CASA OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION$5,000
RILEY I WHITELAW MEMORIAL FUND$5,000
MT CARMEL VETERANS SERVICE CENTER$3,000
GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE$3,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$3,000
TESSA$3,000
COURT CARE FOR THE PIKES PEAK REGION$2,500
THE SKATEPARK PROJECT$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%TESSA: $3k → 9%TESSA: $3k → 9%TESSA: $3k → 9%TESSA: $3k → 9%TESSA: $3k → 9%TESSA: $2k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
IN
CA
CO
VA
MD
AR
NC
DC
HI
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$179k · 23 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
24

Total granted

$179k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+1%

Still filing today

74%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesCivil RightsHealthEducationPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • Care and Share Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $24k · revenue +36%
  • T
    TESSA
    6× · 2018–2024 · $16k · revenue +1%
  • CO
    CASA of the Pikes Peak Region
    4× · 2018–2024 · $12k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +1%
  • MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -23%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY PIKES PEAK REGION
    one grant, 2023 · $3k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
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
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
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
6
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
7
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
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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10
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
11
Western Conservation Foundation

Building leaders to protect the west's land, air, and water.

Environment
12
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc and the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Community FoundationsIndependent K-12 SchoolsMilitary Veterans SupportAnimal Rescue and ShelterYouth Sports ProgramsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Cancer Support ServicesUnited Way AffiliatesFood Banks and Pantries
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%6%<5yr15%0%5–10yr21%24%10–20yr17%27%20–35yr12%27%35–55yr13%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%7%<5yr15%0%5–10yr21%18%10–20yr17%20%20–35yr12%36%35–55yr13%18%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/40
the rest of the field
13%
4,367/33,377

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
18/38
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA — $12,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARABOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $8,500 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAMERCY CENTER SOCIETY OF MISSIONARIES OF MERCY — $7,500 · OtherMERCY CENTER SOCIETY OF MISSIONARIES OF MERCYPIKES PEAK TROUT UNLIMITED — $5,000 · OtherRocky Mountain Field Institute Inc — $4,500 · OtherHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 · OtherMT CARMEL VETERANS SERVICE CENTER — $10,500 · OtherMT CARMEL VETERANS SERVICE CENTER+24 more — $53,315 · Other+24 moreTESSA — $15,500 · Human ServicesTESSAAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National …WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $9,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PR…Court Care for the Pikes Peak Region Inc — $5,000 · Human ServicesCourt Care for the…Care and Share Inc — $24,000 · Food & NutritionCare and Sh…CASA of the Pikes Peak Region — $12,000 · Civil RightsTrails and Open Space Coalition — $4,500 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $2,000 · Civil RightsCOLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED — $7,000 · AnimalsPaws N Hooves — $3,500 · AnimalsGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD — $3,000 · AnimalsCUSTER COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE INC — $2,500 · AnimalsSANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK — $2,500 · AnimalsALS Network — $7,600 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $5,000 · HealthPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC — $4,500 · HealthRILEY I WHITELAW MEMORIAL FUND — $10,000 · EducationTradition of Excellence Foundation — $4,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $2,500 · Education
Other$106,315Human Services$40,000Food & Nutrition$24,000Civil Rights$18,500Animals$18,500Health$17,100Education$17,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCare and Share Inc — $24,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTESSA — $15,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCASA of the Pikes Peak Region — $12,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMT CARMEL VETERANS SERVICE CENTER — $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALS Network — $7,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED — $7,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCourt Care for the Pikes Peak Region Inc — $5,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTradition of Excellence Foundation — $4,500 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetRocky Mountain Field Institute Inc — $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTrails and Open Space Coalition — $4,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC — $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SKATEPARK PROJECT — $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPaws N Hooves — $3,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHome Front Military Network — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCUSTER COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE INC — $2,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetKAEHU — $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Home Front Cares Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAuroville International USA — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANTHONY RIZZO FAMILY FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAYFLY PROJECT — $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMercy Center Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Pikes Peak Community …El Pomar FoundationINDYGIVE DBA Give Pik…The Joseph Henry Edmo…The Myron Stratton Ho…Pikes Peak United WayColorado Springs Heal…The Margaret and Al H…Luther T McCauley Cha…Jerome V Bruni Founda…Colorado Gives Founda…Esther M & Freeman E …
Pikes Peak Community FoundationCO25.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pikes Peak Community Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak · The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · The Myron Stratton Home · Pikes Peak United Way · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · The Margaret and Al Hill Family Foundation · Luther T McCauley Charitable Trust Xxxxx3001 · Jerome V Bruni Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Esther M & Freeman E Everett Charitable

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lewis Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc — 46% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 50 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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