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List 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.

$430k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$559kCivil Rights$488kHealth$332kEducation$275kHuman Services$243kInternational$171kYouth Development$81kEmployment$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $132k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $295k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$100,000
ROSA FUND UK$94,922
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$50,000
PROJECT PINK'D$50,000
SAVE THE NEEDY SIERRA LEONE$39,287
EVEN GROUND INC - THANDA AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM$25,000
FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES INC$20,000
CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER$15,000
OCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$13,000
MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC - BRIDGING THE GAP PROGRAM$10,000
SUMMIT FOUNDATION$10,000
THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC$2,500
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.

US giving: 74% of grant dollars ($1.7M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 26% that went abroad ($584k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $163k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 13%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%HEART AND HAND HOUSE INC: $38k → 20%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 13%HEART AND HAND HOUSE INC: $10k → 20%CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER: $15k → 12%CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER: $15k → 12%CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER: $15k → 12%CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER: $10k → 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

MN
NY
OR
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
KY
WV
NC
DC
FL

Beyond the US: 26% of all-years giving ($584k)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$448k · 6 grants
Sierra Leone$136k · 5 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 37% of List Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

List Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 26% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 13 repeat orgs$469k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
18

Total granted

$1.2M
$264k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+30%

Still filing today

62%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationScience & TechEmploymentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2024 · $275k · revenue +79%
  • TB
    THREE BIRDS ALLIANCE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $80k · revenue +24%
  • CT
    CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue +142%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $75k
  • GR
    GIRLS ROCK CAMP ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • DL
    Dont Look Back Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +30%
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
CureCervicalCancer

Dedicated to the early detection and prevention of cervical cancer around the globe for the women who need it most.

International
2
Foundation for Women's Cancer

To support and empower all affected by gynecologic cancers through education, research, and public awareness.

Health
3
Womens Funding Network

Our mission as a global alliance is to provide strategies, research, and resources that support the critical agency and influence of women's foundations and gender justice funders in the movement for equality, justice, and power for all.

Education
4
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
5
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
6
Boulder Valley Women's Health Center Inc

Our mission is to provide high quality and equitable reproductive and sexual health services, abortion, and education to all people, regardless of any barriers to healthcare that they may face.

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7
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
8
Options Pregnancy Resource Centers Inc

Empowering life-affirming decisions

Health
9
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
10
Colorado Museum of Natural History

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

Arts & Culture
11
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
12
Women Forward International

Women forward international (wfi) partners the next generation with nonprofit and private sector organizations and artists to implement solutions critical to human process, bridging mind and heart to bring about unity, collaboration, and…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girl Be Heard Institute; the most unlike its peers is The International Seakeepers Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 39 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROSA FUND UK: $447,973 · OtherROSA FUND UKSAVE THE NEEDY SIERRA LEONE: $135,828 · OtherSAVE THE NEEDY SIERRA LEONECLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONCENTER FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherCENTER FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF CO…BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherBAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FOUNDATION+17 more: $212,700 · Other+17 moreOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $310,475 · PhilanthropyOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDA…THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDA…THE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $89,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $275,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…THREE BIRDS ALLIANCE: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHREE BIRDS …CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesCLOTHES TO K…HEART AND HAND HOUSE INC: $47,500 · Human ServicesHEART AND HA…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMIL…HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWOR…COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH: $10,000 · Human ServicesProject Pinkd Inc: $50,000 · HealthDont Look Back Center Inc: $25,000 · Health+2 more: $1,500 · HealthWOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $40,000 · EmploymentGIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE: $20,000 · Arts & CultureYOUNG PATRONESSES OF THE OPERA INC: $9,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,031,501Philanthropy$549,475Education$275,000Human Services$252,500Health$76,500Employment$40,000Arts & Culture$29,500

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 budgetOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $310,475 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $275,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $89,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHREE BIRDS ALLIANCE: $80,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC: $55,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetProject Pinkd Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetHEART AND HAND HOUSE INC: $47,500 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetWOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDont Look Back Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOBALT FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetYOUNG PATRONESSES OF THE OPERA INC: $9,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetBRECKENRIDGE MUSIC INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRETINA GLOBAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSUMMIT LOST PET RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCaringBridge: $500 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.

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…The Denver FoundationXcel Energy FoundationThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO18.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 List Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from List Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–50%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to List Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to List Family 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 39 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home