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Louden Family Foundation

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.

$99k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2025
38
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,500
Organizations funded a year
38 to 54
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$2.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Louden Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
EnvironmentHealthEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving44$94k7%
FY202438$99k18%
FY202347$110k6%
FY202248$84k10%
FY202148$86k15%
FY202052$91k13%
FY201954$93k19%
FY201851$94k20%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$363kArts & Culture$149kYouth Development$97kAnimals$77kHuman Services$37kRecreation & Sports$28kCrime & Legal$24kHealth$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
ND
MN
IL
NY
WY
IA
IN
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 72 grantees
All grantees of Louden Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$133,00090%
Rocky Mountain Arts Association$65,40091%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$56,00090%
International Snow Leopard Trust$45,73590%
Carbondale Clay Center$38,60052%
Ocean Conservancy$30,50090%
Mountain Friends Camp$23,000621%
Family Law Casa of King County$22,00090%
Kid Pan Alley$21,00092%
Shiloh Home Inc$20,20090%
Sycamore Land Trust Incorporated$19,00080%
Colorado Choir & Chorus Organization Inc$18,000514%
Earlham College Inc$13,00070%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$10,00060%
Forest Conservancy$9,50023%
Organization for Tropical Studies Inc$9,00020%
Kawangware Children's Center$9,00082%
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers$7,00020%
The Blue Bench$6,90090%
Earth Island Institute Inc$6,60070%
Children International$6,20090%
Galapagos Conservancy Inc$5,50040%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,00050%
Denver Audubon$5,00040%
Alliance Francaise de Denver$5,00030%
Population Connection$5,00060%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$4,80070%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$4,70090%
National Wildlife Federation$4,40070%
Sierra Club Foundation$4,30030%
Mountain View Friends Meeting$4,0002n/a
National Speleological Society$4,00070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,50060%
Birds Connect Seattle$3,50050%
Cat Care Society$3,30090%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$3,20070%
Earthjustice$3,10060%
Friends of the Earth$3,10090%
Continental Divide Trail Coalition$3,10090%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$3,00020%
The Wilderness Society$2,80080%
Sierra Club$2,60020%
Freedom Service Dogs Inc$2,50070%
Humane Society of the South Platte Valley Inc$2,50050%
Defenders of Wildlife$2,10070%
The Wild Animal Sanctuary$2,00050%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,00040%
Indian Peaks Working Group$1,90051%
The Center for People With Disabilities$1,80030%
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc$1,50030%
International Campaign for Tibet$1,50020%
National Park Foundation$1,30040%
National Parks Conservation Association$1,10030%
Protect Our Winters$1,00020%
Climate Solutions$1,00010%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$1,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$1,00030%
Rainforest Alliance Inc$1,00010%
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$80020%
Adams County Sheriffs Foundation$60010%
North Helpline$55010%
Seattle Children's Hospital$50010%
Gala Choruses I Inc$50010%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$50010%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$30010%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$30010%
Population Services International$25010%
Food Lifeline$20010%
Rhc Foundation$1001n/a
Word Sound Power Collective$1001n/a
Washington First Robotics$10010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($162k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louden Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $133,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Arts Association: $65,400 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $56,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Snow Leopard Trust: $45,735 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCarbondale Clay Center: $38,600 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $30,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Friends Camp: $23,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetFamily Law Casa of King County: $22,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetKid Pan Alley: $21,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetShiloh Home Inc: $20,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSycamore Land Trust Incorporated: $19,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetColorado Choir & Chorus Organization Inc: $18,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetEarlham College Inc: $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetForest Conservancy: $9,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetOrganization for Tropical Studies Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKawangware Children's Center: $9,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetRoaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Blue Bench: $6,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $6,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChildren International: $6,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGalapagos Conservancy Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Audubon: $5,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAlliance Francaise de Denver: $5,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPopulation Connection: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $4,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $4,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $4,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $4,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Speleological Society: $4,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBirds Connect Seattle: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCat Care Society: $3,300 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $3,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $3,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $3,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetContinental Divide Trail Coalition: $3,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSea Shepherd Conservation Society: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $2,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Service Dogs Inc: $2,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of the South Platte Valley Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $2,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wild Animal Sanctuary: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIndian Peaks Working Group: $1,900 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetThe Center for People With Disabilities: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 68.

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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 FoundationCO25.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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How do I get to Louden Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Louden 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.

About Louden Family Foundation

How much does Louden Family Foundation give?
Louden Family Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $99,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Louden Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (42%), Arts & Culture (17%), Youth Development (11%).
Who are Louden Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($133k), Rocky Mountain Arts Association ($65k), The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation ($56k).
Does Louden Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Louden Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Louden Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Moccasin Lake Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
Where is Louden Family Foundation based?
Louden Family Foundation is based in WA.

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 97 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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