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Love Lucky Dog 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.

$2k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$450
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

52% of Love Lucky Dog Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community First Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Love Lucky Dog Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $2k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

1
’21
1
’22
10
’23
10
’24
4
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Animals$4kHuman Services$1kPhilanthropy$938Community Improvement$800Public Safety & Disaster$453Education$324Health$306Food & Nutrition$236Other$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50
Median grant
8
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Babson College$450
Womens Resource Center$387
La Plata County Humane Society$246
Parkers Animal Rescue$103
ADD Impact Network Bike to Beach$54
Headstrong Foundation$52
Manna$50
Raising Men Lawn Care$50
Friends of CAIC$37
Mono Lake Foundation$35
Individual grant recipient$34
PV Booster Club$30
Brendan Looney Foundation$30
Paypal No Empty Seats$26
GFM$20
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 (FY24–24, $30) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Brendan Looney Foundation: $30 → 8%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

NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
SC
DC
AL
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6k · 8 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$6k
$937

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+26%

Still filing today

88%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $355 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHealthPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • LP
    LA PLATA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +11%
  • BABSON COLLEGE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $800 · revenue +5%
  • WR
    Womens Resource Center in Durango
    2× · 2023–2024 · $744 · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • 1W
    100Plus Women of La Plata County
    one grant, 2023 · $311
  • MS
    Memorial Sloan Kettering
    one grant, 2023 · $150
  • DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $124 · revenue +26%
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 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
2
Colorado Museum of Natural History

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

Arts & Culture
3
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
4
Colorado State University Foundation

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…

Education
5
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
6
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
7
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
8
Denver Dumb Friends League

Working with our compassionate community, we will end pet homelessness and animal suffering.

Animals
9
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
10
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
11
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
12
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Raising Men Lawn Care Inc. 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

18 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. 18 of the 30 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LA PLATA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,555 · AnimalsLA PLATA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY+2 more: $208 · Animals+2 moreWomens Resource Center in Durango: $744 · OtherWomens Resource Center in Dura…100Plus Women of La Plata County: $311 · Other100Plus Women of La Plata Coun…MANNA - THE DURANGO SOUP KITCHEN: $236 · OtherMANNA - THE DURANGO SOUP KITCH…Memorial Sloan Kettering: $150 · OtherMemorial Sloan KetteringDurango Parks & Rec Scholarship Fund: $100 · OtherAmerican Red Cross: $100 · OtherGFM: $100 · OtherSt Anthonys High School: $100 · OtherPilots To The Rescue: $100 · OtherMusic in the Mountains Inc: $100 · Other+6 more: $244 · Other+6 moreCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $572 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO GIVE…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING SOUTHWEST COLORADO: $311 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOU…THE MONO LAKE FOUNDATION: $105 · PhilanthropyTHE MONO LAKE…THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $40 · Philanthropy+1 more: $15 · PhilanthropyBABSON COLLEGE: $800 · EducationBABSON COLLE…DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $124 · EducationDELTA GAMMA …FRIENDS OF COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER: $353 · Public Safety & DisasterHEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $104 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $52 · HealthTHE BRENDAN LOONEY FOUNDATION INC: $30 · Human Services
Animals$3,763Other$2,285Philanthropy$1,043Education$924Public Safety & Disaster$353Health$156Human Services$30

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 budgetLA PLATA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,555 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBABSON COLLEGE: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Resource Center in Durango: $744 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER: $353 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA - THE DURANGO SOUP KITCHEN: $236 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $124 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MONO LAKE FOUNDATION: $105 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $104 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParker's Animal Rescue: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMusic in the Mountains Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAISING MEN LAWN CARE INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRENDAN LOONEY FOUNDATION INC: $30 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…Thoren Family Charita…Ballantine Family FundThe Erteszek Foundati…Community Foundation …Baird Foundation IncWestmeath FoundationEl Pomar FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO18.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Thoren Family Charitable Trust · Ballantine Family Fund · The Erteszek Foundation · Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado · Baird Foundation Inc · Westmeath Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Love Lucky Dog Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Love Lucky Dog Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Babson College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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 30 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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