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Masoud Shirazi Family Foundation at a glance

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Masoud Shirazi 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.

$17k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$46kEducation$20kHuman Services$10kPhilanthropy$6kReligion$5kAnimals$4kYouth Development$4kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
A WOMAN'S PLACE$5,000
FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC$5,000
NOCO HUMANE$3,982
PARKER GOLF ASSOCIATION$2,680
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 (FY24–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%PARKER GOLF ASSOCIATION: $3k → 3%FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $5k → 11%A WOMAN'S PLACE: $5k → 11%ENVISION: $614 → 9%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.
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69k · 9 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$69k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+20%

Still filing today

33%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • NF
    NCMC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $22k
  • NC
    NORTH COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER FOUND
    2× · 2019–2020 · $15k
  • MC
    Monfort College of Business
    3× · 2019–2021 · $9k

Funded once

  • TF
    THERASWIM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • TC
    THE CRAWFORD CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
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
Center for Improving Value in Health Care

To equip partners and communities in colorado and across the nation with the resources, services and unbiased data needed to improve health and health care. we help communities, organizations and individuals identify opportunities to…

Health
2
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
3
Center for Legal Advocacy

To protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities and older people in colorado through direct representation, advocacy, education, and legislative analysis.

Civil Rights
4
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
5
Colorado Health Institute
Health
6
Colorado Cross Disability Coalition

To advocate for social justice for people with all types of disabilities.

—
7
Domestic Violence Initiative for Women With Disabilities

Empowering victims and creating a bridge to close the gap for people with disabilities through discovery of self-resiliency by providing support and services.

—
8
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
9
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
10
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity

Seeking to put god's love into action; habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. fort collins habitat for humanity adheres…

Housing & Shelter
11
Colorado West Inc

We rebuild lives and inspire hope by providing exceptional mental health and addiction recovery care strengthening the health and vitality of our communities.

Health
12
Uchealth Greeley Hospital

We improve lives. in big ways through learning, healing and discovery. in small, personal ways through human connection. but in all ways, we improve lives.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Weld County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Noco Humane. 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

11 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. 11 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NCMC FOUNDATION: $22,110 · OtherNCMC FOUNDATIONNORTH COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER FOUND: $14,740 · OtherNORTH COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDMonfort College of Business: $8,500 · OtherMonfort College of BusinessUNC - DEAN'S LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $6,000 · OtherUNC - DEAN'S LEADERSHIP COUNCILTHERASWIM FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherTHERASWIM FOUNDATIONBoys and Girls Club: $3,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $2,500 · Other+3 more: $2,800 · OtherFOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFOOTHILLS GATEW…A WOMAN'S PLACE INCORPORATED: $5,000 · Human ServicesA WOMAN'S PLACE…PARKER GOLF ASSOCIATION: $2,680 · Human ServicesPARKER GOLF ASS…ENVISION CREATIVE SUPPORT FOR PEO- PLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: $614 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $7,500 · HealthAMERICAN C…FRANK GALE FAITH NOT FEAR: $1,000 · HealthFRANK GALE…BENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthBENEVOLENT…UNITED WAY OF WELD COUNTY INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyNoco Humane: $3,982 · AnimalsUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $2,750 · EducationTHE CRAWFORD CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $2,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$64,650Human Services$13,294Health$9,000Philanthropy$4,000Animals$3,982Education$2,750Crime & Legal$2,500

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 budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WELD COUNTY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNoco Humane: $3,982 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRAWFORD CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetENVISION CREATIVE SUPPORT FOR PEO- PLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: $614 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $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…Otter Cares Foundatio…Community Foundation …Weld Community Founda…El Pomar FoundationWenaas Family Foundat…Anschutz Family Found…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · Weld Community Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Wenaas Family Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Masoud Shirazi Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Masoud Shirazi Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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.

    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 21 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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