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Misty Meadows Foundation at a glance

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Misty Meadows 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.

$720k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$125k
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.

Education$1.4MAnimals$576kHealth$355kHuman Services$282kCommunity Improvement$250kCrime & Legal$140kInternational$136kYouth Development$115kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $570k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREENLIGHT FUND INC$125,000
ROUTT COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC$120,000
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$105,000
YAMPA VALLEY BREAST CANCER AWARENESS$60,000
BETTER TOMORROW$60,000
GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS$50,000
TFALLS FOUNDATION INC$50,000
BEARINGS BIKE WORKS$20,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC$20,000
THE CARTER CENTER$20,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (ATL)$15,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY GA$15,000
ATLANTA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOUNDATION INC$15,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$10,000
EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC$10,000
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 (FY20–24, $276k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%TFALLS FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 6%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS: $25k → 13%TFALLS FOUNDATION INC: $48k → 6%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS: $25k → 13%TFALLS FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 6%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS: $25k → 13%TFALLS FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 6%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS: $20k → 13%TFALLS FOUNDATION INC: $18k → 6%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS: $20k → 13%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 18 repeat orgs$504k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
17

Total granted

$3.1M
$489k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+35%

Still filing today

83%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentOther
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 DENVER
    4× · 2021–2024 · $570k · revenue +12%
  • RC
    Routt County Humane Society
    6× · 2018–2024 · $560k · revenue +41%
  • GS
    GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $305k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF DENVER GSPP
    one grant, 2020 · $120k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF DENVER LIBRARY
    one grant, 2020 · $65k
  • SH
    SOROCO HIGH SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM
    one grant, 2022 · $60k
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 Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
2
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
3
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
4
Children's Heartlink

We save children's lives by transforming pediatric heart care in underserved parts of the world.

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5
Colorado Children's Campaign

The colorado children's campaign relentlessly champions the needs of children. we leverage data, research, and relationships to unapologetically advocate for kids, fighting for a brighter, more equitable future for every child in colorado.…

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6
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
7
Citizen Schools Inc

In fiscal year 2025, the agency operated an americorps maker fellowship, placing 7 americorps vista members at 6 different education focused organizations in ca, ma, and ny. americorps members worked on capacity building projects to expand…

Education
8
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
9
Colorado Museum of Natural History

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

Arts & Culture
10
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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11
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
12
Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence

The mission of the center for legal inclusiveness (cli) is to advance diversity in the legal profession by actively educating and supporting private and public sector legal organizations in their individual campaigns to create cultures of…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc; the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. 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

27 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. 27 of the 38 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Routt County Humane Society: $560,000 · OtherRoutt County Humane SocietyYAMPA VALLEY BREAST CANCER AWARENESS: $270,000 · OtherYAMPA VALLEY BREAST CANCER AWARENESSUNIVERSITY OF DENVER GSPP: $120,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DENVER GSPPATLANTA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS ASSOCIATION: $80,000 · OtherChristian City Inc: $68,600 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY GA: $68,400 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DENVER LIBRARY: $65,000 · OtherSOROCO HIGH SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM: $60,000 · Other+14 more: $284,000 · Other+14 moreUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $570,004 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVERGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $305,000 · EducationGREENHOUSE SCHOLARSEVERY STUDENT EVERY COMMUNITY INC: $75,000 · EducationEVERY STUDENT EVERY COMMUNITY …+2 more: $30,000 · EducationBETTER TOMORROW: $280,000 · Human ServicesBETTER TOMORROWTFalls Foundation Inc: $161,000 · Human ServicesTFalls Foundation…BEARINGS BIKE SHOP INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesBEARINGS BIKE SHO…GREENLIGHT FUND INC: $250,000 · Community ImprovementTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $96,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $40,000 · InternationalChildren's Hospital Colorado Health System: $25,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado: $25,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $44,996 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,576,000Education$980,004Human Services$556,000Community Improvement$250,000International$136,000Health$55,000Arts & Culture$54,996

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $570,004 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRoutt County Humane Society: $560,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $305,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetBETTER TOMORROW: $280,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $250,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTFalls Foundation Inc: $161,000 over 5y, 34% of budgetBEARINGS BIKE SHOP INC: $115,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $96,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY STUDENT EVERY COMMUNITY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetChristian City Inc: $68,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $44,996 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC: $30,500 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOUNDATION IN: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Health System: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGEORGIA ASYLUM & IMMIGRATION NETWORK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNew Legacy Charter School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHands on Atlanta Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA AGAPE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Community Foundat…The Hbb FoundationTr Uw Charles I BrananThe Imlay Foundation …Colorado Gives Founda…Georgia Power Foundat…Melvin & Elaine Wolf …The Homestead Foundat…Betty and Davis Fitzg…Tw Marian W Ottley At…The Waterfall Foundat…Atl Fdn-W Peters Main
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA20.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Hbb Foundation · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Melvin & Elaine Wolf Foundation · The Homestead Foundation Inc · Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%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
    1get 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 · 0–50%
    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

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    How do I get to Misty Meadows Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Misty Meadows 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 38 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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