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Nathan B & Florence R Burt Foundation at a glance

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Nathan B & Florence R Burt Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$200k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$465kYouth Development$315kHuman Services$258kArts & Culture$55kHealth$52kHousing & Shelter$47kEmployment$29kReligion$19kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $175k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY VISITOR PROGRAM$25,000
REACH OUT AND READ COLORADO$25,000
SAVE OUR YOUTH$20,000
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE OF COLORADO$20,000
WHIZ KIDS TUTORING INC$20,000
SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER$15,000
YESS INSTITUTE$10,000
MILE HIGH 360$10,000
PEAK EDUCATION$10,000
TRUE NORTH YOUTH PROGRAM$10,000
CAREERS IN CONSTRUCTION COLORADO$10,000
A CHILD'S SONG$7,500
MOUNTAIN RESOURCE CENTER$7,500
BOULDER COMMUNITY HOUSING CORP$5,000
COLORADO SPRINGS CONSERVATORY$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $191k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DIAKONIA INC: $10k → 14%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $3k → 5%CENTER FOR ENRICHED COMMUNICATION: $2k → 11%PRAIRIE FAMILY CENTER: $3k → 11%REGIONAL HOME VISITATION PROGRAM: $2k → 13%ADOPTION EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION INC: $15k → 6%AMERICA'S KIDS BELONG: $3k → 9%THE PLACE: $15k → 9%ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE: $1k → 11%SENIORS' RESOURCE CENTER INC: $2k → 12%HOPE HOUSE COLORADO: $7k → 7%BESSIE'S HOPE: $2k → 12%HOPE HOUSE COLORADO: $5k → 7%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRINGS: $8k → 9%CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES: $2k → 10%EARLY CONNECTIONS LEARNING CENTERS: $5k → 9%CASA OF ADAMS & BROOMFIELD COUNTIES: $3k → 10%THE ADOPTION EXCHANGE: $3k → 8%JEFFCO HUMAN SERVICES FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $2k → 8%HANDS OF THE CARPENTER: $3k → 7%SHILOH HOME INC: $2k → 7%BOULDER DAY NURSERY ASSOCIATION: $5k → 12%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $1k → 12%QUALISTAR COLORADO: $1k → 12%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 12%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER: $3k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $10k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $10k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $2k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $3k → 12%SENIOR SUPPORT SERVICES: $2k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $2k → 12%DOLLS FOR DAUGHTERS AND KENZIE'S KIDS: $2k → 12%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $15k → 12%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $15k → 12%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $10k → 12%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $2k → 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.
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$710k · 37 repeat orgs$592k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
133

Total granted

$710k
$552k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+46%

Still filing today

95%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & 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

  • DK
    DENVER KIDS INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $73k · revenue +33%
  • SO
    SAVE OUR YOUTH INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $72k · revenue +64%
  • RO
    REACH OUT AND READ COLORADO
    2× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • AC
    ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +42%
  • CY
    COLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +140%
  • AE
    ADOPTION EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION INC DBA NATIONAL ADOPTION ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +101%
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
Seeds of Learning

Seeds of Learning is a stand-alone, NAEYC accredited early care and education center, that serves children ages 30 months through age 5. As a community-based facility, Seeds offers parenting classes, educational opportunities for families…

Education
2
Friends of the Children - Colorado

Friends of the Children - Colorado has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships and professional mentors 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Youth Development
3
Hope Center Inc

The organization provides childcare, preschool programs, gifted programs, vocational training, and therapy for the developmentally disabled.

Human Services
4
Denver Area Youth Services

To promote and provide a continuum of human services to youth and their families.

Human Services
5
Colorado Learning Connections

Through individualized learning and responsive mentoring, we inspire, guide and empower students and families.

Education
6
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
7
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
8
Colorado Springs Independence Center

We work with people with disabilities, their families and the community to create independence so that all may thrive.

Human Services
9
Homeward Pikes Peak

Homeward Pikes Peak empowers individuals and families to access stable housing, increase mental health, recovery, and economic stability.

Housing & Shelter
10
Nursing and Therapy Services of Colorado

To provide compassionate, comprehensive, and accessible healthcare for individuals of all ages, fostering a healthier and brighter future for every child and adult in our community. Our vision is rooted in a commitment to providing…

Health
11
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
12
Center for Nonprofit Excellence

The Center for Nonprofit Excellence strengthens Southern Colorado's nonprofit sector through leadership and resource development, advocacy and collaboration. Together, with our partners, we are co-creating a vibrant community in the Pikes…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Healthy Child Care Colorado; the most unlike its peers is The Lords Daily Bread. 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

142 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. 142 of the 174 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)
61
Early backer (in before they grew)
138/142
Grantees still filing
107/142
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · OtherARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCHOPE IGNITES COLORADO: $40,000 · OtherHOPE IGNITES COLORADOFAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $25,000 · OtherFAMILY VISITOR PROGRAM: $25,000 · OtherCareers in Construction Colorado: $27,500 · OtherCareers in Construction Colorado+85 more: $283,550 · Other+85 moreDENVER KIDS INC: $72,500 · EducationDENVER KIDS INCWHIZ KIDS TUTORING INC: $52,500 · EducationWHIZ KIDS TUTORING I…COLORADO UPLIFT INC: $35,000 · EducationCOLORADO UPLIFT INCPeak Education: $20,000 · EducationPeak EducationNew Legacy Charter School: $15,000 · EducationNew Legacy Charter S…KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationKENT DENVER COUNTRY …READING PARTNERS: $10,000 · Education+8 more: $21,500 · Education+8 moreSUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $41,500 · Human ServicesSUN VALLEY YOUTH C…FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $22,000 · Human ServicesFLORENCE CRITTENTO…ADOPTION EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION INC DBA NATIONAL ADOPTION ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesADOPTION EXCHANGE …The Place: $15,000 · Human ServicesThe PlaceHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $14,500 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE OF COLO…GATEWAY HOUSE INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesGATEWAY HOUSE INCJEFFCO PROSPERITY PARTNERS: $10,000 · Human ServicesDIAKONIA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $7,500 · Human ServicesB COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING: $7,500 · Human Services+25 more: $58,250 · Human Services+25 moreREACH OUT AND READ COLORADO: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentREACH OUT A…TRUE NORTH YOUTH PROGRAM: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRUE NORTH …BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHER…COLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOLORADO YO…GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER: $5,000 · Youth Development+6 more: $14,475 · Youth Development+6 moreSAVE OUR YOUTH INC: $71,500 · Crime & LegalSAVE OUR Y…HEART AND HAND CENTER: $25,000 · Crime & LegalHEART AND …FAMILY VISITOR PROGRAM OF GARFIELD COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalFAMILY VIS…+4 more: $8,750 · Crime & Legal+4 moreCOLORADO SPRINGS CONSERVATORY FOUNDATION: $17,500 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePLATTEFORUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRED RIBBON PROJECT: $3,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureKIDS AT THEIR BEST INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF DENVER INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO SPRINGS PIONEERS MUSEUM: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureThe YESS Institute: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsMILE HIGH 360: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $2,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$501,050Education$241,500Human Services$213,750Youth Development$129,475Crime & Legal$115,250Arts & Culture$56,000Recreation & Sports$47,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetDENVER KIDS INC: $72,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSAVE OUR YOUTH INC: $71,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetWHIZ KIDS TUTORING INC: $52,500 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ COLORADO: $50,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $41,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetHOPE IGNITES COLORADO: $40,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCareers in Construction Colorado: $27,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetThe YESS Institute: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHEART AND HAND CENTER: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $22,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMILE HIGH 360: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTRUE NORTH YOUTH PROGRAM: $20,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPeak Education: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCOLORADO SPRINGS CONSERVATORY FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetADOPTION EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION INC DBA NATIONAL ADOPTION ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Place: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNew Legacy Charter School: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Coalition for Families and Children: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $14,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGATEWAY HOUSE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThompson Valley Preschool Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetIMPACT ON EDUCATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBoulder Community Housing Corporation Inc: $11,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetEQUINE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM: $11,500 over 2y, 20% of budgetJEFFCO PROSPERITY PARTNERS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY VISITOR PROGRAM OF GARFIELD COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLATTEFORUM: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDIAKONIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNTAIN RESOURCE CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA CHILDS SONG INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetB COS WE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO SPRING: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetYou Be You Early Learning: $5,050 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCOLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEXTENDED HANDS OF HOPE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSUMMER SCHOLARS: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOULDER DAY NURSERY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 FoundationAnschutz Family Found…Hill Foundation Wells…El Pomar FoundationThe Colorado Health F…The Anschutz Foundati…Rose Community Founda…Mile High United Way …Schlessman Foundation…Caring for Colorado F…Daniels Fund
Colorado Gives FoundationCO133.9× affinity116 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · El Pomar Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Daniels Fund

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 Nathan B & Florence R Burt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nathan B & Florence R Burt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    75report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
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    How do I get to Nathan B & Florence R Burt Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Nathan B & Florence R Burt 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 174 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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