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PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset

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.

$856k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
6%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 36
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$15M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 6% of the organizations PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
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
FY2024still arriving14$856k7%
FY202316$897k6%
FY202226$953k23%
FY202124$873k21%
FY202024$921k21%
FY201928$863k18%
FY201832$752k41%
FY201736$698kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$1.4MEnvironment$1.2MCivil Rights$1.1MEducation$733kFood & Nutrition$712kArts & Culture$563kHuman Services$451kPhilanthropy$271kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MN
IL
NY
OR
PA
CA
CO
MD
NM
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,000,00070%
Colorado Center on Law and Policy$600,00048%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$600,00060%
University of Denver$420,00070%
Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking$350,000410%
Food Bank of the Rockies$300,00040%
Denver Art Museum$292,60440%
ACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc$240,00053%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$199,00060%
Wedontwaste Inc$150,80080%
Colorado Urban Leadership Foundation$149,50057%
The Colorado College$140,00030%
Environmental Learning for Kids$117,43139%
Conservation Colorado$104,00061%
Rooted Wisdom Africa Into Your Hands$101,268710%
Global Links$100,00071%
Polaris Project$90,00040%
Hunger Free Colorado$76,15442%
Our Children's Trust$74,00061%
Opera Colorado$66,66621%
Clean Water Fund$60,00030%
Attention Inc$50,00050%
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc$50,00010%
Margarets Village$50,00051%
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado$37,00041%
The Friendship Bridge$35,00030%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$30,00030%
Hispanic Federation Inc$25,00010%
Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado$25,00011%
Colorado High School Charter Inc$24,00030%
Womens Global Empowerment Fund$21,0002n/a
Openworld Learning$20,00021%
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative North America Inc$20,00010%
Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center$10,00022%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$10,00010%
Sustainable Health Enterprises Inc$10,0001n/a
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Donorschooseorg$8,44210%
Denver School of Science and Technology Inc$8,00010%
Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc$6,00020%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$5,00010%
Western Resource Advocates$5,00010%
Black American West Museum & Herit$5,0001n/a
Days For Girls International$5,00010%
Operation Warm Inc$5,00010%
Black Lives Matter 5280$5,00011%
High Country Conservation Center$5,00011%
Impact 100 Metro Denver$4,50031%
Raft(Resource Area for Teaching)Colorado$2,50010%
Earth Links Inc$2,5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,000,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Center on Law and Policy: $600,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $600,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Denver: $420,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLaboratory to Combat Human Trafficking: $350,000 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $300,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDenver Art Museum: $292,604 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc: $240,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetPublic Broadcasting of Colorado Inc: $199,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWedontwaste Inc: $150,800 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetColorado Urban Leadership Foundation: $149,500 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetThe Colorado College: $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Learning for Kids: $117,431 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetConservation Colorado: $104,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetRooted Wisdom Africa Into Your Hands: $101,268 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetGlobal Links: $100,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetPolaris Project: $90,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHunger Free Colorado: $76,154 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetOur Children's Trust: $74,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetOpera Colorado: $66,666 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetClean Water Fund: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAttention Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetRocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMargarets Village: $50,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetVolunteers for Outdoor Colorado: $37,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetThe Friendship Bridge: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHispanic Federation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFlorence Crittenton Services of Colorado: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetColorado High School Charter Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOpenworld Learning: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDrugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative North America Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMetropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center: $10,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Citizen Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $8,442 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDenver School of Science and Technology Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCraft Emergency Relief Fund Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Resource Advocates: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDays For Girls International: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlack Lives Matter 5280: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHigh Country Conservation Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetImpact 100 Metro Denver: $4,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetRaft(Resource Area for Teaching)Colorado: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 47.

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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 FoundationCO36.8× affinity18 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 · The Colorado Health Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · The Colorado Trust · Mile High United Way Inc · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Western Union Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams 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.

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About PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset

How much does PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset give?
PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset reported 14 grants totaling $856,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (20%), Environment (17%), Civil Rights (15%).
Who are PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($1.0M), Colorado Center on Law and Policy ($600k), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($600k).
Does PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset 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 PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation.
Where is PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset based?
PB&K Family Foundation Co Cresset is based in CO.

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 73 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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