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Pepi and Sheika Gramshammer Foundation at a glance

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Pepi and Sheika Gramshammer 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.

$28k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$76kArts & Culture$61kEnvironment$60kCommunity Improvement$42kHuman Services$25kRecreation & Sports$12kYouth Development$11kEducation$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$12k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLORADO SNOWSPORTS MUSEUM$10,000
BRAVO VAIL$10,000
BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS$7,500
GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM$500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 14% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AUGUSTANA CARE: $25k → 11%WARREN MILLER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $300 → 10%GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM: $500 → 11%ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 → 6%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%CHRIS ANTHONY YOUTH INITIATIVE PROJECT: $1k → 12%GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM: $500 → 11%ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 → 6%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS: $100 → 12%GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM: $500 → 11%YOUTH POWER 365: $10k → 7%GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM: $500 → 11%VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $10k → 7%GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM: $500 → 11%VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $10k → 7%GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM: $500 → 11%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $7k → 7%VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $5k → 7%VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $5k → 7%VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $5k → 7%GIRL POWER: $1k → 7%STARTING HEARTS: $500 → 7%COLORADO SNOWSPORTS MUSEUM: $10k → 7%BRAVO VAIL: $10k → 7%BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS: $9k → 7%BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS: $8k → 7%BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS: $8k → 7%BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS: $8k → 7%BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS: $8k → 7%BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS: $8k → 7%BRAVO VAIL: $8k → 7%BRAVO VAIL: $8k → 7%BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS: $8k → 7%BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS: $6k → 7%COLORADO SNOWSPORTS MUSEUM: $1k → 7%BRAVO VAIL: $500 → 7%BRAVO VAIL: $350 → 7%COLORADO SNOWSPORTS MUSEUM: $300 → 7%FRIENDS OF VAIL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $100 → 7%FRIEND OF VAIL MOUNTAIN RESCUE: $200 → 7%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$211k · 7 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$211k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+57%

Still filing today

57%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EnvironmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationHealthOther
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

  • BF
    Betty Ford Alpine Gardens
    8× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +97%
  • GR
    GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3k · revenue +217%
  • AH
    ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    2× · 2018–2020 · $200 · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • AC
    AUGUSTANA CAREgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +74%
  • Y
    YOUTHPOWER365graduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +65%
  • CA
    CHRIS ANTHONY YOUTH INITIATIVE PROJECT
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
Bravo Colorado At Beaver Creek-Vail Inc Dba Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival

Enriching people's lives through the power of music.*producing the finest performances by the greatest artists*fostering music education, and*promoting a life-long appreciation for the arts

Arts & Culture
2
Eagle River Valley Childcare

Eagle river valley childcare is strategically designed to address the childcare supply and affordability issues in the eagle county, colorado community.

Human Services
3
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

To build a lasting connection to the pikes peak region by preserving and sharing our cultural history. this mission is accomplished through our support of the colorado springs pioneers museum, owned and operated by the city of colorado…

Arts & Culture
4
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
5
Vail International Pro Am
Recreation & Sports
6
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
7
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies

Aces' mission is to inspire a life-long commitment to the earth by providing innovative and immersive programming for all ages.

Environment
8
Colorado State Fire Chiefs

The vision of the csfc is to partner with the fire service and supplier partners across the state of colorado in their efforts to protect all of colorado's life and property from fire and other disasters. it is a dynamic organization,…

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Colorado Museum of Natural History

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

Arts & Culture
10
Better Business Bureau Serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming Foundation

Advocate for trust in the marketplace through education, empowerment, recognition, and research of ethical practices with bbb accredited businesses, future accredited business owners, and consumers.

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11
Vermont Public Co

Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.

Arts & Culture
12
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation

To raise and manage philanthropic support for the current and future needs of aspen valley hospital.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vail Valley Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Starting Hearts. 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

10 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. 10 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VAIL VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherVAIL VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONBRAVO VAIL: $25,850 · OtherBRAVO VAILAUGUSTANA CARE: $25,000 · OtherAUGUSTANA CARECOLORADO SNOWSPORTS MUSEUM: $12,300 · OtherCOLORADO SNOWSPORTS MUSEUM+5 more: $2,500 · OtherBetty Ford Alpine Gardens: $59,700 · EnvironmentBetty Ford Alpine Garde…+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $42,000 · Community ImprovementVAIL VALLEY FOUN…VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureVILAR PERFORM…YOUTHPOWER365: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $300 · PhilanthropyGERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationStarting Hearts: $500 · Health
Other$140,650Environment$59,800Community Improvement$42,000Arts & Culture$35,000Philanthropy$10,300Education$3,000Health$500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBetty Ford Alpine Gardens: $59,700 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $42,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $35,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetAUGUSTANA CARE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetStarting Hearts: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIG SKY EDUCATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds Betty Ford Alpine Gardens ↗
  • Who funds VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTANA CARE ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHPOWER365 ↗
  • Who funds GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Starting Hearts ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BIG SKY EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗

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…Frechette Family Foun…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Frechette Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Pepi and Sheika Gramshammer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pepi and Sheika Gramshammer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%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 · 0–20%
    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 Pepi and Sheika Gramshammer Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Pepi and Sheika Gramshammer 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 17 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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