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Pinon Trail 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.

$121k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$181kReligion$89kHuman Services$82kCommunity Improvement$61kEducation$53kRecreation & Sports$23kCivil Rights$22kArts & Culture$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $82k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE EMANUEL$22,970
SUMMIT COMMUNITY FUND$16,000
RYYAN CHACRA FOUNDATION$15,650
ROSE COMMUNITY FUND$15,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$12,500
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$7,500
JEWISH COLORADO$5,000
LAKE FORREST ACADEMY$5,000
COLAB$5,000
GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATI$5,000
EFSHAR PROJECT$4,000
LOCAL MEDIA ASSOCIATION & LOCAL MED$2,500
MAPS$2,500
ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION$2,000
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 (FY20–25, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RYYAN CHACRA FOUNDATION: $16k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $13k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $8k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 12%WARREN VILLAGE: $5k → 12%COLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
CA
CO
DC
OK
TX
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$342k · 13 repeat orgs$112k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
30

Total granted

$342k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+9%

Still filing today

46%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +62%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
    4× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +22%
  • CF
    COBALT FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $22k · revenue +129%

Funded once

  • JC
    JEWSIH COMMUNITY SERVICE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • OU
    OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • LM
    LOCATION MEDIA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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 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
2
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
3
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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4
Colorado Museum of Natural History

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

Arts & Culture
5
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
6
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc

To deliver meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms

Arts & Culture
7
Colorado Fiscal Institute

To provide timely, credible and accessible analyses of fiscal and economic issues facing colorado to inform public policy debates and promote economic prosperity

Community Improvement
8
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
9
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
10
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
11
Philanthropy Colorado

Philanthropy colorado is a nonprofit membership association for grantmakers throughout the state. its mission is strengthen colorado communities by bringing people, information and resources together.

Philanthropy
12
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Ryyan Chacra Foundation. 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

28 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. 28 of the 53 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROSE COMMUNITY FUND: $71,500 · OtherROSE COMMUNITY FUNDSUMMIT COMMUNITY FUND: $58,500 · OtherSUMMIT COMMUNITY FUNDTEMPLE EMANUEL: $57,120 · OtherTEMPLE EMANUELADL: $32,500 · OtherADLJEWSIH COMMUNITY SERVICE: $25,000 · OtherJEWSIH COMMUNITY SERVICEOKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · OtherCOLAB: $11,500 · Other+29 more: $51,800 · Other+29 moreTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $34,500 · PhilanthropyTHE SUMMIT FOU…JEWISHColorado: $30,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISHColoradoRose Community Foundation: $12,500 · PhilanthropyRose Community…VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $58,000 · Community ImprovementVAIL VALLEY…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $31,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAM…THE RYYAN CHACRA FOUNDATION: $15,650 · Human ServicesTHE RYYAN …WARREN VILLAGE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesWARREN VIL…COLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOLORADO N…UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…LAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $21,355 · EducationLAKE FORE…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCOBALT FOUNDATION: $22,000 · Civil RightsALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Civil RightsDenver Park Trust: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern University: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: $500 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $250 · Recreation & Sports
Other$322,920Philanthropy$77,000Community Improvement$58,000Human Services$56,650Education$47,355Civil Rights$24,000Recreation & Sports$8,250

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 budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $58,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $34,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $31,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOBALT FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $21,355 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRose Community Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Park Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY CHILD READING: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetROSE ANDOM CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUEST: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT EDUCATION COLORADO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUDAISM YOUR WAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ COLORADO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH COMMONS: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER TENNIS PARK: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DELORES PROJECT: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILD BEAR NATURE CENTER: $150 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 VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISHColorado ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds COBALT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAKE FOREST ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE RYYAN CHACRA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Rose Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Denver Park Trust ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds WARREN VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds EVERY CHILD READING ↗
  • Who funds ROSE ANDOM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EQUEST ↗
  • Who funds GREAT EDUCATION COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds JUDAISM YOUR WAY ↗
  • Who funds REACH OUT AND READ COLORADO ↗

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 FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Rose Community Founda…Xcel Energy FoundationRobert E & Anne T Sne…Boettcher FoundationThe Connie Burwell Wh…Gates Family Foundati…Shana Glassman Founda…Gary PhilanthropyThe Women's Foundatio…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO25.7× affinity11 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 · Robert E & Anne T Sneed Aka Family Foundation · Boettcher Foundation · The Connie Burwell White and William W White Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Shana Glassman Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc

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 Pinon Trail Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pinon Trail 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report 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.

    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 53 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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