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R David & Suzanne a Hoover Charitable Trust at a glance

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R David & Suzanne a Hoover Charitable Trust

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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$1.0M
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$9.4MHealth$2.8MHuman Services$562kPhilanthropy$456kArts & Culture$139kReligion$100kInternational$68kAnimals$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $104k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.4M
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY$1,000,000
FAMILY AND INTERCULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER$400,000
COLORADOGIVESORG- COMMUNITY FIRST FOUNDATION$54,022
SUMMIT VALLEY HORSE CENTER$50,000
EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$10,000
VIA MOBILITY SERVICES$10,000
MILE HIGH UNITED WAY$5,000
FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $171k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BRITTANI'S HOPE: $50k → 9%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $20k → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $20k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $10k → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $20k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $10k → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $20k → 12%VIA MOBILITY SERVICES: $10k → 12%VIA MOBILITY SERVICES: $10k → 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
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
KS
TN
DC
OK
AL
TX
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 21 repeat orgs$893k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
25

Total granted

$13M
$443k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+18%

Still filing today

67%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthInternationalPhilanthropyArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DePauw University
    5× · 2017–2024 · $7.0M · revenue +43%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +58%
  • IO
    IMPACT ON EDUCATION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $210k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • FU
    FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (MUSIC FUND)
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • VU
    VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY- CANBY ROBINSON SOCIETY- WOMEN'S HEALTH
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • MC
    MUNCIE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -39%
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.

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Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
2
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
3
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
4
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
5
Colorado Museum of Natural History

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

Arts & Culture
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
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.

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9
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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10
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
11
Boulder Chamber of Commerce

The nonprofit boulder chamber is the region's flagship business advocacy and support organization. with almost 120 years of dedicated service to our members and the boulder community, the boulder chamber's innovative programs help local…

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12
Banner Health Foundation

Established in 2001, banner health foundation secures and stewards charitable contributions to advance banner health's mission, investing in facilities and programs that support advancements in care, research, medical education, patient…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Denver Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Committee to Protect Journalists Inc. 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

35 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. 35 of the 50 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DePauw University: $7,050,000 · EducationDePauw UniversityUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,771,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION+2 more: $102,000 · EducationBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,465,000 · HealthBOULDER COMMUNITY HEA…Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $162,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital C…+2 more: $600 · HealthFAMILY AND INTERCULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER: $400,000 · OtherFAMILY AND …IMPACT ON EDUCATION INC: $210,000 · OtherIMPACT ON E…FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $205,000 · OtherFRONT RANGE…COLORADOGIVESORG- COMMUNITY FIRST FOUNDATION: $101,675 · OtherCOLORADOGIV…FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (MUSIC FUND): $100,000 · OtherFIRST UNITE…VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY- CANBY ROBINSON SOCIETY- WOMEN'S HEALTH: $100,000 · OtherVANDERBILT …DELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $100,000 · OtherDELTA GAMMA…+24 more: $142,361 · Other+24 moreMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $255,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DENVER FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $700 · PhilanthropyACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $60,000 · Human ServicesBRITTANY'S HOPE: $50,000 · Human ServicesEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $40,000 · Human ServicesVia Mobility Services: $20,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesMUNCIE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureARTIS-NAPLES INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureBLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC: $50,000 · Animals
Education$8,923,000Health$2,627,600Other$1,359,036Philanthropy$455,700Human Services$170,500Arts & Culture$112,500Animals$50,000

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 budgetDePauw University: $7,050,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,465,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,771,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $255,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIMPACT ON EDUCATION INC: $210,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetTHE DENVER FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $162,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $100,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMUNCIE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $100,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $60,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetBRITTANY'S HOPE: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOULDER PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetVia Mobility Services: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE ACRE FUND: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoulder Rotary Club: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD & WATER WATCH: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Health Fund: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROLITERACY WORLDWIDE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO: $811 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United Way of Lee County Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $300 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.

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 Janus Henderson F…Rose Community Founda…Amg Charitable Gift F…Starting Line Foundat…Community Foundation …Shell USA Company Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO18.4× affinity7 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 Janus Henderson Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Starting Line Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment 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 R David & Suzanne a Hoover Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from R David & Suzanne a Hoover Charitable Trust. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The United Way of Lee County Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report 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.
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Find your warmest path to R David & Suzanne a Hoover Charitable Trust 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 50 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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