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Rino Art District

Build a stronger community of creative individuals and businesses.

$109k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$135kEnvironment$50kArts & Culture$47kYouth Development$41kCommunity Improvement$41kFood & Nutrition$25kCivil Rights$25kHuman Services$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,625
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
El Sistema Colorado$15,625
Individual grant recipient$15,625
Heart and Hand Center$15,625
Black American West Museums$15,625
Lincoln Hills Cares$15,625
Brother Jeff s Cultural Center$15,625
Groundwork Denver$15,625
02The need
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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 (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BIRDSEED COLLECTIVE: $15k → 10%ELYRIA GLOBEVILLE SWANSEA: $10k → 12%CIRCLE: $10k → 12%GREEN SPACES: $40k → 12%PROJECT VOYCE: $25k → 12%CENTER FOR COMMUNITY: $25k → 12%El Sistema Colorado: $16k → 12%Colorado Young Congress: $16k → 12%Groundwork Denver: $16k → 12%Lincoln Hills Cares: $16k → 12%Brother Jeff s Cultural Center: $16k → 12%Heart and Hand Center: $16k → 12%Black American West Museums: $16k → 12%YOUTH EMPOWERMENT BROADCASTING: $10k → 12%GREEN DOT COALITION: $10k → 12%CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER: $135k → 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 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
Mesa County Business Education Foundation

Education for youth throughout mesa county, co

Education
2
Colorado African Cultural Center

To celebrate African cultural heritage and drive innovation in Colorado by empowering underserved communities through education, creativity, and sustainable development.

Human Services
3
All in Denver

All in Denver is a non-profit advocacy organization that believes an equitable city where all people prosper and thrive is within our reach

Civil Rights
4
Colorado Jazz Ambassadors
Arts & Culture
5
Seeking Common Ground Inc

Building Bridges equip inclusive leaders with the skills they need to transform divides in their communities. Building Bridges two key program areas are Transform and Shift. Transform brings together diverse young people from Metro Denver…

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6
Cultural Enrichment Center of Fort Collins

Servicing the cultural, academic, career, and social needs of african american high school and middle school students in fort collins colorado

Arts & Culture
7
Convivir Colorado

We support immigrant youth as they find power in their migrant experience and use it to enrich themselves and their Colorado communities.

Youth Development
8
El Centro Amistad

Create opportunities and programs that promote health equity education and quality of life for the latino community in boulder county in colorado.

Human Services
9
Environmental Learning for Kids

Cultivating a diverse community of leaders and environmental stewards by increasing outdoor equity.

Youth Development
10
Youth Documentary Academy

YDA prepares a new generation of underrepresented storytellers and helps them locate and amplify their voices through the art of documentary film.

Youth Development
11
Fort Collins Mural Project

Our mission is to collaborate with local artists and businesses to promote contemporary art in public spaces in Fort Collins, Colorado. FCMP is focused on providing opportunities for underrepresented and emerging artists in Colorado.

Arts & Culture
12
Urban Symbiosis

Urban Symbiosis is dedicated to promoting sustainable urban agriculture and food sovereignty in urban communities through the development and support of community-driven urban farms and educational programs.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Community Wealth Building; the most unlike its peers is Rino Gives Back. 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

11 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. 11 of the 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Denver Animal Shelter: $135,199 · OtherDenver Animal ShelterGREEN SPACES: $40,020 · OtherGREEN SPACESCENTER FOR COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING: $25,000 · OtherCENTER FOR COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDINGBlack American West Museums: $15,625 · OtherBlack American West MuseumsIndividual grant recipient: $15,625 · OtherIndividual grant recipientA PART OF EVERYTHING CDC: $10,000 · OtherELYRIA GLOBEVILLE SWANSEA: $10,000 · OtherProject VOYCE: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentProject VO…Youth Empowerment Broadcasting Org: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentYouth Empo…EL SISTEMA COLORADO: $15,625 · Arts & CultureEL SISTEM…LINCOLN HILLS CARES: $15,625 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN H…GROUNDWORK DENVER INC: $15,625 · Community ImprovementBIRDSEED COLLECTIVE: $15,000 · Community ImprovementBROTHER JEFF'S CULTURAL CENTER: $15,625 · HealthHEART AND HAND CENTER: $15,625 · Crime & LegalC I R C L E: $10,000 · Education
Other$251,469Youth Development$35,000Arts & Culture$31,250Community Improvement$30,625Health$15,625Crime & Legal$15,625Education$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetProject VOYCE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBROTHER JEFF'S CULTURAL CENTER: $15,625 over 1y, 13% of budgetHEART AND HAND CENTER: $15,625 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGROUNDWORK DENVER INC: $15,625 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEL SISTEMA COLORADO: $15,625 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLINCOLN HILLS CARES: $15,625 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBIRDSEED COLLECTIVE: $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetYouth Empowerment Broadcasting Org: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetC I R C L E: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% 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.

The Denver FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Colorado Gives Founda…Rose Community Founda…Latino Community Foun…The Ajl Charitable Fo…Caring for Denver Fou…Caring for Colorado F…Trailhead InstituteMile High United Way …American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The Denver FoundationCO26.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc · The Ajl Charitable Foundation · Caring for Denver Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Trailhead Institute · Mile High United Way Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 Rino Art District funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rino Art District. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 16 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 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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