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Riverfront Park Community Foundation

Promote social welfare by fostering excellence, diversity and opportunity in the downtown Denver community primarily through education and the arts.

$370k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
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.

Arts & Culture$978kHousing & Shelter$210kRecreation & Sports$174kEducation$172kEnvironment$168kYouth Development$100kFood & Nutrition$93kHuman Services$90kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $342,819, the rows itemized in this filing. The $370,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $27,181 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
$12,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Riverfront Park Master Assoc$100,000
Riverfront ParkC&C Denver$75,319
The Greenway Foundation$27,500
Urban Peak$25,000
Platte Forum$25,000
Museum of Contemporary Art$20,000
Den Cntr for Performing Arts$12,500
Clyfford Still Fndtn$10,000
WeDontWasteorg$10,000
Denver Art Museum$10,000
Colorado Uplift$10,000
Colorado Symphony Association$10,000
Denver Biennial of Americas$7,500
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Hope Center: $20k → 12%Hope Center: $20k → 12%Colorado Coalition-Homeless: $15k → 12%Colorado Coalition-Homeless: $15k → 12%Colorado Coalition-Homeless: $15k → 12%Hope Center: $10k → 12%Hope Center: $10k → 12%Hope Center: $10k → 12%Hope Center: $10k → 12%Hope Center: $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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 25 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
4

Total granted

$2.4M
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+131%

Still filing today

84%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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

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    PLATTEFORUM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $290k · revenue +8%
  • UP
    URBAN PEAK DENVER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +239%
  • HC
    Hope Center Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $90k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • CC
    Center City Collaborative
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • CV
    COLORADO VILLAGE COLLABORATIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +131%
  • DP
    DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -21%
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
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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2
Denver Police Activities League Inc

The denver police activities league's (pal) mission is to create strong communities by providing under-resourced children with opportunities, exposure, and experiences with the intent of changing young people's lives in a positive way.

Youth Development
3
Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau

To bring conventions and leisure visitors to denver for the economic benefit of the city, the community, and our partners.

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4
Pta Colorado Congress
Education
5
Denver Scholarship Foundation

Denver scholarship foundation (dsf) inspires and empowers denver public schools (dps) students to enroll in and graduate from postsecondary institutions of higher education by providing the tools, knowledge, and financial resources for…

Education
6
Colorado Jazz Ambassadors
Arts & Culture
7
The Childrens Museum of Denver Inc

To create extraordinary experiences that champion the wonder and joy of childhood.

Arts & Culture
8
Denver Early Childhood Council

The vision of denver's early childhood council (the "council") is that denver is a community where the diverse needs of all children and their families are supported. the council elevates the early childhood field through innovative and…

Education
9
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
10
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
11
Public Education & Business Coalition

Every child deserves a great educator. pebc works across the nation to prepare outstanding new teachers, help practicing teachers and leaders become exceptional, and shape systems and policies in order to foster vibrant growth and lasting…

Education
12
Colorado Dream Foundation

We partner with youth and their families as they successfully navigate school, college, and career by providing a holistic academic, social, and emotional program from elementary school through college, along with post-secondary…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Center for the Performing Arts; the most unlike its peers is Clyfford Still Museum. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 30 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLATTEFORUM: $290,000 · Arts & CulturePLATTEFORUMMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $160,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVERDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $85,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSTHINK 360 ARTS FOR LEARNING: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHINK 360 ARTS FOR LEARNINGDENVER ART MUSEUM: $72,500 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART MUSEUMCLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM: $60,000 · Arts & CultureCLYFFORD STILL MUSEUMDENVER FILM SOCIETY: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRiverfront Park Master Assoc: $250,000 · OtherRiverfront Park Master AssocCommons Park C&C of Denver: $211,740 · OtherCommons Park C&C of DenverThe Greenway Foundation Inc: $172,500 · OtherThe Greenway Foundation IncRiverfront ParkC&C Denver: $87,819 · OtherRiverfront ParkC&C DenverGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE ROCKIES: $40,000 · Other+4 more: $75,000 · Other+4 moreDENVER BIENNIAL OF THE AMERICAS CORP: $112,500 · EducationDENVER BIENNIAL …Teach for America Inc: $80,000 · EducationTeach for Americ…COLORADO UPLIFT INC: $70,000 · EducationCOLORADO UPLIFT …DENVER KIDS INC: $52,000 · EducationDENVER KIDS INCBOOK TRUST: $20,000 · EducationBOOK TRUST+1 more: $10,000 · EducationURBAN PEAK DENVER: $140,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FOR REBUILDING LIVES: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterCOLORADO VILLAGE COLLABORATIVE: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterHope Center Inc: $90,000 · Human ServicesColorado Coalition for the Homeless: $45,000 · Human ServicesDenver Inner City Parish Inc: $65,000 · ReligionTHE KEMPE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Crime & Legal
Arts & Culture$797,500Other$837,059Education$344,500Housing & Shelter$190,000Human Services$135,000Religion$65,000Crime & Legal$60,000

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 budgetPLATTEFORUM: $290,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetThe Greenway Foundation Inc: $172,500 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $160,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetURBAN PEAK DENVER: $140,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER BIENNIAL OF THE AMERICAS CORP: $112,500 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetHope Center Inc: $90,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $85,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHINK 360 ARTS FOR LEARNING: $80,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $72,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDenver Inner City Parish Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE KEMPE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetDENVER KIDS INC: $52,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetColorado Coalition for the Homeless: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE ROCKIES: $40,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetDENVER FILM SOCIETY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FOR REBUILDING LIVES: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER BIKE SHARING: $22,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBOOK TRUST: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BLUE BENCH: $17,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOLORADO VILLAGE COLLABORATIVE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER HYBRID COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

  • Who funds PLATTEFORUM ↗
  • Who funds The Greenway Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER ↗
  • Who funds URBAN PEAK DENVER ↗
  • Who funds DENVER BIENNIAL OF THE AMERICAS CORP ↗
  • Who funds Hope Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds THINK 360 ARTS FOR LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO UPLIFT INC ↗
  • Who funds Denver Inner City Parish Inc ↗
  • Who funds CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE KEMPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DENVER KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Coalition for the Homeless ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds DENVER FILM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FOR REBUILDING LIVES ↗
  • Who funds DENVER BIKE SHARING ↗
  • Who funds BOOK TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE BLUE BENCH ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO VILLAGE COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds DENVER HYBRID COLLEGE ↗

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 FoundationRose Community Founda…The Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …Schlessman Foundation…Caring for Denver Fou…Libertygives Foundati…The Anschutz Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationDenver Broncos Founda…Ima Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO36.6× affinity17 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 · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Caring for Denver Foundation · Libertygives Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Denver Broncos Foundation · Ima 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 Riverfront Park Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Riverfront Park Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    13report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Riverfront Park Community Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Riverfront Park Community 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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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