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Roaring Fork Gay & Lesbian Community Fund

To promote tolerance, understanding and diversity through local and national programming, fundraising and grants for the LGBT+ community, their families, and allies, with a focus on youth education, and community action.

$109k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2025.

Health$167kCivil Rights$64kHuman Services$35kArts & Culture$34kFood & Nutrition$32kEducation$30kYouth Development$6kRecreation & Sports$5k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $66,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $108,885 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $42,885 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 · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$281k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Lambda Legal$20,000
Cook Inclusive$20,000
Certainty AKA Sus$10,000
Trans Family Support Services$10,000
Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program$6,000
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 (FY19–25, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Trans Family Support Services: $10k → 11%Unique Woman's Coalition - Sustain Yo'Self: $10k → 14%Cook Inclusive: $20k → 7%Trans Family Support Services: $10k → 11%Cook Inclusive: $12k → 7%Trans Family Support Services: $10k → 11%TYLER CLEMENTI FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$136k · 5 repeat orgs$236k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +108% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
11

Total granted

$136k
$200k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+108%
0%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AH
    ASPEN HOPE CENTER
    3× · 2017–2019 · $33k · revenue +420%
  • TS
    TransFamily Support Services
    3× · 2022–2025 · $30k · revenue +73%
  • AF
    ASPEN FILM
    5× · 2017–2024 · $24k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE RYAN PERRY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $103k · revenue 0% · 90% of their budget
  • FF
    FRANCESCOS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2023 · $31k
  • PI
    PRATT INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +8%
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
National Trans Bar Association
Education
2
Interpride

To contribute to the visibility and inclusion of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (sogiesc) communities. to connect, grow, and support pride platforms and networks globally. to assist…

Education
3
The American Museum of Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender History & Culture

Celebrate cultures of lgbtq+ people

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4
Coalition for Queer Creative Arts Therapies Inc
Health
5
Transgender Film Center Ltd

To empower, promote, mentor and connect members of the American and global LGBTQIA communites, and especially members of those communities who identify as transgender, who are active in the film, television, content and media production…

Arts & Culture
6
Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual Transgender Pride-T

To empower every lgbtq+ person to live as their true self. we envision a future where all lgbtq+ people are valued and celebrated for who they are

Civil Rights
7
Castle Rock Pride
Civil Rights
8
Equality Utah Foundation

To secure equal rights and protections for lgbtq utahns and their families.

Civil Rights
9
The Foundation for Gender Equality
Philanthropy
10
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project

The new york city gay and lesbian anti-violence project (avp) mission is to empower lgbtq and hiv-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and support survivors through counseling and…

—
11
New York City Parents of Lesbians and Gay Men Inc

To create a better future for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (lgbtq+) youth and adults through a partnership of parents, allies, and lgbtq+ people. (see schedule o for detail)

Human Services
12
Parents Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of Denver

Support education and advocacy for LGBTQ + people and families

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is One Colorado Education Fund; the most unlike its peers is Pratt Institute. 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

19 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE RYAN PERRY FOUNDATION INC: $103,460 · OtherTHE RYAN PERRY FOUNDATION INCTRANSGENDER LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $18,500 · OtherTRANSGENDER LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATI…COOK INCLUSIVE COMPANY: $31,576 · Human ServicesCOOK INCLUSIVE COMPANYTransFamily Support Services: $30,000 · Human ServicesTransFamily Support Ser…Unique Womans Coalition: $10,000 · Human ServicesUnique Womans CoalitionTHE TYLER CLEMENTI FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE TYLER CLEMENTI FOUN…ASPEN HOPE CENTER: $32,500 · HealthASPEN HOPE CENTERFRANCESCOS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $31,402 · HealthFRANCESCOS FOUNDATI…LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL…CERTAINTY: $10,000 · Civil RightsCERTAINTYYOU CAN PLAY: $5,000 · Civil RightsYOU CAN PLAYONE COLORADO EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 · Civil RightsONE COLORADO…ASPEN FILM: $23,500 · Arts & CultureASPEN FILMTOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTOM OF FIN…PRATT INSTITUTE: $10,000 · EducationPRATT INS…CONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationCONNECTIC…POINT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationPOINT FOU…INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TRAVEL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationINTERNATI…Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program: $6,000 · Youth Development
Other$121,960Human Services$76,576Health$63,902Civil Rights$40,000Arts & Culture$33,500Education$30,000Youth Development$6,000

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 budgetTHE RYAN PERRY FOUNDATION INC: $103,460 over 1y, 90% of budgetASPEN HOPE CENTER: $32,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCOOK INCLUSIVE COMPANY: $31,576 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetTransFamily Support Services: $30,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetASPEN FILM: $23,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRANSGENDER LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $18,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPRATT INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONE COLORADO EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TRAVEL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetTHE TYLER CLEMENTI FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Aspen Community Found…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Aspen Community FoundationCO15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Roaring Fork Gay & Lesbian Community Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roaring Fork Gay & Lesbian Community Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–10%
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.
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How do I get to Roaring Fork Gay & Lesbian Community Fund?

Find your warmest path to Roaring Fork Gay & Lesbian Community Fund 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 19 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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