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Ron and Mary Pott Family Foundation at a glance

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Ron and Mary Pott Family 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.

$123k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$159kHealth$113kFood & Nutrition$111kInternational$62kArts & Culture$61kHousing & Shelter$57kCommunity Improvement$49kPublic Safety & Disaster$46kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $108k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$4,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAST - CO THE FAST BOARD$15,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$7,000
DAY SPRINGS MINISTRIES$6,000
LA PUENTA HOME INC$5,000
WEDONTWASTE INC$5,000
SALVATION ARMY$5,000
ALS ASSOCIATION$5,000
ANGELMAN SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC$5,000
THE ACTION CENTER$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
GRAND FRIENDS INC$5,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$5,000
COMMUNITY TABLE$5,000
DENVER RESCUE MISSION$4,000
HOLY FAMILY PARISH-LEADVILLE$4,000
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 (FY17–25, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WEECYCLE: $2k → 8%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $8k → 14%WEECYCLE: $2k → 8%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $8k → 14%WEECYCLE: $2k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 14%WEECYCLE: $2k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%WEECYCLE: $2k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $3k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $3k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DENVER: $3k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DENVER: $3k → 12%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF: $2k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF: $1k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF: $1k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF: $1k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF: $1k → 8%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $4k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $4k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $4k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DENVER: $2k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DENVER: $2k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DENVER: $2k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DENVER: $2k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DENVER: $2k → 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
NY
OR
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NC
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$762k · 42 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 29 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

42
3

Total granted

$762k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+104%

Still filing today

67%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionInternationalReligionOther
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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    7× · 2017–2025 · $47k · revenue +134%
  • UP
    URBAN PEAK DENVER
    7× · 2017–2025 · $36k · revenue +239%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    5× · 2021–2025 · $33k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • DS
    DAY SPRINGS MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • CE
    CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF COLORADOgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +104%
  • HF
    HOLY FAMILY PARISH FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
2
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
3
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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4
Metro Caring

Metro caring works with our community to meet people's immediate need for nutritious food while building a movement to address the root causes of hunger. (continued on sch o)metro caring, in partnership with our community, understands that…

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5
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
6
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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7
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
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
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
10
Medical Teams International

Medical teams international is a christian humanitarian relief agency focused on providing life-saving medical care for people in crisis.

International
11
Pueblo Rescue Mission

Because of our love for God, we extend his mercy as we strive to empower and improve the lives of unsheltered adults in Pueblo, CO, through provisions of food, shelter and navigational support services.

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12
Hospice of Metro Denver Inc

To encircle those facing advanced illness with unprecedented levels of comfort, compassion, and expertise.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is Sierras Race Against Meningitis. 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

30 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. 30 of the 46 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
26/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAST - CO THE FAST BOARD: $51,000 · OtherFAST - CO THE FAST BOARDGRAND FRIENDS INC: $32,500 · OtherGRAND FRIENDS INCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $32,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYJEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER: $29,000 · OtherJEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $23,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDAYSPRING MINISTRIES: $23,000 · OtherDAYSPRING MINISTRIESTENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $23,000 · OtherTENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDRENLA PUENTE HOME INC: $21,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $16,500 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF: $14,000 · OtherDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $16,000 · Other+16 more: $123,000 · Other+16 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $33,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Natio…DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $32,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE …CATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $15,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARI…FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVIC…WEECYCLE: $10,000 · Human ServicesWEECYCLE+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARVADA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK dba COMMUNITY TABLE: $30,000 · Food & NutritionTHE ARVADA C…WEDONTWASTE INC: $27,000 · Food & NutritionWEDONTWASTE …FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $26,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF…ANGELMAN SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · HealthANGELMAN SY…AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $30,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC…CANCER LEAGUE OF COLORADO INC: $13,000 · HealthCANCER LEAG…LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC: $5,000 · HealthLIGHT UP TO…SIERRAS RACE AGAINST MENINGITIS: $3,000 · HealthSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $47,000 · ReligionURBAN PEAK DENVER: $35,500 · Housing & ShelterFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationCONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $5,000 · EducationTHE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Education
Other$404,500Human Services$102,000Food & Nutrition$83,000Health$81,000Religion$47,000Housing & Shelter$35,500Education$24,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $47,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN PEAK DENVER: $35,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $33,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $32,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetANGELMAN SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARVADA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK dba COMMUNITY TABLE: $30,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetJEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER: $29,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC: $27,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $26,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDAYSPRING MINISTRIES: $23,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetLA PUENTE HOME INC: $21,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER LEAGUE OF COLORADO INC: $13,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $12,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $11,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWEECYCLE: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetELDERHEART INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHT UP TO LIVE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVETERANS PASSPORT TO HOPE: $4,500 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetEMBRACE MERCY: $4,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRAS RACE AGAINST MENINGITIS: $3,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCharity Navigator: $1,000 over 2y, 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 SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds URBAN PEAK DENVER ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds ANGELMAN SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
  • Who funds THE ARVADA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK dba COMMUNITY TABLE ↗
  • Who funds JEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WEDONTWASTE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds DAYSPRING MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds LA PUENTE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds CANCER LEAGUE OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANGEL HEART ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC ↗
  • Who funds WEECYCLE ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds ELDERHEART INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS PASSPORT TO HOPE ↗

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 FoundationXcel Energy FoundationEl Pomar FoundationThe Janus Henderson F…Trailhead InstituteAnschutz Family Found…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Colorado Gives FoundationCO22.1× affinity9 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 · Xcel Energy Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Trailhead Institute · Anschutz Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Ron and Mary Pott Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ron and Mary Pott Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get 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 · 0–50%
    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.

    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 46 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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