· Private foundation
Sgm 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $46k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $97k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LURIE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE | $20,000 |
| COMMON HOPE | $17,000 |
| HIGHLINE CANAL CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DENVER | $10,000 |
| LOVE LIGHT MELODY | $10,000 |
| EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES | $5,000 |
| NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | $5,000 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF COLORADO | $5,000 |
| VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Northwestern University9× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +41%- EVEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST9× · 2017–2025 · $37k · revenue +41%
- LLLOVE LIGHT AND MELODY5× · 2021–2025 · $29k · revenue +15%
Funded once
- DDDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUEgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +271%
- TBTHE BUTTERFLY CHILDREN FUND CORPgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +76%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $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.
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.
The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.
See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
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…
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.
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.
Conservation legacy engages future leaders who protect, restore, and enhance our nation's lands through community-based service.in 2024, conservation legacy engaged 2,524 participants who completed over 1.5 million service hours on public…
How this is measured
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. 19 of the 29 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 COMMON HOPE ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Colorado Museum of Natural History ↗
- Who funds LOVE LIGHT AND MELODY ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC ↗
- Who funds HIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
- Who funds VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
- Who funds DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN BUTTERFLY CONSORTIUM ↗
- Who funds Humble Design Inc ↗
- Who funds WESTERN STATES CANCER RESEARCH NCORP ↗
- Who funds THE BUTTERFLY CHILDREN FUND CORP ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sgm Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sgm Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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