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Shopneck 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.

$342k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$104k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Youth Development$541kEducation$536kRecreation & Sports$203kPublic Benefit$198kEnvironment$99kReligion$55kHealth$48kPhilanthropy$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $132k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $159k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO DENVER$104,000
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$55,000
INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE$30,000
YELLOWSTONE FOREVER$25,000
WESTERN NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION$25,000
ST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$20,000
GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$11,000
VIRGINIA DALE COMMUNITY CHURCH$11,000
TURNING POINT USA$10,000
DENVER TENNIS PARK$9,000
OTTAWA HILLS FOUNDATION$5,000
ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL$5,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY23–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DENVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%DENVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%DENVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1k → 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

MT
IL
OH
CT
CA
CO
AZ
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.
$1.7M · 29 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
10

Total granted

$1.7M
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+22%

Still filing today

62%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitEnvironmentHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $540k · revenue +46%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
    8× · 2018–2025 · $350k · revenue +34%
  • WN
    WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $156k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • SB
    STANLEY BRITISH PRIMARY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +27%
  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • AA
    ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
2
Colorado Academy

Creating curious, kind, courageous, and adventurous learners and leaders.

Education
3
Fountain Valley School of Colorado

Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…

Education
4
Alexander Dawson Foundation

The mission of the alexander dawson foundation is to establish, operate and maintain an educational organization that will provide students with the highest quality education, nurture future leaders, prepare young adults to excel in…

Education
5
International School of Denver

Our inclusive, globally-minded community develops highly motivated and academically successful bilingual learners. isd students are inter-culturally adept and make positive contributions in a complex world.

Education
6
Denver Academy of Torah

Denver academy of torah (the "school")provides education to students from kindergarten through high school. the school's mission is to nuture students to be torah-observant role models and future leaders through an intellectually rigorous…

Education
7
Education Commission of the States

The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Fund for the New School Boulder Country Day School

Boulder country day school provides a well-rounded education of academic excellence and character development in a safe environment, empowering our students to reach their full potential as lifelong learners and responsible, globally aware…

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10
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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11
Explorer West an Independent Middle School

We empower young people to explore and grow their unique intellectual, ethical, and creative capabilities, and to treasure diversity and growth in others.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc; the most unlike its peers is Camp Bullwheel Inc. 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

25 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. 25 of the 44 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $540,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INCSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc: $68,000 · OtherSt Anne's Episcopal School IncVIRGINIA DALE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $37,500 · OtherOTTAWA HILLS FOUNDATION: $32,000 · Other+26 more: $166,250 · Other+26 moreUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $350,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVERGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $33,500 · EducationGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $20,500 · EducationETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · Education+4 more: $16,250 · EducationWESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION: $156,000 · Recreation & SportsWESTERN NATI…DENVER TENNIS PARK: $34,000 · Recreation & SportsDENVER TENNI…INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE: $187,500 · Public BenefitINDEPENDENCE…YELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $75,000 · EnvironmentChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $20,000 · HealthThe Denver Children's Foundation: $4,000 · Human Services
Other$843,750Education$440,250Recreation & Sports$190,000Public Benefit$187,500Environment$75,000Health$20,000Human Services$4,000

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 budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $540,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $350,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE: $187,500 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetWESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION: $156,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc: $68,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER TENNIS PARK: $34,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $33,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARK PEOPLE: $23,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $20,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTANLEY BRITISH PRIMARY SCHOOL: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP BULLWHEEL INC: $4,500 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetThe Denver Children's Foundation: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISH MEALS ON WHEELS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUDAISM YOUR WAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASES FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 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 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE FOREVER ↗
  • Who funds St Anne's Episcopal School Inc ↗
  • Who funds DENVER TENNIS PARK ↗
  • Who funds GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE PARK PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STANLEY BRITISH PRIMARY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CAMP BULLWHEEL INC ↗
  • Who funds The Denver Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NOURISH MEALS ON WHEELS ↗

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 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 · Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Wold Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Western Union Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Joseph H Thompson Fund · Caulkins Family Foundation · The Jerry Gart Family Foundation AKA TGFF

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 Shopneck Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shopneck Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1get 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.

    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 44 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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