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Socrates Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$84kFood & Nutrition$76kEducation$52kAnimals$50kHealth$45kYouth Development$45kInternational$40kArts & Culture$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT$40,000
SCIENCE KIDS$35,000
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 (FY18–24, $133k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%POWELL SENIOR CITIZENS AGO-GO: $5k → 11%VALLEY VILLAGE CHILDCARE: $15k → 12%K9S 4 MOBILITY: $50k → 10%CATHEDRAL HOME FOR CHILDREN: $13k → 17%CLIMB WYOMING: $10k → 17%ACTION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL: $40k → 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 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
Wyoming Early Childhood Partnership

The mission and purpose of the wyoming early childhood partnership is to lead a public-private partnership in the development of an accessible and sustainable, high quality, early childhood system that supports communities and families.

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2
Better Wyoming

Better wyoming works to educate, organize and mobilize wyoming residents on behalf of statewide change.

Public Benefit
3
Wyoming Civic Engagement Network

The wyoming civic engagement network strives for equitable voter participation by building power in marginalized and under-resourced communities, growing the capacity of their leaders and organizations, facilitating equitable access to…

Civil Rights
4
Cowboy State Daily

Cowboy state daily's mission is to provide high-quality local and statewide reporting on the issues that impact wyoming, featuring stories that capture wyoming's wonderful "small town with long streets" vibe.

Arts & Culture
5
Wyofile

Wyofile is an independent, nonprofit news service focused on the people, places and policy of wyoming. recognizing the rapid decline in resources among traditional news outlets, wyofile offers in-depth coverage of complicated subjects and…

Arts & Culture
6
Wyoming Outdoor Council

The wyoming outdoor council's mission is to protect wyoming's environment and quality of life now and for future generations.

Environment
7
Cheyenne Mountain Public Broadcast House Inc

Kcme is a trusted source of quality classical music and arts content for the people of colorado springs and southern colorado. we are dedicated to a vital cultural community by sharing the artistic voices of colorado springs and the world,…

Arts & Culture
8
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
9
Wow Children's Museum World of Wonder

Wow children's museum engages all families in educational, hands-on experiences that connect curiosity, creativity and discovery.

Arts & Culture
10
Chico Children's Museum

None

Education
11
Forward Wyoming

Forward wyoming is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, training, and engineering a new generation of active citizens and young leaders. forward wyoming strives to educate the general public on issues of pressing…

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12
Apple Valley School

To provide nature-based experiential education opportunities for children in the lander community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Wyoming; the most unlike its peers is Valley Village Childcare. 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

24 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. 24 of the 36 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YWCA SWEETWATER COUNTY: $36,000 · OtherYWCA SWEETWATER COUNTYWYOMING AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM: $35,000 · OtherWYOMING AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOMSCIENCE KIDS: $35,000 · OtherSCIENCE KIDSNORFOLK SCHOOLS IN MALAWI INC: $25,000 · OtherNORFOLK SCHOOLS IN MALAWI INCWYOMING FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $20,000 · OtherWYOMING FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIESIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $17,000 · OtherHELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INCWHITNEY HEALTHWELLNESS: $15,610 · OtherTHE SHACK PROJECT RAISE THE ROOF: $15,000 · OtherYOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES PLAYGROUND PROJECT: $15,000 · Other+11 more: $70,640 · Other+11 moreK9'S 4 MOBILITY INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesK9'S 4 MOBILITY INCAction Resources International: $40,000 · Human ServicesAction Resources Internationa…YMCA OF THE ROCKIES: $20,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF THE ROCKIESVALLEY VILLAGE CHILDCARE: $15,000 · Human ServicesVALLEY VILLAGE CHILDCARECathedral Home for Children: $12,750 · Human ServicesCathedral Home for ChildrenCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $10,000 · Human ServicesCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesEDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT: $40,000 · Food & NutritionEDIBLE PR…MOUNTAIN ROOTS FOOD PROJECT: $8,000 · Food & NutritionMOUNTAIN …HISTORIC HOMESTAKE OPERA HOUSE SOCIETY: $12,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL & CENTER FOR MUSICAL ARTS: $8,000 · Arts & CultureCHEYENNE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FKA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF CHEYENNE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBoys & Girls Club of Douglas: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentVOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsCOMEA INC: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$304,250Human Services$152,750Food & Nutrition$48,000Arts & Culture$25,000Youth Development$20,000Civil Rights$15,000Housing & Shelter$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetK9'S 4 MOBILITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetEDIBLE PRAIRIE PROJECT: $40,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAction Resources International: $40,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetYWCA SWEETWATER COUNTY: $36,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWYOMING AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM: $35,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Douglas: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetYMCA OF THE ROCKIES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVALLEY VILLAGE CHILDCARE: $15,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCOMEA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCathedral Home for Children: $12,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC HOMESTAKE OPERA HOUSE SOCIETY: $12,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNTAIN ROOTS FOOD PROJECT: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL & CENTER FOR MUSICAL ARTS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGROWING GARDENS OF BOULDER COUNTY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $6,390 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALBANY CO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $5,250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPOWELL SENIOR CITIZENS AGO-GO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHEYENNE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FKA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF CHEYENNE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NE INC: $4,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLEADERSHIP WYOMING: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Wyoming Community Fou…Wyoming Assn of Non P…First Interstate Banc…Hughes Charitable Fou…Wyoming Governor's Re…Colorado Gives Founda…The John P Ellbogen F…Mary H Storer Foundat…Community Foundation …The Denver FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
Wyoming Community FoundationWY27.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wyoming Community Foundation · Wyoming Assn of Non Profit Organizations dba Wyoming Nonprofit Network · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Hughes Charitable Foundation · Wyoming Governor's Residence Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The John P Ellbogen Foundation · Mary H Storer Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Denver Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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 36 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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