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Stuart & Janet Kritzer Family Foundation at a glance

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Stuart & Janet Kritzer Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$34k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$47kReligion$25kEducation$16kArts & Culture$13kEnvironment$10kInternational$6kYouth Development$3kCivil Rights$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$750
Median grant
3
States reached
$17k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Family Services$15,000
Cherry Hills Land Preserve$6,935
Nathan Yip Foundation$3,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters$3,000
Jewish National Fund$2,000
World Jewish Congress$1,000
History Colorado$750
Aspen Academy Grant Fund$750
Temple Sinai$360
Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society$250
YMCA of the Rockies$250
Rails to Trails Conservancy$250
Public Citizen Foundation$120
University of Denver$100
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 (FY17–24, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TLC Foundation: $3k → 11%Jewish Family Services: $4k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $2k → 9%Jewish Family Services: $2k → 9%Denver Rescue Mission: $150 → 12%Jewish Family Services: $15k → 12%Jewish Family Services: $10k → 12%Jewish Family Services: $5k → 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

WA
MT
IL
MI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
DC
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$91k · 21 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
20

Total granted

$91k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+26%

Still filing today

52%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +2%
  • CH
    CHERRY HILLS LAND PRESERVE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $8k · revenue +27%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $8k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • TF
    TLC FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +50%
  • TL
    T L C FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • DJ
    Denver Jewish Film Festival
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Colorado Open Lands

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.

Environment
2
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
3
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
4
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc

To deliver meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
Colorado Legal Services

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.

Crime & Legal
7
Community Radio for Northern Colorado

Community radio for northern colorado's (crnc) mission is to strengthen our community by cultivating the mind and spirit - informing, inspiring, and entertaining. crnc strives to meet its mission by operating two public media services -…

Arts & Culture
8
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
9
Cherry Creek Schools Foundation

The cherry creek schools foundation's mission is to enhance the educational experience and whole wellbeing of cherry creek school district students, staff, and families through community support that provides inclusive and innovative…

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10
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
11
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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12
Npr Foundation

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…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is Rails to Trails Conservancy. 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $7,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICETLC FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesTLC FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $400 · Human ServicesWRA Fund: $5,000 · OtherWRA FundTLC FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherTLC FOUNDATIONBig Brothers Big Sisters: $3,000 · OtherBig Brothers Big SistersIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTemple Emanuel: $2,860 · OtherTemple EmanuelIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientT L C FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherT L C FOUNDATIONAspen Academy Grant Fund: $2,000 · OtherAspen Academy Grant FundBrightright Israel Foundation: $1,700 · OtherDenver Jewish Film Festival: $1,500 · OtherFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $1,850 · Other+14 more: $7,015 · Other+14 moreJEWISHColorado: $21,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISHColoradoNathan Yip Foundation: $4,905 · PhilanthropyNathan Yip FoundationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $6,500 · EducationWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY: $1,000 · EducationDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $600 · EducationCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $2,200 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART MUSEUM: $1,000 · Arts & CultureColorado Museum of Natural History: $385 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $250 · Arts & CultureCHERRY HILLS LAND PRESERVE INC: $7,935 · EnvironmentRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $500 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $6,000 · International
Human Services$40,400Other$36,925Philanthropy$26,405Education$9,100Arts & Culture$8,835Environment$8,535International$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 budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $21,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHERRY HILLS LAND PRESERVE INC: $7,935 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNathan Yip Foundation: $4,905 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTLC FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $2,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $1,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHCS FAMILY SERVICES: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHERRY HILLS VILLAGE POLICE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $385 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $370 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDAISM YOUR WAY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA OF THE ROCKIES: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CHILD SAFETY COUNCIL: $160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONE TREE ARTS CENTER FUND: $150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION: $100 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.

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…Rose Community Founda…The Denver FoundationXcel Energy FoundationBucy Family FundThe Chicago Community…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO18.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Bucy Family Fund · The Chicago Community Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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