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Tcfso

To serve as the supporting organization for the benefit of, or to perform the functions of, community foundation boulder county, a colorado non-profit organization.

$10k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Tcfso’s FY2022 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’17
10
’18
5
’19
3
’20
3
’21
0
’22

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Philanthropy$3.2MHealth$250kEducation$112kArts & Culture$46kHuman Services$43kCommunity Improvement$18kFood & Nutrition$18kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$9,764
Median grant
1
States reached
$167k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY$9,764
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 (FY17–21, $99k) 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.

area typical 9%Tides Center: $20k → 10%Bridge House: $10k → 12%Access Opportunity: $30k → 12%El Centro Amistad: $12k → 12%Access Opportunity: $10k → 12%Emergency Family Assistance: $10k → 12%Women's Wilderness Institute: $6k → 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.
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$335k · 3 repeat orgs$183k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2021, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
17

Total granted

$335k
$148k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+63%

Still filing today

100%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • BC
    BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $250k · revenue +1%
  • IH
    I Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County
    2× · 2018–2021 · $45k · revenue -21%
  • AO
    ACCESS OPPORTUNITY
    2× · 2018–2021 · $40k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • EC
    El Centro AMISTADgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +295%
  • MT
    MOTUS THEATERgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $11k · revenue +266%
  • FF
    Foundation for Black Entrepreneurship
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +72%
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
Boulder Watershed Collective

The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501c3 non-profit stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health,resiliency and stewardship. We have three program areas: ClimateAdaptation and Resilience Watershed…

Environment
2
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
3
Colorado Urban Leadership Foundation

The mission of the Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado is to invest in the development of minority leaders, empower them to serve in the interest of community, and leverage all resources to address the racial, economic, education,…

Education
4
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
5
Colorado Fiscal Institute

To provide timely, credible and accessible analyses of fiscal and economic issues facing colorado to inform public policy debates and promote economic prosperity

Community Improvement
6
Boulder Bike Sharing

Promote health, quality of life and preservation of the environment in boulder, colorado by building and operating a comprehensive city-wide bike sharing

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7
Boulder Carshare

To provide and promote alternatives to individual car ownership, thereby reducing the environmental and social impacts associated with motor vehicle use.

Environment
8
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…

—
9
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc

The foundation is a state-based philanthropic foundation - led by latinos and for latinos. the foundation pursues civic, economic, and cultural opportunities that drive a more authentic narrative about latinos in the state and cement a…

Arts & Culture
10
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights

Colorado organization for latina opportunity and reproductive rights (color) is a community-rooted nonprofit organization that works to enable latinx individuals and their families lead safe, healthy, self-determined lives.

Health
11
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
12
Seeking Common Ground Inc

Building Bridges equip inclusive leaders with the skills they need to transform divides in their communities. Building Bridges two key program areas are Transform and Shift. Transform brings together diverse young people from Metro Denver…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Denver Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Black Entrepreneurship. 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

26 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,645,024 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INCCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $1,014,346 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTYTHE DENVER FOUNDATION: $423,223 · PhilanthropyTHE DENVER FOUNDATIONRose Community Foundation: $121,591 · Philanthropy+1 more: $7,836 · PhilanthropyBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $40,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $20,271 · Human ServicesEl Centro AMISTAD: $11,891 · Human ServicesBridge House: $10,189 · Human ServicesEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $6,221 · Human ServicesI Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County: $45,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationCOLORADO ROBOTICS EXCELLING AT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $10,000 · EducationSCD ENRICHMENT PROGRAM: $6,574 · EducationBOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureMOTUS THEATER: $10,815 · Arts & CultureBeanstalk Foundation: $10,000 · OtherOUTREACH UNITED RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherFAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $5,134 · OtherFoundation for Black Entrepreneurship: $10,401 · OtherBOULDER PRIDE: $6,139 · OtherGROWE FOUNDATION: $5,235 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionBOULDER FOOD RESCUE: $7,905 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$3,212,020Health$250,000Human Services$98,572Education$71,574Arts & Culture$45,815Other$46,909Food & Nutrition$17,905

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,645,024 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $1,014,346 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetTHE DENVER FOUNDATION: $423,223 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetRose Community Foundation: $121,591 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetI Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County: $45,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $40,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $35,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $20,271 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEl Centro AMISTAD: $11,891 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMOTUS THEATER: $10,815 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetFoundation for Black Entrepreneurship: $10,401 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBridge House: $10,189 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBeanstalk Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOUTREACH UNITED RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO ROBOTICS EXCELLING AT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBOULDER FOOD RESCUE: $7,905 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBARTON INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $7,836 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCD ENRICHMENT PROGRAM: $6,574 over 1y, 23% of budgetWOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $6,221 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBOULDER PRIDE: $6,139 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGROWE FOUNDATION: $5,235 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetFAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $5,134 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Community Foundation …The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Rose Community Founda…The Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …The Longmont Communit…AEC TrustUnited Way of Larimer…Xcel Energy FoundationBoulder Valley Rotary…Emsa Fund Inc
Community Foundation Boulder CountyCO36.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Boulder County · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Longmont Community Foundation · AEC Trust · United Way of Larimer County · Xcel Energy Foundation · Boulder Valley Rotary Community Foundation · Emsa Fund 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 Tcfso funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tcfso. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 26 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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