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The Anschutz Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$70M
Granted FY2024still arriving
158
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$10M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$65MPhilanthropy$39MHealth$19MRecreation & Sports$8.3MArts & Culture$6.8MHuman Services$6.8MCommunity Improvement$5.2MReligion$4.7MOther$0
02FY2024 · 158 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 158 grants below total $38,058,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $70,370,780 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $32,312,780 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $111k
  • $10k–50k59 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k49 grants · $4.4M
  • $250k+24 grants · $32M
$30,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$1.9B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Colorado Foundation$10,000,000
Princeton University$3,000,000
National Western Stock Show Association$2,000,000
Kent Denver School$2,000,000
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$2,000,000
University of Colorado Foundation$1,400,000
American Museum of Western Art, The$1,200,000
Denver Zoological Foundation, Inc.$1,000,000
The Stead School$1,000,000
Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation, Inc$1,000,000
Foundation for a Better Life$1,000,000
Denver Health Foundation$1,000,000
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$800,000
Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation$759,000
Air Force Academy Foundation$675,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$138M · 281 repeat orgs$22M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

281 repeat relationships: 109 still active in FY2024, 172 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

281
163

Total granted

$138M
$20M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+8%

Still filing today

82%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • C
    CROSSPURPOSE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $3.4M · revenue +150%
  • DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +1%
  • KD
    KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • CS
    Charter Schools Growth Fund
    one grant, 2023 · $2.0M
  • CS
    Colorado State University
    one grant, 2022 · $1.9M
  • CC
    Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M
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.

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
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
2
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…

—
3
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
4
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
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 Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
7
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
8
Colorado Health Institute
Health
9
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
10
Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence

The mission of the center for legal inclusiveness (cli) is to advance diversity in the legal profession by actively educating and supporting private and public sector legal organizations in their individual campaigns to create cultures of…

Civil Rights
11
Colorado Council On Economic Education

Our mission is to empower colorado students to achieve a lifetime of economic understanding and financial freedom. how will we achieve this mission? by providing economic and personal financial education to students through training…

—
12
Public Education & Business Coalition

Every child deserves a great educator. pebc works across the nation to prepare outstanding new teachers, help practicing teachers and leaders become exceptional, and shape systems and policies in order to foster vibrant growth and lasting…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Groundfloor Media Foundation D/B/a Getgrounded Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

374 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 374 of the 474 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.

18
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
53
Early backer (in before they grew)
369/374
Grantees still filing
243/374
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $40,837,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONThe Trustees of Princeton University: $10,020,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton UniversityDSST PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $2,716,334 · Education+28 more: $12,328,500 · Education+28 moreNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $27,000,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR…FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE: $5,534,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR A BETTER L…+17 more: $7,573,969 · Philanthropy+17 moreNational Western Stock Show Association: $7,013,500 · OtherNational Western Stock Show As…American Museum of Western Art, The: $4,356,394 · OtherAmerican Museum of Western Art…DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $2,900,000 · OtherDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FO…Air Force Academy Foundation: $2,225,000 · OtherCharter Schools Growth Fund: $2,000,000 · OtherColorado State University: $1,875,000 · Other+87 more: $27,930,500 · Other+87 moreChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $9,360,000 · HealthPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $1,150,000 · HealthCOLORADO METH PROJECT: $760,000 · HealthBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $600,000 · HealthINNER CITY HEALTH CENTER: $500,000 · Health+12 more: $1,884,000 · HealthMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $1,100,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC: $675,000 · Human ServicesBridge House: $400,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF THE ROCKIES: $400,000 · Human ServicesA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $375,000 · Human ServicesACTIVATE WORK INC: $366,666 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $300,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT WORTHMORE: $300,000 · Human ServicesSecond Chance Center Inc: $255,000 · Human Services+16 more: $2,065,500 · Human ServicesCROSSPURPOSE: $3,417,000 · Community ImprovementPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $225,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $170,000 · Community ImprovementUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Museum: $500,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART MUSEUM: $421,000 · Arts & CultureWONDERBOUND: $270,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR AMERICAN VALUES: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $105,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureDOWNTOWN AURORA VISUAL ARTS: $95,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH ON RECORD: $90,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER: $80,000 · Arts & CultureHeartbeat Denver Inc: $75,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$65,901,834Philanthropy$40,107,969Other$48,300,394Health$14,254,000Human Services$6,237,166Community Improvement$3,812,000Arts & Culture$1,986,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $40,837,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $27,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $10,020,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $9,360,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE: $5,534,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetCROSSPURPOSE: $3,417,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $2,900,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetDSST PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $2,716,334 over 3y, 15% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $2,160,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC: $1,600,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $1,500,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetFOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $1,266,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $1,206,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $1,150,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $1,116,500 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $1,100,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetRANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS FOUNDATION: $1,070,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetAurora Public Schools Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetThe STEAD School: $1,000,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCITY FUND: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAXIS: $900,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetSarah Shaw Anschutz Foundation: $799,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetGAZETTE CHARITIES: $795,250 over 3y, 32% of budgetCOLORADO METH PROJECT: $760,000 over 3y, 40% of budgetCOMMUNITIES OF COASTAL GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC: $759,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $750,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $750,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $701,667 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC: $675,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetChristian P. Anschutz Foundation: $604,898 over 3y, 100% of budgetAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $600,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLibby Anschutz Foundation: $538,154 over 3y, 100% of budgetDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $527,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $502,500 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Museum: $500,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetINNER CITY HEALTH CENTER: $500,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $450,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDENVER KIDS INC: $450,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $421,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC: $400,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetHomeward Pikes Peak: $400,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetBridge House: $400,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetYMCA OF THE ROCKIES: $400,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJUDI'S HOUSE INC: $381,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $375,000 over 2y, 1.3% 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.

Rose Community Founda…Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationDaniels FundThe Colorado Health F…Schlessman Foundation…El Pomar FoundationAnschutz Family Found…Hill Foundation Wells…Gates Family Foundati…Caring for Colorado F…Kenneth Kendal King F…
Rose Community FoundationCO150× affinity118 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Daniels Fund · The Colorado Health Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · El Pomar Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · Gates Family Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Kenneth Kendal King Foundation

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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Anschutz Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Anschutz Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 474 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home