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The Budacz Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Budacz 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.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$152kInternational$145kHealth$119kCrime & Legal$56kHousing & Shelter$51kCommunity Improvement$35kAnimals$15kRecreation & Sports$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$91k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Memorial Sloan Kittering Cancer Center$10,000
Colorado Drive Foundation$10,000
El Paso Community Fund$5,000
Alexander Dawson School$5,000
Hope House Colorado$2,500
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 (FY17–25, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $1k → 5%Hope House Colorado: $3k → 7%BRIDGE HOUSE: $10k → 8%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $1k → 5%BRIDGE HOUSE: $10k → 8%BRIDGE HOUSE: $10k → 8%BRIDGE HOUSE: $10k → 8%BRIDGE HOUSE: $6k → 8%BRIDGE HOUSE: $5k → 8%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$551k · 12 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -24% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
10

Total granted

$551k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
-24%

Still filing today

58%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEducationInternationalOther
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

  • CA
    CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM
    6× · 2017–2022 · $56k · revenue +37%
  • BH
    Bridge House
    6× · 2017–2022 · $51k · revenue +36%
  • PH
    PM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2024 · $33k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • UB
    US BANK FOR PROTECTION AND EDUCATION RE ANIMALS
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • PP
    PEACE PUNTA DE MITA
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • CS
    COLORADO SAFE DRIVER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
Children's Hospital Pathology Foundation Inc

The Foundation's mission is to provide pathology services primarily to patients at Boston Children's Hospital and at satellite locations. The Foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the field…

Health
3
Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation

Children's nebraska foundation (the foundation) was created in 1981 to raise awareness and manage and distribute funds to support children's hospital & medical center's (the hospital) premier pediatric services and programs. as an advocate…

Health
4
Boulder Community Health

To provide our community the highest value healthcare in an innovative, patient-centered environment.

Health
5
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.

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6
Boulder Chamber Foundation

The boulder chamber foundation (bcf) leads the charitable and education objectives of the boulder chamber of commerce (bcc) and promotes economic development and quality of life for the greater boulder region.

Community Improvement
7
Children's Hospital Ophthalmology Foundation Inc

The Foundation's mission is to provide ophthalmology services primarily to patients at Boston Children's Hospital and at satellite locations. The Foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the…

Health
8
Boulder Community Housing Corporation Inc

The mission statement of Boulder Community Housing Organization is to provide quality, affordable homes and foster thriving communities. They aim to create a diverse, inclusive, and sustainable Boulder by offering affordable housing…

Housing & Shelter
9
Mercy Foundation Bakersfield

To provide support to dignity health hospitals in bakersfield ca.

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10
Commonwealth Cancer Consortium Inc

Break through cancer is a foundation dedicated to supporting translational research in the most difficult to treat cancers. our partner organizations are among the top cancer research centers and together, represent some of the most…

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11
Pathways Hospice

Honoring every moment of life, pathways hospice provides compassionate, excellent, comprehensive care for those who have an advanced medical condition and those who are grieving.

Human Services
12
Children's Hospital Pediatric Associates Inc

The Foundation provides medical and health care services primarily to patients at Boston Children's Hospital, and at satellite locations. The Foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the field…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boulder Community Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mila's Miracle Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 23 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
4/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALEXANDER DAWSON SCHOOL: $137,625 · OtherALEXANDER DAWSON SCHOOLPROTECTION & EDUCATION RE ANIMALS CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $132,050 · OtherPROTECTION & EDUCATION RE ANIMALS CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT INCMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $40,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTEREL PASO COMMUNITY FUND: $35,000 · OtherEL PASO COMMUNITY FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherUS BANK FOR PROTECTION AND EDUCATION RE ANIMALS: $15,000 · Other+7 more: $31,700 · Other+7 morePM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $33,000 · HealthPM HOSPITAL…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $20,000 · HealthMEMORIAL SL…BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthBOULDER COM…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: $56,000 · Crime & LegalCHILD AND …Bridge House: $51,000 · Human ServicesBridge Hou…HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $2,500 · Human ServicesA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesColorado Drive Foundation Inc: $20,000 · EducationHOPE HAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST: $2,500 · International
Other$411,375Health$59,000Crime & Legal$56,000Human Services$55,500Education$20,000International$2,500

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 budgetPROTECTION & EDUCATION RE ANIMALS CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $132,050 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: $56,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetBridge House: $51,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $33,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetColorado Drive Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBiz Bash Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMILA'S MIRACLE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 PROTECTION & EDUCATION RE ANIMALS CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds Bridge House ↗
  • Who funds PM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Drive Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds A PRECIOUS CHILD INC ↗
  • Who funds Biz Bash Inc ↗
  • Who funds MILA'S MIRACLE FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Budacz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Budacz Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 23 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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