· Private foundation
The Buettner 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k32 grants · $50k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Shedd Aquarium | $55,000 |
| Colorado Springs Philharmonic | $15,000 |
| Colorado Springs Youth Symphony | $10,000 |
| Epic | $6,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MTNS | $5,000 |
| Gazette El Pomar Empty Stocking Fund | $4,000 |
| PIKES PEAK UNITED WAY | $4,000 |
| CARE AND SHARE | $3,000 |
| GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| KCME | $2,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $2,000 |
| WORLD FOOD PROGRAM | $2,000 |
| ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET | $2,000 |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS | $1,500 |
| KRCC | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
58 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY5× · 2017–2024 · $123k · revenue +67%
- CSColorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra3× · 2017–2019 · $105k · revenue +5%
- GCGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL8× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- FAFine Arts Center - Curtain Call Societyone grant, 2019 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $2k
- CYCOLORADO YOUTH SYMPHONYone grant, 2017 · $1k
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.
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.
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…
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…
To deliver meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms
To inspire a passionate community to forge an enduring legacy now and for future generations. this mission is attained by building a community endowment, helping donors address community needs and providing philanthropic leadership.
To raise funds and acquire assets, both real and personal, that will provide financial assistance to the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra.
Providing entertainment and education through the production of high-quality orchestral music.
Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau's, now doing business as Visit Colorado Springs (VCOS), primary exempt purpose is promotion of the Pikes Peak Region. VCOS is designed to stimulate the visitor industry in the Pikes Peak…
The colorado symphony association (csa) is a not-for-profit organization established to fund and operate the colorado symphony orchestra for the enjoyment and benefit of the citizens of metropolitan denver and (cont'd on schedule…
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.
Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.
The mission of the boulder philharmonic orchestra is to enrich connections and communities through the power of orchestral music. the boulder philharmonic orchestra presents performances that reflect our community's values, creativity, and…
How this is measured
44 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. 44 of the 73 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra ↗
- Who funds GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds PIKES PEAK UNITED WAY ↗
- Who funds Care and Share Inc ↗
- Who funds ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET ↗
- Who funds DENVER ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds CASA of the Pikes Peak Region ↗
- Who funds CONCERN WORLDWIDE (US) INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds JOHN AUSTIN CHELEY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM J PALMER PARKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center ↗
- Who funds CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE ↗
- Who funds COLORADO SPRINGS CONSERVATORY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEED PEACE ↗
- Who funds PIKES PEAK HOSPICE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INDEPENDENCE PASS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CULTURAL OFFICE OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: El Pomar Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · Pikes Peak United Way · The Myron Stratton Home · INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak · The Denver Foundation · H Chase Stone Trust B Xxxxx5009 · The Marson Foundation · Bee Vradenburg Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Buettner Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Buettner Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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