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The Christian P Anschutz 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.

$297k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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.

Public Safety & Disaster$330kPublic Benefit$322kHuman Services$252kEducation$203kCrime & Legal$135kFood & Nutrition$80kPhilanthropy$76kHealth$49kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $115k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$11k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$65,000
COMMON SENSE INSTITUTE$50,000
COLORADO THIRTY GROUP INC$30,000
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY$25,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED INC$25,000
WYCLIFFE SEED COMPANY$25,000
FBICAAA$25,000
HEADWATERSLIFE INC$10,000
COLORADO STATE PATROL FAMILY FOUNDATION$10,000
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC$10,000
WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES AIR & SPACE MUSEUM$5,000
BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY$5,000
DENVER POLICE FOUNDATION$5,000
THE BECKY BAKER FOUNDATION$4,000
TRAGEDY ASST PROG FOR SURVIVORS$1,000
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 (FY20–24, $147k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE LONGMIRE FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%RIVER DEEP FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%DENVER POLICE FOUNDATION: $121k → 12%DENVER POLICE FOUNDATION: $12k → 12%DENVER POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%DENVER POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%DENVER POLICE FOUNDATION: $3k → 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

WY
IN
CA
CO
MO
VA
TN
DC
AL
GA
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$837k · 13 repeat orgs$682k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
23

Total granted

$837k
$566k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
-2%

Still filing today

69%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsCrime & 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

  • DP
    DENVER POLICE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $145k · revenue +443%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE DENVER FIRE DEPT
    2× · 2021–2023 · $134k · revenue +179% · 83% of their budget
  • CS
    COMMON SENSE INSTITUTE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • VS
    VETERAN SHEEPDOGS OF COLORADO
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · 26% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $60k
  • CN
    Colorado National Guard Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -6%
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
Police Foundation of Colorado Springs

To build effective partnerships that support the cs police dept and local community

Philanthropy
2
Colorado Concerns of Police Survivors

The mission statement of c.o.p.s. reflects the strong belief that assistance, guidance, understanding, empathy, and hope for the future for the survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty begins with a caring, prepared…

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3
Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation

The mission of the cfhf is to honor fallen law enforcement officers, as well as to respect and support their survivors and agencies.

Crime & Legal
4
Colorado State Fire Chiefs

The vision of the csfc is to partner with the fire service and supplier partners across the state of colorado in their efforts to protect all of colorado's life and property from fire and other disasters. it is a dynamic organization,…

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Colorado Chiefs of Police Fdn

The purpose of this foundation is to provide funding opportunities for professional development to the law enforcement professionals in the state of colorado.

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6
The Colorado Parks Foundation Inc
Recreation & Sports
7
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
8
Denver Police Protective Association Relief Fund

Association relief fund was formed to provide assistance to public safety personnel, including but not limited to, police officers, firefighters, and their families who may have fallen upon hard times.

Crime & Legal
9
Colorado Press Association

Promote the general interest of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and online publications, improve editorials and business methods of daily and weekly newspapers, and advance those newspapers' usefulness and influence in the public…

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10
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
11
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept

The purposes of the corporation are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational

—
12
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado State University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Headwaters Life Inc. 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

31 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. 31 of the 47 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
16/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VETERAN SHEEPDOGS OF COLORADO: $250,000 · OtherVETERAN SHEEPDOGS OF COLORADOFBICAAA: $100,000 · OtherFBICAAASEED COMPANY INC: $80,000 · OtherSEED COMPANY INCIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE COLORADO THIRTY GROUP: $55,000 · OtherTHE COLORADO THIRTY GROUPDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION+24 more: $234,100 · Other+24 moreTaylor University: $65,000 · EducationTaylor Univ…UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationCOLORADO ST…CATE SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationCATE SCHOOLHEADWATERS LIFE INC: $10,000 · EducationHEADWATERS …+2 more: $2,500 · EducationDENVER POLICE FOUNDATION: $145,225 · Human ServicesDENVER POL…+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE COLORADO OUTREACH EXCHANGE: $105,000 · Public BenefitTHE COLORA…COLORADO AIR NATIONAL GUARD LEGACY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Public BenefitCOLORADO A…+1 more: $1,500 · Public BenefitFRIENDS OF THE DENVER FIRE DEPT: $133,500 · Public Safety & DisasterFRIENDS O…COMMON SENSE INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Social ScienceColorado National Guard Foundation Inc: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO STATE PATROL FAMILY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Other$824,100Education$162,500Human Services$147,225Public Benefit$141,500Public Safety & Disaster$133,500Social Science$100,000Philanthropy$75,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVETERAN SHEEPDOGS OF COLORADO: $250,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetDENVER POLICE FOUNDATION: $145,225 over 5y, 18% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE DENVER FIRE DEPT: $133,500 over 2y, 83% of budgetTHE COLORADO OUTREACH EXCHANGE: $105,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetCOMMON SENSE INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTaylor University: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO THIRTY GROUP: $55,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetColorado National Guard Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO AIR NATIONAL GUARD LEGACY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAURORA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetCOLORADO STATE PATROL FAMILY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATE SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEADWATERS LIFE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER POLICE BLUE HAT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWINGS OVER THE ROCKIES AIR & SPACE MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BECKY BAKER FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 63% of budgetMILITARY POLICE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRIVER DEEP FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetColorado Drug Investigators Association co RMHIDTA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOPERATION HOPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONGMIRE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

El Pomar FoundationThe Anschutz Foundati…The Denver FoundationRichmond American Fou…Pema Foundation IncDaniels FundAmg Charitable Gift F…Colorado Gives Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…
El Pomar FoundationCO19× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El Pomar Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Richmond American Foundation · Pema Foundation Inc · Daniels Fund · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 The Christian P Anschutz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Christian P Anschutz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    7report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Christian P Anschutz Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Christian P 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 47 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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