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The Civic Canopy

THE CIVIC CANOPY creates the conditions where the many work as one for the good of all.

$536k
Granted FY2019
1
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Community Improvement$41kHuman Services$33kHealth$18kEducation$18kYouth Development$18kPhilanthropy$8kFood & Nutrition$6k
02FY2019 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $10,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $535,951 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $525,451 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.
$10,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VIVE INSPIRING WELLNESS$10,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–18, $35k) 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%ESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT: $8k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES &: $8k → 12%BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITIUTE: $10k → 12%KIDS ABOVE EVERYTHING: $10k → 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 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 Health Institute
Health
2
Seeds of Learning

Seeds of Learning is a stand-alone, NAEYC accredited early care and education center, that serves children ages 30 months through age 5. As a community-based facility, Seeds offers parenting classes, educational opportunities for families…

Education
3
The Rise School of Denver

The purpose of the Rise School of Denver is to provide the highest quality inclusive early childhood education and therapy for children with and without developmental disabilities. We do this by providing exemplary school- and clinic-based…

Education
4
A Shared Vision Partners in Pediatric Blindness and Visual Imp

A Shared Vision educates, inspires, and empowers families to nurture the development of their young children who are blind or visually impaired. We provide early intervention vision services in families' homes and community settings…

Health
5
Invest in Kids

Invest in kids partners with local communities to ensure the success of evidence-based programs that improve the health and well-being of colorado's youngest children and their families.

Youth Development
6
Denver Early Childhood Council

The vision of denver's early childhood council (the "council") is that denver is a community where the diverse needs of all children and their families are supported. the council elevates the early childhood field through innovative and…

Education
7
Colorado Thrives

Colorado Thrives exists to support Coloradans to achieve economic mobility through access to good jobs.

Community Improvement
8
Broomfield Early Childhood Council

Build a comprehensive system of care and service to support the health and education of young children, their families and their care providers.

Human Services
9
Early Childhood Council of Boulder County

To expand and improve the comprehensive system of quality early childhood services for families in boulder county. the organization acts as the countywide convener for strategic planning for early childhood programs and services.

Human Services
10
Colorado Children's Campaign

The colorado children's campaign relentlessly champions the needs of children. we leverage data, research, and relationships to unapologetically advocate for kids, fighting for a brighter, more equitable future for every child in colorado.…

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11
El Centro Amistad

Create opportunities and programs that promote health equity education and quality of life for the latino community in boulder county in colorado.

Human Services
12
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families; the most unlike its peers is Roots Elementary School. 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 13 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $41,015 · Community ImprovementTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPME…Roots Elementary School: $10,000 · OtherRoots Elementary SchoolVETERANS ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF COLORADO: $8,000 · OtherVETERANS ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF C…MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO: $7,500 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORA…JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $7,500 · OtherJOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND…THE GROWHAUS: $6,490 · OtherTHE GROWHAUSKids Above Everything: $10,000 · Human ServicesKids Above EverythingBLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE COLORADO: $10,000 · Human ServicesBLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INST…CATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $7,500 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNI…ESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SUC: $7,500 · Human ServicesESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN C…Vive: $10,500 · Youth DevelopmentGRAND BEGINNINGS: $7,500 · EducationUNITED WAY OF WELD COUNTY INC: $7,500 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$41,015Other$39,490Human Services$35,000Youth Development$10,500Education$7,500Philanthropy$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $41,015 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRoots Elementary School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKids Above Everything: $10,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SUC: $7,500 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetGRAND BEGINNINGS: $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WELD COUNTY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GROWHAUS: $6,490 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.

The Colorado Health F…The Denver FoundationDelta Dental Plan of …Caring for Colorado F…Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…Rose Community Founda…Colorado Gives Founda…Mile High United Way …The Colorado TrustAnschutz Family Found…El Pomar FoundationNatl Christian Charit…
The Colorado Health FoundationCO23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Colorado Trust · Anschutz Family Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · 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 Civic Canopy funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Civic Canopy. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 13 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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