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The David S Van Denburgh 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.

$465k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Health$715kYouth Development$400kHuman Services$290kPhilanthropy$235kFood & Nutrition$180kScience & Tech$100kArts & Culture$82kAnimals$75kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $310k
$40,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN$100,000
BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION$60,000
WOMENS BOARD OF BNF$50,000
IVY BRAIN TUMOR CENTER AT THE BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$50,000
SALVATION ARMY$40,000
ST MARY'S FOOD BANK$40,000
CASITA COPAN$35,000
HEARD MUSEUM$20,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$10,000
VISTA COLLEGE PREP$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $66k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CASITA COPAN: $35k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%CASITA COPAN: $7k → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $10k → 11%MOTHER'S GRACE: $1k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $4k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
IL
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
UT
VA
AZ
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.8M · 17 repeat orgs$329k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +65% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
29

Total granted

$1.8M
$269k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+18%

Still filing today

82%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CulturePublic BenefitEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN
    4× · 2021–2024 · $400k · revenue +76%
  • BN
    BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $307k · revenue +9%
  • BH
    Banner Health Foundation
    4× · 2018–2021 · $266k · revenue +151%

Funded once

  • BF
    BARROW FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $75k
  • BH
    Banner Health
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +14%
  • BC
    BRING CHANGE 2 MINDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +97%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
3
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
4
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

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5
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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6
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
9
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Foundation

Bringing together diverse voices to advance health and healthcare in arizona.

Health
10
Banner Medical Group

To assist banner health complete its mission, banner medical group (bmg) was created to make health care easier, so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
11
Honorhealth

Honorhealth's mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve.

Health
12
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Hope for Tomorrow Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAt-Risk Youth MentoringFood Pantries & AssistanceCommunity Arts OrganizationsChristian Missionary Organi…Ymca Community CentersGovernment Accountability R…Hospice Care ServicesLand Conservation Organizat…Jewish Community FederationsHomeless Services & ShelterSubstance Abuse TreatmentAnimal Rescue and AdoptionVeteran Support ServicesCommunity Health Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%0%<5yr17%3%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr15%27%20–35yr10%30%35–55yr12%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr17%0%5–10yr19%6%10–20yr15%49%20–35yr10%17%35–55yr12%28%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/34
the rest of the field
16%
4,465/28,451

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
30/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $307,000 · HealthBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATIONBanner Health Foundation — $266,000 · HealthBanner Health FoundationBanner Health — $50,000 · HealthBanner Health+3 more — $37,000 · Health+3 moreSALVATION ARMY — $175,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYWOMENS BOARD OF BNF — $150,000 · OtherWOMENS BOARD OF BNFUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA — $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONABARROW FOUNDATION (BAARC) — $75,000 · OtherBARROW FOUNDATION (BAARC)IVY BRAIN TUMOR CENTER AT THE BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE — $50,000 · OtherIVY BRAIN TUMOR CENTER AT THE BARROW…CHRISTIAN CENTER OF PARK CITY — $25,000 · Other+24 more — $120,757 · Other+24 moreFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN — $400,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDR…ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $175,000 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S…+1 more — $5,000 · Food & NutritionTHE HEARD MUSEUM — $80,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $500 · Arts & CultureArizona Humane Society — $35,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc — $22,000 · AnimalsLOVE THIS HORSE EQUINE RESCUE INC — $13,000 · AnimalsCASITA COPAN INC — $41,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association — $10,000 · Human ServicesHospice of the Valley — $3,500 · Human Services+1 more — $1,000 · Human Services
Health$660,000Other$695,757Youth Development$400,000Food & Nutrition$180,000Arts & Culture$80,500Animals$70,000Human Services$66,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN — $400,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $307,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBanner Health Foundation — $266,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $175,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEARD MUSEUM — $80,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBanner Health — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASITA COPAN INC — $41,500 over 2y, 16% of budgetArizona Humane Society — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN CENTER OF PARK CITY — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc — $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRING CHANGE 2 MIND — $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE THIS HORSE EQUINE RESCUE INC — $13,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCircle of Health International — $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION — $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBuild Each Other Up NFP — $5,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetUnited Food Bank — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMELOT THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHER'S GRACE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The David S Van Denburgh Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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