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The Denver Children's Foundation

The Denver Children's Foundation (fka denver active 20/30 children's foundation) engages young professionals in their 20's and 30's on a philanthropic mission of raising money for various children's charities in our community.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
62
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$2.5MHuman Services$1.2MEducation$668kHealth$585kYouth Development$483kRecreation & Sports$460kCrime & Legal$388kArts & Culture$115kOther$0
02FY2024 · 62 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k61 grants · $812k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DENVER POST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$500,000
ILLUMINATE COLORADO$30,000
MINDS MATTER COLORADO$25,000
THIRD WAY CENTER$25,000
BRECKENRIDGE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER$25,000
DENVER KIDS INC$20,000
YOUNG AMERICANS CTR FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION$20,000
WEECYCLE$20,000
KIDS MOBILITY NETWORK$20,000
LISTEN FOUNDATION INC$20,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO$20,000
SHILOH HOME INC$20,000
SAFEHOUSE DENVER$20,000
CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER$20,000
BOOK TRUST$15,000
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 (FY18–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $15k → 5%AZTECA BOXING CLUB: $10k → 9%TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $133k → 12%Safe Families for Children-Denver Chapter: $10k → 14%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $10k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $10k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $10k → 5%Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation: $10k → 7%REACHING HOPE: $15k → 10%REACHING HOPE: $10k → 10%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $10k → 12%WECYCLE: $20k → 8%WEECYCLE: $20k → 8%CASA OF ADAMS & BROOMFIELD COUNTIES: $20k → 10%HOPE HOUSE COLORADO: $15k → 7%WEECYCLE: $20k → 8%CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties: $13k → 10%HOPE HOUSE COLORADO: $15k → 7%CASA OF ADAMS & BROOMFIELD COUNTIES: $10k → 10%HOPE HOUSE: $10k → 7%WeeCycle: $10k → 8%CASA OF ADAMS & BROOMFIELD COUNTIES: $10k → 10%NIGHT LIGHTS INC: $10k → 7%DENVER AREA YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 7%DENVER AREA YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 7%PCs for People: $15k → 12%HOPE CENTER INC: $15k → 12%KIDS MOBILITY NETWORK: $20k → 8%Shiloh House: $20k → 7%SHILOH HOUSE: $20k → 7%KIDS MOBILITY NETWORK: $20k → 8%SHILOH HOME INC: $20k → 7%SHILOH HOME INC: $15k → 7%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 12%CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER: $20k → 12%CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER: $20k → 12%Clothes to Kids of Denver: $20k → 12%ADOPTION OPTIONS: $20k → 12%ADOPTION OPTIONS: $15k → 12%Assistance League of Denver: $15k → 12%ADOPTION OPTIONS: $15k → 12%Safehouse Denver Inc: $20k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $20k → 12%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $15k → 12%Sun Valley Youth Center Inc: $15k → 12%THRIVING FAMILIES: $15k → 12%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $13k → 12%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $13k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 74 repeat orgs$638k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

74 repeat relationships: 48 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

74
41

Total granted

$4.3M
$528k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+28%

Still filing today

96%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthRecreation & 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

  • DK
    DENVER KIDS INC
    3× · 2017–2024 · $170k · revenue +56%
  • BO
    Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center
    7× · 2017–2024 · $145k · revenue +100%
  • MM
    MINDS MATTER COLORADO INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $110k · revenue +180%

Funded once

  • TC
    TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN HOME
    2× · 2017–2018 · $133k · revenue -5%
  • CD
    COLORADO DREAM FOUNDATIONgraduated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $50k · revenue +28%
  • TY
    The YESS Institutegraduated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +77%
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
Friends of the Children - Colorado

Friends of the Children - Colorado has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships and professional mentors 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Youth Development
2
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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3
Denver Kids Inc

Provides professional, educational counseling and volunteer mentors for denver public school students, grades third through twelve, with the goal of keeping them in the school system until they graduate from high school.

Education
4
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
5
Family Voices Colorado Inc

Making colorado a better place for children and youth with special healthcare needs.

Human Services
6
Colorado Child Advocacy Alliance

To support the missions of child advocacy centers in colorado to help children and their families heal from abuse and neglect via training, technical assistance, collaboration and strategic partnerships.

Crime & Legal
7
Colorado Wellness Center for Girls
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8
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
9
Parent Possible

We envision a colorado where every family is a thriving ecosystem of learning, laughing, and well-being. our mission is to equip parents with the tools and information to be their child's most valuable teacher, trainer, and mentor in life.

Education
10
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
11
Elevating Connections

Elevating Connections is dedicated to building sustained positive relationships for current & former youth in foster care-including those experiencing sibling separation-to find their voice & build meaningful community connections.

Youth Development
12
Casa of the Continental Divide

Court-appointed trained volunteers advocate in court for the best interest of children who are victims of abuse and neglect in the 5th judicial district of colorado in order to find them safe and permanent homes.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Children's Home; the most unlike its peers is Azteca Boxing Club. 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

134 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.

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)
50
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/134
Grantees still filing
105/134
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DENVER POST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,700,000 · PhilanthropyDENVER POST COMMUNITY FOUNDAT…+2 more: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DENVER POST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $800,000 · OtherTHE DENVER POST COMMUNITY FOUNDATIO…LISTEN FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 · OtherCHILD ADVOCATES - DENVER CASA: $93,000 · Other+43 more: $1,117,500 · Other+43 moreTENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN HOME: $132,500 · Human ServicesTENNYSON CENTER F…SHILOH HOME INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesSHILOH HOME INCSAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesSAFEHOUSE DENVER …CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesCLOTHES TO KIDS O…WEECYCLE: $70,000 · Human ServicesWEECYCLECASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties: $67,000 · Human ServicesCASA of Adams & B…ADOPTION OPTIONS: $65,000 · Human ServicesADOPTION OPTIONSSUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesSUN VALLEY YOUTH …KIDS MOBILITY NETWORK INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $40,000 · Human Services+17 more: $295,000 · Human Services+17 moreDENVER KIDS INC: $170,000 · EducationCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $55,000 · EducationBOOK TRUST: $50,000 · EducationKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $40,000 · EducationPeak Education: $30,000 · EducationA CHILDS SONG INC: $30,000 · EducationSUMMER SCHOLARS: $23,000 · EducationFinally Home Foundation: $20,000 · EducationROOTS FAMILY CENTER: $20,000 · EducationCOLORADO ACADEMY: $20,000 · Education+8 more: $70,000 · EducationMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentIlluminate Colorado: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $65,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentINVEST IN KIDS: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentHIGHVIEW: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentART FROM ASHES INCORPORATED: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentREACH OUT AND READ COLORADO: $20,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentBreckenridge Outdoor Education Center: $145,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: $80,000 · Recreation & SportsYOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsThe YESS Institute: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsMILE HIGH 360: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports+3 more: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsTHIRD WAY CENTER INC: $62,500 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC: $55,000 · HealthCOLORADO CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $52,000 · HealthRise Against Suicide: $40,000 · HealthGRIFFITH CENTERS: $35,000 · HealthLA CLINICA TEPEYAC: $35,000 · HealthDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $35,000 · Health+4 more: $25,000 · Health
Philanthropy$1,725,000Other$2,115,500Human Services$1,059,500Education$528,000Youth Development$490,000Recreation & Sports$435,000Health$339,500

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 budgetDENVER POST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,700,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetDENVER KIDS INC: $170,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetBreckenridge Outdoor Education Center: $145,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN HOME: $132,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $110,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetLISTEN FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetIlluminate Colorado: $100,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES - DENVER CASA: $93,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetSHILOH HOME INC: $90,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: $80,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $75,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION: $75,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $75,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC: $70,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetRalston House: $70,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetWEECYCLE: $70,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties: $67,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetADOPTION OPTIONS: $65,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $65,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTHIRD WAY CENTER INC: $62,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCASA of the Pikes Peak Region: $62,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $60,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN: $60,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCOLORADO INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMARIA DROSTE SERVICES OF COLORADO INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $55,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION: $55,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC: $55,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER: $55,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $55,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCOLORADO CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $52,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetKIDS MOBILITY NETWORK INC: $50,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetCOLORADO DREAM FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetBOOK TRUST: $50,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetINVEST IN KIDS: $45,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRise Against Suicide: $40,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDSAFE COLORADO INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPLATTEFORUM: $40,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCASA OF JEFFERSON AND GILPIN COUNTIES: $37,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetHope Center Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGRIFFITH CENTERS: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLA CLINICA TEPEYAC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $35,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHRIVING FAMILIES: $35,000 over 3y, 1.3% 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 DENVER POST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DENVER KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center ↗
  • Who funds TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN HOME ↗
  • Who funds MINDS MATTER COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds LISTEN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Illuminate Colorado ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCATES - DENVER CASA ↗
  • Who funds SHILOH HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC ↗
  • Who funds CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC ↗
  • Who funds Ralston House ↗
  • Who funds WEECYCLE ↗
  • Who funds CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties ↗
  • Who funds ADOPTION OPTIONS ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds THIRD WAY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA of the Pikes Peak Region ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS INC ↗
  • Who funds MARIA DROSTE SERVICES OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds DELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO UPLIFT INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds KIDS MOBILITY NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO DREAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOOK TRUST ↗
  • Who funds INVEST IN KIDS ↗
  • Who funds A PRECIOUS CHILD INC ↗
  • Who funds Rise Against Suicide ↗
  • Who funds KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHILDSAFE COLORADO INC ↗

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.

Colorado Gives FoundationCO127.4× affinity101 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · The Anschutz Foundation · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · Mile High United Way Inc · Caring for Colorado Foundation · Denver Broncos Foundation · Nathan B & Florence R Burt 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 Denver Children's Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Denver Children's 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 39%
  • Family Voices: 39% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
69report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 127 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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