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· Public charity

The Derse Levin Foundation

To promote dental care.

$115k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$40k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Philanthropy$96kHealth$68kYouth Development$32kAnimals$30kFood & Nutrition$9kHousing & Shelter$5k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $71,617, the rows itemized in this filing. The $114,926 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $43,309 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$5,916
Median grant
4
States reached
$359k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SMILES FOR LIFE$40,000
COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION$10,399
MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC$5,916
EVERY CHILD PEDIATRICS$5,164
NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION AND LOW INCOME HOUSING$5,128
THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC$5,010
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 (FY22–23, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ADOPT-A-FAMILY: $9k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $15k → 8%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
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
2
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
3
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
4
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
5
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
6
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
7
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
8
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Lucky dog animal rescue is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes. we educate the community and all pet owners on…

Animals
9
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
10
Animal Protection New Mexico

To protect animals by creating systemic change resulting in the humane treatment of all animals. we create policies, infrastructure, and services that protect animals and strengthen our communities, and we design and implement humane and…

Animals
11
CJ3 Foundation

Cj3 foundation provides services, support, and advocacy to united states military service members, veterans/disabled veterans, law enforcement, and emergency responders who need/require assistance, and then connecting them with resources…

Human Services
12
Good Dog Rescue

To save dogs from high kill shelters and place them into loving foster homes. Prior to adoption our dogs will be vetted, spayed or neutered and nurtured to join a supportive and loving home environment.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Adopt a Family. 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

13 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SMILES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $120,000 · PhilanthropySMILES FOR LIFE FOUNDATIONCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $10,399 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATIONMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $5,916 · PhilanthropyJUSTIN SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUSTIN SIMMONS …GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER: $5,129 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORA…MOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $12,000 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUN…VETSVETERANS EXPLORING TREATMENT SOLUTIONS: $10,500 · HealthVETSVETERANS …Rocky Mountain Youth Medical and Nursing: $5,164 · HealthRocky Mountai…FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SER…Adopt A Family: $9,232 · Human ServicesAdopt A Fam…Humane World for Animals Inc: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $5,010 · AnimalsNATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION: $5,128 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$136,315Youth Development$32,129Health$27,664Human Services$24,232Animals$15,010Housing & Shelter$5,128

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSMILES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 3y, 76% of budgetJUSTIN SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETSVETERANS EXPLORING TREATMENT SOLUTIONS: $10,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $10,399 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt A Family: $9,232 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $5,916 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Youth Medical and Nursing: $5,164 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER: $5,129 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION: $5,128 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $5,010 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Derse Levin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Derse Levin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%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
    1get no government money at all
    2report 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.

    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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