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The Greg and Karen Jones Family Foundation at a glance

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The Greg and Karen Jones Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$150kEnvironment$72kYouth Development$62kEmployment$48kHealth$8kHuman Services$7kFood & Nutrition$4kHousing & Shelter$3k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$238k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE OF COLORADO$5,000
WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT$5,000
WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY$5,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INFINITE HERO FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 12%ADAMS PLACE: $1k → 8%WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $5k → 12%ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP LAS VEGAS: $30k → 13%INFINITE HERO FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 12%ADAMS PLACE: $1k → 8%WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $5k → 12%ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP LAS VEGAS: $20k → 13%WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 12%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE OF COLORADO: $5k → 8%WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $5k → 12%ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP LAS VEGAS: $20k → 13%WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 12%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE OF COLORADO: $5k → 8%WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $5k → 12%ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP LAS VEGAS: $20k → 13%WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 12%WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $5k → 12%ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP LAS VEGAS: $20k → 13%WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $5k → 12%ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP LAS VEGAS: $20k → 13%WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $5k → 12%WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $2k → 12%SAMARITAN HOUSE: $1k → 12%COLORADO UPLIFT: $5k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $2k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $2k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $1k → 12%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $8k → 12%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $8k → 12%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $8k → 12%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $8k → 12%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $5k → 12%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $5k → 12%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $5k → 12%WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $5k → 12%WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $5k → 12%WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $6k → 12%WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 12%COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $5k → 12%WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 12%COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $5k → 12%COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $5k → 12%COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $5k → 12%COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $5k → 12%COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $5k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$345k · 14 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
4

Total granted

$345k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+578%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthEmploymentPhilanthropyFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • WB
    WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +112%
  • CT
    COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED
    6× · 2018–2023 · $31k · revenue +107%
  • HI
    HOPE IGNITES COLORADO
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • CU
    COLORADO UPLIFT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +43%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +578%
  • SH
    SAMARITAN HOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
Colorado West Inc

We rebuild lives and inspire hope by providing exceptional mental health and addiction recovery care strengthening the health and vitality of our communities.

Health
3
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
4
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
5
World Coffee Research

World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…

International
6
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
7
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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8
The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc

Catalyzing community to advance and accelerate economic opportunities for colorado women and their families.

Human Services
9
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.

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10
Goodwill Industries of Denver

Goodwill's mission is to provide education, career development, and employment opportunities to help coloradans in need achieve self-sufficiency, dignity, and hope through the power of work.

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11
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
12
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Uplift Inc; the most unlike its peers is Adams Place. 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

10 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. 10 of the 18 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP LAS VEGAS: $130,000 · OtherROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP LAS VEGASBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $46,500 · OtherBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPEWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $16,000 · OtherWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCYHOPE IGNITES COLORADO: $10,000 · Other+5 more: $9,500 · OtherWOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $47,500 · EmploymentWOMEN'S BEAN PR…COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $31,000 · AnimalsCOLORADO …WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $25,000 · EnvironmentWhittier College: $20,000 · EducationCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $5,000 · EducationINFINITE HERO FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $4,000 · Food & NutritionAdams Place: $2,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 · Health
Other$212,000Employment$47,500Animals$31,000Environment$25,000Education$25,000Philanthropy$5,000Food & Nutrition$4,000Health$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $47,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCOLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $31,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWhittier College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE IGNITES COLORADO: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINFINITE HERO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Whittier College ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO UPLIFT INC ↗
  • Who funds INFINITE HERO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds Adams Place ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Donor Advised Charita…
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Greg and Karen Jones Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Greg and Karen Jones Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–75%
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 18 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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