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The Hardardt Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Hardardt Family Foundation Inc

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.

$7k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$3k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$24kHuman Services$4kPhilanthropy$3kReligion$3kYouth Development$2kHealth$1kInternational$1kEducation$600Other$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$48k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUNGATE KIDS$2,500
CHRIST COMMUNITY NAPLES$2,000
NICHOLAS D SERGI FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$600
UNITED CHURCH OF MARCO ISLAND$500
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 (FY19–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 3%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%WELLSPRING COMMUNITY: $2k → 3%WELL SPRING COMMUNITY: $750 → 3%WELL SPRING COMMUNITY: $750 → 3%WELL SPRING COMMUNITY: $500 → 3%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$31k · 5 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
10

Total granted

$31k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+188%

Still filing today

80%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
Youth DevelopmentCrime & LegalHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • CA
    CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY & FAMILY RESOURCES INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $24k · revenue +8%
  • WC
    WELLSPRING COMMUNITY
    4× · 2019–2023 · $4k · revenue +82%
  • ND
    Nicholas D Sergi Foundation
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +111%

Funded once

  • DY
    DENVER YOUTH PROGRAMgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +236%
  • PI
    PUR INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -33%
  • FF
    Foundation for School District 11
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue -74%
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
Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County

Prevent suicide by raising awareness

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2
Denver Children's Choir

To provide a challenging environment where children can reach their full potential by enhancing their musical talents, forging diverse meaningful friendships, and sharing their joy of music with others.

Arts & Culture
3
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
4
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
5
Colorado Springs Children's Chorale

Inspiring youth to musical excellence and artistic expression in a nurturing environment - cultivating integrity, professionalism, and leadership.

Arts & Culture
6
Ascend College Prep

Ascend College Prep is a public high school for 10-12th grade students in Colorado Springs and the surrounding area. Our Mission is to "Prepare and inspire students to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens through rigorous…

Education
7
Denver Police Activities League Inc

The denver police activities league's (pal) mission is to create strong communities by providing under-resourced children with opportunities, exposure, and experiences with the intent of changing young people's lives in a positive way.

Youth Development
8
Corus International Inc

TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…

Human Services
9
Colorado Children's Chorale

The mission of the colorado children's chorale is to share professional choral music with the global community by training excellent young performers.

Arts & Culture
10
Excelsior Youth Centers Inc

Excelsior strengthens and educates youth and families to achieve lasting success through a continuum of innovative treatments, services, and solutions.

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11
Colorado Meth Project

Rise above colorado is a statewide prevention organization that measurably impacts teen perceptions and attitudes about the risks of substance misuse to empower youth to make healthy connections, decisions, and change.

Health
12
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc

The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wellspring Community; the most unlike its peers is Nicholas D Sergi Foundation. 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 17 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY & FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $23,500 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY & FAMILY RESOURCES INCHARVEST BIBLE CHAPEL NAPLES INC: $2,000 · OtherHARVEST BIBLE CH…PUR INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 · OtherPUR INTERNATIONA…Foundation for School District 11: $500 · OtherFoundation for S…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION COLORADO: $500 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDA…UNITED CHURCH OF MARCO ISLAND: $500 · OtherUNITED CHURCH OF…Individual grant recipient: $500 · OtherIndividual grant…CENTER FOR THE ARTS - MARCO ISLAND: $500 · OtherCENTER FOR THE A…ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCATION: $200 · Other+1 more: $100 · OtherWELLSPRING COMMUNITY: $3,500 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING…Nicholas D Sergi Foundation: $2,700 · PhilanthropyDENVER YOUTH PROGRAM: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentTHE HAPPY CREW INC: $500 · Youth DevelopmentAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,100 · HealthARCTIC ARTS PROJECT: $300 · EnvironmentVALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $100 · Education
Crime & Legal$23,500Other$5,800Human Services$3,500Philanthropy$2,700Youth Development$2,000Health$1,100Environment$300Education$100

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 budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY & FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $23,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWELLSPRING COMMUNITY: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNicholas D Sergi Foundation: $2,700 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAPPY CREW INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetARCTIC ARTS PROJECT: $300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $100 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Colorado Gives FoundationCO12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Hardardt Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hardardt Family Foundation Inc. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s 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 · 0–5%
    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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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