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The Highest Peak Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$148k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$303kEducation$255kYouth Development$215kHuman Services$142kAnimals$105kArts & Culture$97kHealth$84kPublic Benefit$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $98k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$526k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEAM LONG RUN$50,000
CHERISHABILITY$37,000
YMCA OF MCCOOK$30,000
LEID CENTER PERFORMING ARTS$11,000
PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER$10,000
ACTIVE DISCOVERY$10,000
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 (FY23–24, $104k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA OF MCCOOK: $30k → 12%CHERISHABILITY: $37k → 12%CHERISHABILITY: $37k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 10 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
8

Total granted

$1.1M
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+88%
+107%

Still filing today

60%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • TL
    TEAM LONG RUN
    8× · 2017–2024 · $295k · revenue +388% · 98% of their budget
  • TP
    The Principia Corporation
    6× · 2017–2023 · $227k · revenue +88%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $95k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • MT
    MUSIC THEATER WEST
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • TP
    TURNING POINT USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $17k · revenue +107%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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 Winsor School

Our mission: the winsor school prepares young women to pursue their aspirations and contribute to the world.

Education
2
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

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3
Trinity Academy of Portland

The mission of trinity academy of portland is to educate middle and high school students within a joyful christian school culture marked by the discovery of truth, the practice of goodness, the creation of beauty, and the development of…

Education
4
Colorado Christian Academy

Colorado christian academy provides an innovative christ-centered education that prioritizes academic achievements and individual development of the whole child. in relationship with parents, we will build healthy foundations that result…

Education
5
Western Athletic Conference

The conference is committed to providing student-athletes an exemplary university experience - both on and off the field of play. with high standards of integrity at the core of our athletic and academic excellences, our goal is to unlock…

Recreation & Sports
6
No Limits Academy Inc

No limits academy seeks to glorify god by providing disabled students with the academic resources, technology, adaptive equipment and self-respect that they need to achieve their fullest potential.

Education
7
Maryville Christian School

The mission of maryville christian school is to partner with christian parents by providing an academically excellent, biblically-based education,producing students with distinctive christian character.

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8
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
9
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Oklahoma City

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
10
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
11
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
12
Champions of Discovery
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Team Long Run. 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

9 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. 9 of the 19 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADVENTURE UNLIMITED FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherADVENTURE UNLIMITED FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $111,630 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $85,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLEID CENTER PERFORMING ARTS: $22,000 · OtherMUSIC THEATER WEST: $20,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INC: $17,000 · Other+5 more: $32,300 · Other+5 moreTEAM LONG RUN: $295,000 · Youth DevelopmentTEAM LONG RUNACTIVEDISCOVERY CLUB: $22,000 · Youth DevelopmentACTIVEDISCOVERY CLUBThe Principia Corporation: $227,312 · EducationThe Principia Corpora…CHERISHABILITY: $74,000 · Human ServicesCHERISHAB…YMCA OF MCCOOK: $30,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF M…FRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $95,000 · AnimalsMUSICAL THEATRE WEST: $55,000 · Arts & CultureWIDE HORIZON INC: $10,000 · Health
Other$412,930Youth Development$317,000Education$227,312Human Services$104,000Animals$95,000Arts & Culture$55,000Health$10,000

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 budgetTEAM LONG RUN: $295,000 over 8y, 98% of budgetThe Principia Corporation: $227,312 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $95,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCHERISHABILITY: $74,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetMUSICAL THEATRE WEST: $55,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetYMCA OF MCCOOK: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetACTIVEDISCOVERY CLUB: $22,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIDE HORIZON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 TEAM LONG RUN ↗
  • Who funds The Principia Corporation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHERISHABILITY ↗
  • Who funds MUSICAL THEATRE WEST ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF MCCOOK ↗
  • Who funds ACTIVEDISCOVERY CLUB ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WIDE HORIZON 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.

Tenacre FoundationNJ15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tenacre Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Highest Peak Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Highest Peak Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%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
    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 · 0–5%
    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 19 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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