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The Janus Henderson Foundation

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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
336
Grants FY2024still arriving
34
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.6MEducation$1.4MPhilanthropy$1.1MInternational$489kEmployment$477kHealth$440kHuman Services$419kRecreation & Sports$225kOther$0
02FY2024 · 336 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k322 grants · $235k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $188k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $682k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$281
Median grant
34
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Greenwood Project$300,000
Charity Aid Foundation (CAF)$239,387
Charity Aid Foundation (CAF)$147,880
Charity Aid Foundation (CAF)$115,940
Denver Scholarship Foundation$77,500
Givinga Foundation$51,569
Rock the Street Wall Street$50,000
Food for Thought Denver$45,100
Young Americans Center for Financial Education$45,100
Denver Kids Inc$37,500
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society-CO$15,100
Charity Aid Foundation (CAF)$15,000
Chapter One$15,000
Team Rubicon$15,000
CAF$8,817
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.

US giving: 71% of grant dollars ($4.9M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 29% that went abroad ($2.0M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $575k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Wounded Warrior Project: $550 → 11%Guide Dogs for the Blind: $10k → 8%Catholic Charities of Onondaga County: $1k → 14%Living Water International: $1k → 8%Summit County Family Resource Center: $1k → 9%Living Water International: $825 → 8%A Precious Child: $768 → 5%Covenant House: $3k → 17%Ability Beyond: $1k → 9%Sister Carmen Community Center Inc: $1k → 12%Ability Beyond: $1k → 9%Ability Beyond: $1k → 9%Ability Beyond: $1k → 9%Partnerships for Children: $1k → 10%Immunize Colorado: $3k → 10%There With Care: $3k → 9%Denver Active 2030 Children's Foundation: $3k → 12%Victory Service Dogs: $2k → 9%Weecycle: $5k → 8%Access Opportunity: $1k → 12%Gift of Adoption Fund: $1k → 14%CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties: $1k → 10%Denver Active 2030 Children's Foundation: $3k → 12%Weecycle: $775 → 8%Gift of Adoption Fund: $1k → 14%Denver Active 2030 Children's Foundation: $600 → 12%Greenwood Project: $300k → 14%American Red Cross: $3k → 14%Greenwood Project: $175k → 14%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%Greenwood Project: $600 → 14%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%American Red Cross: $825 → 14%American Red Cross: $738 → 14%American Red Cross: $700 → 14%Integrated Family Community Svcs: $2k → 8%American Red Cross: $700 → 14%New Horizons House: $532 → 7%Womens Foundation of Colorado Inc: $1k → 8%Freedom Service Dogs: $552 → 8%Womens Foundation of Colorado Inc: $1k → 12%Denver Rescue Mission: $6k → 12%Denver Rescue Mission: $6k → 12%Denver Rescue Mission: $4k → 12%Denver Rescue Mission: $3k → 12%Denver Rescue Mission: $2k → 12%Denver Rescue Mission: $1k → 12%Family Promise of Greater Denver: $2k → 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

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 29% of all-years giving ($2.0M)

5 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$1.9M · 22 grants
Australia$46k · 1 grant
Cambodia$5k · 3 grants
Nigeria$3k · 2 grants
Switzerland$2k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 357 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

357 repeat relationships: 147 still active in FY2024, 210 since wound down; 159 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

357
478

Total granted

$5.4M
$658k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+18%

Still filing today

72%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $691k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • GP
    GREENWOOD PROJECT
    3× · 2021–2024 · $476k · revenue +17%
  • DS
    DENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $273k · revenue +161%
  • YA
    YOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $143k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • RN
    Remember NHU Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $83k · revenue 0%
  • GS
    Greenhouse Sports Ltd
    one grant, 2022 · $47k
  • MM
    Musicians Making a Difference
    one grant, 2022 · $46k
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
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
2
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
3
Education Commission of the States

The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…

Education
4
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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5
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
6
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
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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9
Fountain Valley School of Colorado

Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…

Education
10
Philanthropy Colorado

Philanthropy colorado is a nonprofit membership association for grantmakers throughout the state. its mission is strengthen colorado communities by bringing people, information and resources together.

Philanthropy
11
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
12
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
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 Moms in the Making. 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

684 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. 684 of the 1,017 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)
110
Early backer (in before they grew)
669/684
Grantees still filing
468/684
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Charity Aid Foundation: $1,402,562 · OtherCharity Aid FoundationJunior Achievement: $1,120,000 · OtherJunior AchievementCharity Aid Foundation (CAF): $533,446 · OtherCharity Aid Foundation (CAF)+99 more: $979,519 · Other+99 moreDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $272,759 · EducationDENVER SCHOLARSHIP …CHAPTER ONE NFP: $257,508 · EducationCHAPTER ONE NFPDENVER KIDS INC: $143,151 · EducationDENVER KIDS INCFood For Thought Denver: $133,243 · EducationFood For Thought De…KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $72,000 · EducationKENT DENVER COUNTRY…Colorado Succeeds: $65,000 · EducationColorado SucceedsROCK THE STREET WALL STREET: $50,000 · Education+31 more: $172,334 · Education+31 moreGREENWOOD PROJECT: $475,600 · Human ServicesGREENWOOD…DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $21,889 · Human Services+15 more: $62,384 · Human Services+15 moreCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $127,500 · PhilanthropyDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $105,625 · PhilanthropyGIVINGA FOUNDATION INC: $51,569 · Philanthropy+7 more: $30,453 · PhilanthropyUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $72,107 · InternationalGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP USA INC: $40,100 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $20,281 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,494 · InternationalHUMANITY AND HOPE UNITED FOUNDATION INC: $7,641 · International+7 more: $34,798 · InternationalBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $82,910 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,702 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $16,311 · HealthSLC6A1 CONNECT: $12,779 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $9,202 · HealthYOUTH WITH A MISSION OF COLO: $7,600 · HealthTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC: $7,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,917 · Health+9 more: $30,121 · HealthYOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION: $143,225 · Recreation & SportsOHIO YOUTH RUGBY ASSOCIATION: $8,600 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $3,050 · Recreation & Sports
Other$4,035,527Education$1,165,995Human Services$559,873Philanthropy$315,147International$205,421Health$194,042Recreation & Sports$154,875

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREENWOOD PROJECT: $475,600 over 3y, 11% of budgetDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $272,759 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCHAPTER ONE NFP: $257,508 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetYOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION: $143,225 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetDENVER KIDS INC: $143,151 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetFood For Thought Denver: $133,243 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $127,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $105,625 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $82,910 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRemember NHU Inc: $82,600 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $72,107 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $72,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetColorado Succeeds: $65,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGIVINGA FOUNDATION INC: $51,569 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROCK THE STREET WALL STREET: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHUNGER FREE COLORADO: $45,100 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP USA INC: $40,100 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCHERRY ARTS: $30,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetREGION IX HEAD START ASSOCIATION: $25,100 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc: $24,102 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $23,045 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $21,889 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,702 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $20,281 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $16,311 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $15,103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSLC6A1 CONNECT: $12,779 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $12,550 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES - DENVER CASA: $10,689 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,494 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHI PSI EDUCATIONAL TRUST INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DENVER WALDORF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $9,202 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO YOUTH RUGBY ASSOCIATION: $8,600 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNorthfield High School Foundation: $8,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,013 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS' FOUNDATION INC: $7,713 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $7,672 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANITY AND HOPE UNITED FOUNDATION INC: $7,641 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH WITH A MISSION OF COLO: $7,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHANNELMOM MEDIA: $7,482 over 4y, 3.0% 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 GREENWOOD PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds DENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHAPTER ONE NFP ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds DENVER KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Food For Thought Denver ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Remember NHU Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Succeeds ↗
  • Who funds GIVINGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCK THE STREET WALL STREET ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER FREE COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHERRY ARTS ↗
  • Who funds REGION IX HEAD START ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds St Anne's Episcopal School Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
  • Who funds B CIVIC ↗

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…Western Union Foundat…The Denver FoundationRose Community Founda…Schlessman Foundation…The Colorado Health F…The Anschutz Foundati…Boettcher FoundationXcel Energy FoundationLibertygives Foundati…Anschutz Family Found…El Pomar Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO110.5× affinity196 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Western Union Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Boettcher Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Libertygives Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · El Pomar 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 Janus Henderson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Janus Henderson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 1017 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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