· Private foundation
The Jorgensen Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k23 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $31k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $20,000 |
| MOUNTAINFILM | $10,800 |
| Individual grant recipient | $9,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOODSHARE | $2,500 |
| BOULDER SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS | $2,000 |
| FLORIDA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR FOUNDATIO | $2,000 |
| TELLURIDE FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| SAFEHOUSE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE | $2,000 |
| LOVE 4 LAWRENCE FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| BRIDGE HOUSE | $2,000 |
| GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS | $2,000 |
| CENTER FOR BIG BEND STUDIES | $1,000 |
| UTAH FILM CENTER | $1,000 |
| THORNE NATURE EXPERIENCE | $1,000 |
| COLORADO OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMOUNTAINFILM7× · 2017–2024 · $51k · revenue +9%
- GSGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS7× · 2017–2024 · $13k · revenue +213%
- CFCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC8× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- LPLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Incone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +9%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $5k
- L4LOVE 4 LAWRENCE FOUNDATION - COMMUNone grant, 2022 · $2k
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.
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.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.
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…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
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…
Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
How this is measured
47 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. 47 of the 72 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MOUNTAINFILM ↗
- Who funds GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS ↗
- Who funds BEADFORLIFE ↗
- Who funds TELLURIDE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC ↗
- Who funds STREET BUSINESS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC ↗
- Who funds Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds BOULDER SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Thunderheart Media Inc ↗
- Who funds AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds Bridge House ↗
- Who funds BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds COLORADO OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THERE WITH CARE ↗
- Who funds Birds of Prey Foundation ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Denver Foundation · Daily Service Foundation Inc · The Dalton Family Foundation · Ebb Point Foundation- Blackrock · The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation · The Longmont Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · El Pomar Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Jorgensen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jorgensen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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