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The Joseph Family Foundation at a glance

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The Joseph Family 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.

$26k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$202kHousing & Shelter$116kHealth$50kAnimals$32kEducation$27kRecreation & Sports$7kCrime & Legal$5kArts & Culture$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$324k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEPPERS SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY$16,750
LUEKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$3,025
DENVER CITY LAX$2,579
ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND$2,000
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER$1,000
CES ACADEMY$380
AUTISM SPEAKS$250
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 (FY20–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HUGAROO INC: $1k → 8%HUGAROO INC: $1k → 8%HUGAROO INC: $500 → 8%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

NY
MA
NV
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
TN
SC
LA
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$418k · 9 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
21

Total granted

$418k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+29%

Still filing today

67%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
HealthEducationEnvironmentCivil RightsAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • KD
    KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +75%
  • HI
    Hugaroo Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $3k · revenue +336%
  • AL
    AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN
    2× · 2022–2023 · $915 · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • L
    LLS
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • KM
    KEEP MEMORY ALIVE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • DC
    DENVER CHILDREN'S HOMEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +45%
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 Childhood Diseases

To advance cures and treatment of childhood cancer and other rare diseases.

Health
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
6
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
7
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
8
American Academy of Dermatology Association Inc

To represent the interests of dermatologists and their patients. to influence and be a credible resource for public and private entities related to all policies and regulations that have the potential to affect the delivery of dermatologic…

Health
9
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
10
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
11
Allosource

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

Health
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 Denver Children's Home; the most unlike its peers is Urban Nights Denver. 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

22 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. 22 of the 35 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBAN NIGHTS DENVER: $202,000 · OtherURBAN NIGHTS DENVERURBAN PEAK: $116,225 · OtherURBAN PEAKLLS: $15,000 · Other+18 more: $31,355 · Other+18 moreBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $34,330 · HealthBLOOD CANC…DENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $5,000 · HealthDENVER CHI…THE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $1,600 · Health+4 more: $2,451 · Health+4 morePEPPERS SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY: $31,750 · AnimalsKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $350 · EducationCOLORADO OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $11,000 · EnvironmentCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY & FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $5,000 · Crime & LegalDENVER CITY LAX: $2,579 · Recreation & Sports
Other$364,580Health$43,381Animals$31,750Education$16,350Environment$11,000Crime & Legal$5,000Recreation & Sports$2,579

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 budgetURBAN NIGHTS DENVER: $202,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $34,330 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEPPERS SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY: $31,750 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY & FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDENVER CITY LAX: $2,579 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMETRO CARING: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHugaroo Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF DENVER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER INC: $1,036 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $915 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGivenGain Foundation USA: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE CARES: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapitol Hill Community Services: $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…Ima FoundationThe Denver FoundationBaird Foundation IncXcel Energy FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodCharities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO20.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Ima Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving 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 Joseph Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joseph Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    5report 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 35 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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