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The Ladd Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$265k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.5MEnvironment$425kFood & Nutrition$340kReligion$140kArts & Culture$110kHealth$107kHousing & Shelter$95kYouth Development$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLORADO ACADEMY$250,000
TENNYSON CTR FOR CHILDREN$5,000
ASU FOUNDATION$5,000
SOUL DOG RESCUE$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NM CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME: $5k → 18%AMERICAN RED CROSS MILE HIGH CHAPTE: $10k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $55k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $35k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $25k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $25k → 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

CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
TX
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 23 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
5

Total granted

$2.5M
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+21%

Still filing today

74%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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
    COLORADO ACADEMY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $910k · revenue +54%
  • DB
    DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $350k · revenue +51%
  • SA
    St Anne's Episcopal School Inc
    2× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +38%
  • MS
    Mountain States Children's Home
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +21%
  • NM
    NEW MEXICO CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS HOME
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -39%
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 Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
3
Colorado Museum of Natural History

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

Arts & Culture
4
Allosource

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

Health
5
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
6
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
7
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
10
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
11
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
12
Goodwill Industries of Denver

Goodwill's mission is to provide education, career development, and employment opportunities to help coloradans in need achieve self-sufficiency, dignity, and hope through the power of work.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Dumb Friends League; the most unlike its peers is Mountain States Children's Home. 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

25 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. 25 of the 31 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLORADO ACADEMY: $910,000 · EducationCOLORADO ACADEMYUCLA FOUNDATION: $300,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $125,000 · EducationTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOL+2 more: $25,000 · EducationSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc: $150,000 · OtherSt Anne's Episcopal…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DENVER: $95,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANIT…METRO CARING: $75,000 · OtherMETRO CARINGSTAN MCKEE READING FDN: $65,000 · OtherSTAN MCKEE READING …TENNYSON CTR FOR CHILDREN: $45,000 · OtherTENNYSON CTR FOR CH…JOSHUA INC: $35,000 · OtherJOSHUA INC+6 more: $28,500 · Other+6 moreDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $350,000 · EnvironmentDENVER BOTANIC GA…COTTONWOOD INSTITUTE: $75,000 · EnvironmentCOTTONWOOD INSTIT…WEDONTWASTE INC: $265,000 · Food & NutritionWEDONTWAST…MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $140,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $40,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $35,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $4,000 · HealthSOUL DOG RESCUE: $22,500 · AnimalsSAFE HARBOR LAB RESCUE: $5,000 · AnimalsDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $5,000 · Animals
Education$1,360,000Other$493,500Environment$425,000Food & Nutrition$265,000Human Services$160,000Health$94,000Animals$32,500

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 budgetCOLORADO ACADEMY: $910,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $350,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC: $265,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $140,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $125,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOTTONWOOD INSTITUTE: $75,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetMETRO CARING: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUL DOG RESCUE: $22,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMountain States Children's Home: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW MEXICO CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS HOME: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HARBOR LAB RESCUE: $5,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH: $4,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO FALLEN HERO FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,500 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…The Denver FoundationXcel Energy FoundationThe Colorado Health F…The Janus Henderson F…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Ladd Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ladd Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 31 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home