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The Lee and Bev Kunz Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Lee and Bev Kunz Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$67k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$190kEducation$182kHuman Services$68kArts & Culture$30kRecreation & Sports$20kAnimals$15kHousing & Shelter$9kReligion$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN$16,000
GRANITE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$15,000
KAPIOLANI HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
PEPPERS SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
MONTANA STATE WOMENS BASKETBALL$4,000
NEBRASKA GREATS FOUNDATION$2,500
HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART$1,500
02The need
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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 (FY18–24, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DENVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $8k → 12%THE CARING CENTER: $2k → 5%DENVER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%DENVER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%DENVER ACTIVE 20-30 CHILDRENS FOUND: $5k → 12%ARC THRIFT STORES: $4k → 7%DENVER ACTIVE 20-30 CHILDRENS FOUND: $5k → 12%AMIGAS IN ACTION: $500 → 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

VT
NH
ID
MN
NY
WY
IN
OH
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
HI
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$417k · 20 repeat orgs$104k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
45

Total granted

$417k
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+40%

Still filing today

60%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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

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HealthHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • GE
    Granite Education Foundation
    7× · 2017–2025 · $130k · revenue +70%
  • KH
    Kapi'olani Health Foundation
    4× · 2022–2025 · $33k · revenue +71%
  • TD
    The Denver Children's Foundation
    5× · 2019–2024 · $28k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • JP
    JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • DS
    DENVER SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
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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5
Colorado Museum of Natural History

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

Arts & Culture
6
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

To improve patient care by advancing the science & practice of clinical nutrition & metabolism.

Food & Nutrition
7
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
8
Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation

The mission of the Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation is to promote the health and well-being of physicians and physician assistants through evaluation, treatment referral, support education and research.

Health
9
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
10
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
11
Children's Hospital Pathology Foundation Inc

The Foundation's mission is to provide pathology services primarily to patients at Boston Children's Hospital and at satellite locations. The Foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the field…

Health
12
Children's Physicians

Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is I Stand With My Pack Inc. 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

34 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. 34 of the 70 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ANCHOR CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $97,116 · OtherANCHOR CENTER FOR THE BLINDDELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $26,000 · OtherDELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDRENBALLET HAWAII: $18,150 · OtherBALLET HAWAIIIndividual grant recipient: $17,660 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $9,000 · Other+40 more: $85,754 · Other+40 moreGranite Education Foundation: $130,000 · EducationGranite Education FoundationTrustees of Dartmouth College: $16,250 · EducationTrustees of Dartmouth College+3 more: $7,000 · EducationThe Denver Children's Foundation: $27,500 · Human ServicesThe Denve…HO'OLA NA PUA: $12,666 · Human ServicesHO'OLA NA…ARC THRIFT STORES INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesARC THRIF…+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesKapi'olani Health Foundation: $32,500 · HealthKapi'olan…KAWASAKI KIDS FOUNDATION KAWASAKI KIDS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthKAWASAKI …EASTER SEALS COLORADO: $3,000 · HealthEASTER SE…NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $2,500 · HealthNATIONAL …+3 more: $2,500 · Health+3 morePEPPERS SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY: $10,500 · AnimalsCheetah Conservation Fund: $3,000 · AnimalsI Stand With My Pack Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE MORRISON THEATER COMPANY: $10,250 · Arts & CultureHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $1,500 · Arts & CultureGLSEN INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsPEOPLE UNITED FOR PRIVACY: $1,000 · Civil Rights
Other$263,680Education$153,250Human Services$45,666Health$43,500Animals$14,500Arts & Culture$11,750Civil Rights$6,000

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 budgetGranite Education Foundation: $130,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetKapi'olani Health Foundation: $32,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Denver Children's Foundation: $27,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $26,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBALLET HAWAII: $18,150 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $16,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHO'OLA NA PUA: $12,666 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPEPPERS SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY: $10,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MORRISON THEATER COMPANY: $10,250 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNEBRASKA GREATS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGLSEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmp the Cause: $3,712 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARC THRIFT STORES INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKAWASAKI KIDS FOUNDATION KAWASAKI KIDS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWyoming Catholic College: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS COLORADO: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetIdaho State University Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Program of the Rockies: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HELP INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE UNITED FOR PRIVACY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUSA Nordic Sport: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetI Stand With My Pack Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $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.

  • Who funds Granite Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Kapi'olani Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Denver Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds BALLET HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
  • Who funds HO'OLA NA PUA ↗
  • Who funds PEPPERS SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds THE MORRISON THEATER COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA GREATS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLSEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Amp the Cause ↗
  • Who funds ARC THRIFT STORES INC ↗
  • Who funds Cheetah Conservation Fund ↗
  • Who funds KAWASAKI KIDS FOUNDATION KAWASAKI KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Wyoming Catholic College ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT ↗
  • Who funds Idaho State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Program of the Rockies ↗
  • Who funds DENVER CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HELP 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationRose Community Founda…Xcel Energy FoundationMile High United Way …The Colorado Health F…Lumen Clarke M Willia…The Albertsons Compan…The Anschutz Foundati…The Janus Henderson F…Amg Charitable Gift F…Christian Community F…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO23.4× affinity11 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 · Rose Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Colorado Health Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc

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 Lee and Bev Kunz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lee and Bev Kunz 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–25%
    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 70 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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