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The Mistler 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.

$959k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2024
42
Organizations funded FY2023
5%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
34 to 47
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Mistler Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalEducationCivil RightsEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving40$939k5%
FY202342$818k5%
FY202244$740k16%
FY202134$765k12%
FY202047$767kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.6MYouth Development$409kEnvironment$327kHousing & Shelter$311kHealth$294kPublic Benefit$291kHuman Services$236kInternational$217kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
WY
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
KS
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of The Mistler Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kansas State University Foundation$680,00050%
Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition$450,000513%
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc$291,00050%
Invest in Kids$275,00052%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$190,00050%
The Institute for Cultural Evolution$176,000427%
Cherry Creek Schools Foundation$150,00054%
Enneagram Prison Project$125,09652%
I Am Foundation Inc$125,0002n/a
Journey to New Life INC$115,00051%
Finca International Inc$105,00051%
Mediators Foundation Inc$100,00022%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$95,00050%
Manhattan Beach Education Foundation$80,00040%
University of Colorado Foundation$75,00050%
Youthroots$66,00053%
Chill Foundation$52,50051%
Colorado Community College System Foundation$51,00040%
Old Mission Methodist Church$50,0004n/a
Geography Of Hope$40,000463%
Wellness Training Specialists$30,000316%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$30,00050%
Wake Forest University$25,00010%
Esalen Institute$25,00040%
Combat Hate Foundation$22,00030%
Women's Bean Project$20,01040%
Urban Peak Denver$20,00040%
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center$20,00040%
Solar Electric Light Fund$15,00050%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc$15,00030%
Warren Village Inc$15,00030%
National Park Foundation$12,50050%
High Line Canal Conservancy$7,50530%
Impact 100 Metro Denver$7,14751%
The Alliance For Collective Action$5,00010%
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc$4,00050%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$2,00010%
Vista Hill Foundation$2,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$1,06010%
Highline Canal Company$5001n/a
Save the Poudre Poudre Waterkeeper$50010%
Southern California Public Radio$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($458k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Mistler Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKansas State University Foundation: $680,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEnneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition: $450,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc: $291,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetInvest in Kids: $275,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $190,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Institute for Cultural Evolution: $176,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetCherry Creek Schools Foundation: $150,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetEnneagram Prison Project: $125,096 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetJourney to New Life INC: $115,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFinca International Inc: $105,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMediators Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $95,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Beach Education Foundation: $80,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYouthroots: $66,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetChill Foundation: $52,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetColorado Community College System Foundation: $51,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGeography Of Hope: $40,000 over 4y, 63% of budgetWellness Training Specialists: $30,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetPublic Broadcasting of Colorado Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWake Forest University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEsalen Institute: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCombat Hate Foundation: $22,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Bean Project: $20,010 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUrban Peak Denver: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBreckenridge Outdoor Education Center: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSolar Electric Light Fund: $15,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWarren Village Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Line Canal Conservancy: $7,505 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetImpact 100 Metro Denver: $7,147 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetThe Alliance For Collective Action: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDenver Botanic Gardens Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVista Hill Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $1,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Poudre Poudre Waterkeeper: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSouthern California Public Radio: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

The Denver FoundationCO23.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kenneth Kendal King Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Daniels Fund · Ima Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment 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.

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About The Mistler Family Foundation

How much does The Mistler Family Foundation give?
The Mistler Family Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $958,690 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 47 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Mistler Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (38%), Youth Development (10%), Environment (8%).
Who are The Mistler Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Kansas State University Foundation ($680k), Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition ($450k), Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc ($291k).
Does The Mistler Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Mistler Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Mistler Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Rose Community Foundation.
Where is The Mistler Family Foundation based?
The Mistler Family Foundation is based in KS.

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 66 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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