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The Peternell Family Foundation at a glance

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The Peternell 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.

$165k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$470kEducation$244kRecreation & Sports$100kCommunity Improvement$90kPhilanthropy$70kArts & Culture$58kFood & Nutrition$35kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TROUT UNLIMITED INC$30,000
ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH$25,000
EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST$20,000
INSIDE THE ORCHESTRA INC$18,050
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$17,000
WALKING MOUNTAINS$15,000
VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION INC$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$6,450
Yampa Valley Community Foundation$5,000
YAMPA VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL$5,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$5,000
NORTHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION$3,000
ABILITY EXPERIENCE$500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 47% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $12k → 17%SACRED CYCLE INC: $10k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%WALKING MOUNTAINS: $25k → 7%ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $25k → 8%INSIDE THE ORCHESTRA INC: $18k → 8%CENTRAL COLORADO CONSERVANCY: $20k → 10%INSIDE THE ORCHESTRA INC: $15k → 10%PTA COLORADO CONGRESS: $10k → 12%TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $30k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $13k → 7%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 7%ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $15k → 8%CENTRAL COLORADO CONSERVANCY: $15k → 10%INSIDE THE ORCHESTRA INC: $15k → 10%TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN: $10k → 12%TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $28k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 7%ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $10k → 8%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY: $10k → 10%INSIDE THE ORCHESTRA INC: $10k → 10%TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $25k → 9%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 7%ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $10k → 8%NORTHWEST DENVER NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $20k → 12%TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $25k → 9%WALKING MOUNTAINS: $15k → 7%ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $10k → 8%SKINNER MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $13k → 12%TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $20k → 9%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 7%ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $10k → 8%NORTHWEST DENVER NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $13k → 12%TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $15k → 9%WALKING MOUNTAINS: $15k → 7%WALKING MOUNTAINS: $15k → 7%SACRED HEART HOUSE OF DENVER: $10k → 12%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 7%DENVER URBAN GARDENS: $10k → 12%ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $10k → 7%DENVER URBAN GARDENS: $10k → 12%WALKING MOUNTAINS: $10k → 7%DENVER URBAN GARDENS: $10k → 12%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 7%BICYCLE COLORADO: $15k → 12%EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $20k → 7%EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $15k → 7%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.
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of The Peternell Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Peternell Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$886k · 14 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
9

Total granted

$886k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+47%

Still filing today

79%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsHuman 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $123k · revenue +79%
  • WM
    WALKING MOUNTAINS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $110k · revenue +45%
  • RR
    ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • SM
    SKINNER MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue -47%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +46%
  • SC
    Sacred Cycle
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -54%
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
Aspen Valley Land Trust

Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.

Environment
2
Colorado Open Lands

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.

Environment
3
The Colorado Trail Foundation

To provide, improve, and maintain, through voluntary public involvement and in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, a linear, non-motorized, sustainable, scenic, recreation trail corridor for hikers,…

Recreation & Sports
4
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado

Motivate and enable people to be active stewards of colorado's natural resources.

Recreation & Sports
5
Rocky Mountain Wild

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…

Environment
6
Mountain Area Land Trust

Mountain area land trust's mission is to save natural areas, wildlife habitat, streams and rivers, working ranches and historic lands, for the benefit of the community and as a legacy for future generations.

Environment
7
Yampatika

Yampatika's mission is to inspire environmental stewardship through education. They fulfil that mission by developing environmental learning opportunities that serve the children and adults of Northwest Colorado.

Environment
8
Environmental Learning for Kids

Cultivating a diverse community of leaders and environmental stewards by increasing outdoor equity.

Youth Development
9
Colorado Water Trust

To restore water to colorado's rivers.

Environment
10
Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

The Boulder Mountainbike Alliance exists to serve as a positive voice for mountain biking in the greater Boulder County, Colorado area by improving the trail experience for all users through social rides and events, advocacy, and trail…

Recreation & Sports
11
Confluence Center of Colorado Inc

The Center brings together mission-focused, nonpolitical organizations working at the confluence of land and water science, education, and stewardship to magnify our impact and ensure the longevity of our natural resources for future…

Environment
12
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers

To Promote Stewardship of our public lands by engaging the community in education, conservation and restoration projects.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Roundup River Ranch; the most unlike its peers is Mountain Tots Preschool. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $123,450 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONWALKING MOUNTAINS: $110,000 · EducationWALKING MOUNTAINSNORTHWEST DENVER NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $40,000 · EducationNORTHWEST DENVER NEIGHBORHOOD CENTE…BICYCLE COLORADO: $40,000 · EducationBICYCLE COLORADOEdison Elementary School PTA: $17,000 · EducationSKINNER MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $13,000 · Education+2 more: $10,500 · EducationTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $142,500 · OtherTROUT UNLIMITED INCTROUT UNLIMITED: $60,000 · OtherTROUT UNLIMITEDTENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN: $10,000 · OtherSACRED HEART HOUSE OF DENVER: $10,000 · OtherSacred Cycle: $10,000 · OtherAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · OtherLegal Aid Foundation of Colorado: $10,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY: $10,000 · Other+3 more: $10,500 · OtherEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $95,000 · EnvironmentEAGLE VALLEY LA…DENVER URBAN GARDENS: $35,000 · EnvironmentDENVER URBAN GA…YAMPA VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL: $20,000 · EnvironmentYAMPA VALLEY SU…FRIENDS OF THE YAMPA INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsROUNDUP R…Inside the Orchestra: $58,050 · Arts & CultureInside th…Central Colorado Conservacy: $35,000 · Arts & CultureCentral C…VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $90,000 · Community ImprovementYAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $52,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Education$353,950Other$273,000Environment$157,500Recreation & Sports$100,000Arts & Culture$93,050Community Improvement$90,000Philanthropy$69,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $123,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWALKING MOUNTAINS: $110,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $100,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $95,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetInside the Orchestra: $58,050 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $52,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST DENVER NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetBICYCLE COLORADO: $40,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCentral Colorado Conservacy: $35,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetDENVER URBAN GARDENS: $35,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL: $20,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSKINNER MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $13,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid Foundation of Colorado: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE YAMPA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMountain Tots Preschool: $7,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHALLENGE AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthfield High School Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE ABILITY EXPERIENCE: $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…Gates Family Foundati…The Denver FoundationMile High United Way …Rose Community Founda…The Colorado Health F…Xcel Energy FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO30.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Peternell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Peternell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s 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 · 0–90%
    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 30 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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