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The Ross R and Candy L Bhappu Family Foundation at a glance

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The Ross R and Candy L Bhappu 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.

$33k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Health$73kEducation$52kYouth Development$39kPhilanthropy$30kHuman Services$14kScience & Tech$5kRecreation & Sports$4kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$350k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Evans Scholars Foundation$18,176
Jack A Vickers Prostate Cancer Fund$10,000
Salvation Army$2,500
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital$1,000
Food Bank of the Rockies$1,000
SPCA International$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Denver Rescue Mission: $200 → 12%Denver Rescue Mission: $100 → 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

IL
NY
CO
NE
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$197k · 16 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
16

Total granted

$197k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+12%

Still filing today

69%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
HealthEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC
    2× · 2017–2022 · $37k · revenue +47%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION
    3× · 2017–2022 · $17k · revenue +194%
  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER EDUCATION COUNCIL
    2× · 2021–2022 · $15k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • HA
    Helen & Arthur E Johnson Depression Center
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • AV
    ALTA VISTA CENTER FOR AUTISM
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -35%
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 Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
2
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
3
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
4
Education Commission of the States

The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…

Education
5
College of American Pathologists Foundation

Champion humanitarian & patient-centered roles for pathologists. connect those in need to the specialized, life savings skills of pathologists. confer training & awards to residents.

Education
6
Colorado Children's Campaign

The colorado children's campaign relentlessly champions the needs of children. we leverage data, research, and relationships to unapologetically advocate for kids, fighting for a brighter, more equitable future for every child in colorado.…

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7
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
8
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
9
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
10
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
11
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
12
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc

To deliver meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals 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

19 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. 19 of the 33 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Jack A Vickers Prostate Cancer Fund: $40,000 · OtherJack A Vickers Prostate Cancer FundBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $37,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INCEvans Scholars Foundation: $21,676 · OtherEvans Scholars FoundationThe Salvation Army: $12,500 · OtherThe Salvation ArmyIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherHelen & Arthur E Johnson Depression Center: $5,000 · Other+14 more: $13,606 · Other+14 morePIVOT FOUNDATION: $29,880 · PhilanthropyPIVOT FOUNDATIO…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCER EDUCATION COUNCIL: $15,000 · HealthPROSTATE CAN…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,100 · HealthST JUDE CHIL…ALTA VISTA CENTER FOR AUTISM: $5,000 · HealthALTA VISTA C…+2 more: $750 · HealthALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $17,000 · EducationALLIANCE FOR…UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $7,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…CASTLE PINES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationSME FOUNDATION: $5,200 · EnvironmentFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $2,250 · Food & NutritionTHE JOHN LYNCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Youth Development
Other$134,782Philanthropy$30,880Health$25,850Education$25,000Environment$5,200Food & Nutrition$2,250Youth Development$2,000

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 budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $37,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPIVOT FOUNDATION: $29,880 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER EDUCATION COUNCIL: $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSME FOUNDATION: $5,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALTA VISTA CENTER FOR AUTISM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHN LYNCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO OPEN GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASTLE PINES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $250 over 2y, 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.

The Denver FoundationThe Solich FundMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Denver FoundationCO15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · The Solich Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Ross R and Candy L Bhappu Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ross R and Candy L Bhappu 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Ross R and Candy L Bhappu Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 33 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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