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The Thies Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Thies Foundation Inc

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.

$152k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Animals$75kFood & Nutrition$58kReligion$45kHuman Services$35kEnvironment$26kCommunity Improvement$23kEducation$20kYouth Development$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $147k
$18,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$25,000
PROJECT ANGEL HEART$22,500
THE GATHERING PLACE$22,500
DENVER KIDS$20,000
RESOURCE CENTRAL$18,000
DRIFTER'S HEARTS OF HOPE$17,000
THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY$12,000
COLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE$10,000
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $20k → 5%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$198k · 6 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
3

Total granted

$198k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+271%

Still filing today

83%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
AnimalsFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
    3× · 2022–2024 · $58k · revenue +17%
  • RC
    RESOURCE CENTRAL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $26k · revenue +30%
  • TW
    THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • DD
    DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $23k · revenue +271%
  • AP
    A PRECIOUS CHILD INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -21%
  • MH
    MERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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 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
3
The Colorado Humane Society & Spca Inc

See schedule o.to prevent cruelty and neglect of animals within the state of colorado by:-assisting agencies in the enforcement of laws relating to cruelty and neglect of companion animals and equines-educating the public on animal welfare…

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4
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
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
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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7
Colorado Animal Rescue Inc

C.A.R.E's mission is practicing excellence in the animal care, education, and advocacy to connect pets to their people.

Animals
8
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
9
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
10
Feeding Colorado

The mission of feeding colorado, which represents the five feeding america food banks in the state, is to improve food security in colorado through policy, advocacy, partnership, and education.

Food & Nutrition
11
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
12
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Dumb Friends League; the most unlike its peers is Drifters Hearts of Hope 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

10 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. 10 of the 12 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Drifters Hearts of Hope Inc: $32,000 · AnimalsDrifters Hearts of Hope IncDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $22,500 · AnimalsDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUETHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $20,000 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARYGATHERING PLACE: $45,000 · OtherGATHERING PLACEMERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $15,000 · OtherMERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLSCOLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE: $17,500 · OtherCOLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGEAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $5,000 · OtherAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICID…FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $57,500 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCK…RESOURCE CENTRAL: $25,500 · EnvironmentRESOURCE …PROJECT ANGEL HEART: $22,500 · Community ImprovementDENVER KIDS INC: $20,000 · EducationA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $20,000 · Human Services
Animals$74,500Other$82,500Food & Nutrition$57,500Environment$25,500Community Improvement$22,500Education$20,000Human Services$20,000

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 budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $57,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDrifters Hearts of Hope Inc: $32,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetRESOURCE CENTRAL: $25,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $22,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $22,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER KIDS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $5,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Thies Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Thies Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Thies Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Thies Foundation Inc 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 12 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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