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The Trio 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.

$136k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$189kInternational$108kHealth$66kYouth Development$60kEnvironment$40kHuman Services$26kPhilanthropy$15kFood & Nutrition$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $91k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAITIAN EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP$15,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LC$10,000
PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENY$10,000
CENTER FOR FAMILY OUTREACH$10,000
BIRD CONSERVANCY OF THE ROCKIES$5,000
BIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS$5,000
IWIN FOUNDATION$5,000
FOOD BANK OF LARIMER COUNTY$5,000
COALITION FOR THE POUDRE RIVER WATE$5,000
VINDEKET$5,000
RESPITE CARE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,495
Individual grant recipient$4,333
Individual grant recipient$3,995
Individual grant recipient$3,957
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HEALTH EQUITY INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 8%IWIN FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%HEALTH EQUITY INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 8%IWIN FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%HEALTH EQUITY INTERNATIONAL: $500 → 8%IWIN FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%HEALTH EQUITY INTERNATIONAL: $500 → 8%IWIN FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%IWIN FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%RESPITE CARE: $5k → 11%RESPITE CARE: $2k → 11%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

NY
MA
OR
IN
CT
CA
CO
MO
DC
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.
$433k · 38 repeat orgs$63k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
11

Total granted

$433k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+107%

Still filing today

50%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • HE
    HAITIAN EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
    6× · 2019–2024 · $67k · revenue +35%
  • TW
    TREES WATER AND PEOPLE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +82%
  • CS
    COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $22k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • CL
    CACHE LA POUDRE MIDDLE SCHOOL DISTR
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • MC
    Mercy Corps
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -11%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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 Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
2
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
3
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
4
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
5
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
6
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
8
Center for Improving Value in Health Care

To equip partners and communities in colorado and across the nation with the resources, services and unbiased data needed to improve health and health care. we help communities, organizations and individuals identify opportunities to…

Health
9
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
10
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
11
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

—
12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bas Bleu Theater Company. 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

29 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. 29 of the 62 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LC: $74,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LCPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENY: $30,000 · OtherPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENYPOUDRE HIGH SCHOOL: $14,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $13,161 · OtherCACHE LA POUDRE MIDDLE SCHOOL DISTR: $10,000 · OtherCenter for Family Outreach Inc: $10,000 · Other+36 more: $141,032 · Other+36 moreHAITIAN EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: $67,000 · InternationalHAITIAN EDUCATION …Save The Children Federation Inc: $7,500 · InternationalSave The Children …THE SILOE PROJECT: $7,176 · InternationalTHE SILOE PROJECTMercy Corps: $5,000 · InternationalMercy CorpsHAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,500 · InternationalPOUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 · EducationPOUDRE SCHOOL D…COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $21,500 · EducationCOLORADO STATE …LIDE HAITI: $6,077 · EducationLIDE HAITISTEPHENS COLLEGE: $4,500 · EducationSTEPHENS COLLEG…BOOK TRUST: $3,500 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationTREES WATER AND PEOPLE: $24,500 · EnvironmentWILDLANDS RESTORATION VOLUNTEERS: $4,500 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentINDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesRESPITE CARE INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $18,000 · ReligionCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $13,510 · PhilanthropyColumbine Community Foundation: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$292,693International$91,176Education$74,077Environment$33,000Human Services$24,500Religion$18,000Philanthropy$14,510

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 budgetHAITIAN EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: $67,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPOUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 over 1y, 19% of budgetTREES WATER AND PEOPLE: $24,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $21,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $18,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $13,510 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCenter for Family Outreach Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SILOE PROJECT: $7,176 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS: $6,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRESPITE CARE INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIDE HAITI: $6,077 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVINDEKET: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Corps: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN BIRD OBSERVATORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLANDS RESTORATION VOLUNTEERS: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHENS COLLEGE: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Art Fort Collins Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBOOK TRUST: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Village Museum of Arts & Cul: $3,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetColumbine Community Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBas Bleu Theater Company: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFORT COLLINS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $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 HAITIAN EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TREES WATER AND PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Center for Family Outreach Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Food Bank for Larimer County ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SILOE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds ST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS ↗
  • Who funds RESPITE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIDE HAITI ↗
  • Who funds VINDEKET ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds WILDLANDS RESTORATION VOLUNTEERS ↗
  • Who funds HAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPHENS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND 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.

Community Foundation …Otter Cares Foundatio…Colorado Gives Founda…Woodward Governor Cha…The Denver FoundationUnited Way of Larimer…Xcel Energy FoundationDon & May Wilkins Cha…The Colorado Health F…Amg Charitable Gift F…Silicon Valley Commun…The Pfizer Foundation…
Community Foundation of Northern ColoradoCO34.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · Colorado Gives Foundation · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · The Denver Foundation · United Way of Larimer County · Xcel Energy Foundation · Don & May Wilkins Charitable Trust · The Colorado Health Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Pfizer 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 Trio Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Trio Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Trio Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Trio 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 62 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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