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Think 360 Arts for Learning

To engage coloradans of all ages in innovative arts education programming that inspires creativity, builds community, & advances equity.

$485k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Arts & Culture$674kEducation$86kPhilanthropy$47kHuman Services$20kHealth$20kYouth Development$20kEmployment$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$218k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STILLWATER MUSIC$25,000
COLORADO CONSERVATORY FOR THE JAZZ$25,000
DOWNTOWN AURORA VISUAL ARTS$20,000
EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC-COLORADO I$20,000
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT BROADCASTING ORGA$20,000
FLATLAND MAKERS GUILD- A DEVISION O$20,000
STEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK$20,000
VOICES$20,000
RESILIENCE1220 INC$20,000
ACCESS GALLERY$20,000
CENTRAL CITY OPERA$20,000
NEW COTTAGE ARTS$20,000
FEEL THE BEAT$20,000
LATINO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER$20,000
EL SISTEMA COLORADO$19,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $20k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$282k · 7 repeat orgs$629k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
15

Total granted

$282k
$294k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $336k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’24’25
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CC
    Colorado Conservatory For the Jazz Arts
    2× · 2024–2025 · $47k · revenue +24%
  • EI
    ETM-COLORADO INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +26%
  • AG
    ACCESS GALLERY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • AG
    ALL GRANTS WERE UNDER 5000
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
  • NO
    NOON ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · 32% of their budget
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Colorado Jazz Ambassadors
Arts & Culture
2
The Center for the Arts

The center for arts, a home for arts and culture, offers engaging opportunities and educational experiences to enrich and expand the life of our community.

Arts & Culture
3
Colorado Youth Bands

To provide an inclusive youth instrumental music program that promotes youth development, fosters peer camaraderie, instills respect for culture, and develops a pursuit of excellence.

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4
Off the Hook Arts

Enrich childrens lives thorugh free group music lessons and instruments while enhancing the diversity of music performances in our community through intimate concerts of classical, jazz, and world music.

Arts & Culture
5
Northern Colorado Academy of Arts & Know

Within a supportive school community, AAK offers a robust arts program that complements core academics, fosters critical thinking skills, and creates confident, creative individuals with the freedom to reach their full potential.

Education
6
Theatre Artibus

Artibus is dedicated to strengthening community through the experience of live performance. We are a hub in Denver for intimate, original performances that explore important social themes and for building community through shared space,…

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7
Englewood Arts

To assist the community through development of residential and commercial incentives, public art, art events, art programs, philanthropy and community outreach solutions, which result in a thriving community with engagement and pride.

Arts & Culture
8
Think 360 Arts for Learning

To engage coloradans of all ages in innovative arts education programming that inspires creativity, builds community, & advances equity.

Arts & Culture
9
Wind River Valley Artist Guild
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10
Young Voices of Colorado

Line 1 Young Voices of Colorado offers outstanding music education in vocal technique, music therory, sight reading, choral artistry, and performance style. United through the study and performance of great choral music, the children…

Arts & Culture
11
Boulder County Arts Alliance Inc

Since 1966, BCAA acts as a catalyst to incubate, stimulate and sustain a thriving arts community in Boulder County. BCAA commits to championing policies and practices of cultural equity that empower a just, inclusive and equitable Boulder…

Arts & Culture
12
Colorado Artists in Recovery

Colorado Artists in Recovery utilizes recovery-oriented principles to provide a safe, encouraging, and inclusive environment for people affected by substance use and mental health. Through our workshops and events we nurture their creative…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Swallow Hill Music Association and the most unlike its peers is Dancing Spirit Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 13 years old; the field is 15. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%9%<5yr14%27%5–10yr19%24%10–20yr18%21%20–35yr12%15%35–55yr14%6%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%10%<5yr14%26%5–10yr19%23%10–20yr18%22%20–35yr12%14%35–55yr14%5%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 10% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/36
the rest of the field
13%
1,669/12,667

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
9/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ETM-COLORADO INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureETM-COLORADO INCDOWNTOWN AURORA VISUAL ARTS — $40,000 · Arts & CultureDOWNTOWN AURORA VISUAL ARTSNEW COTTAGE ARTS INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureNEW COTTAGE ARTS INCACCESS GALLERY — $40,000 · Arts & CultureACCESS GALLERYCOLORADO BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT — $35,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO BLACK ARTS MOVEMENTSTILLWATER MUSIC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSTILLWATER MUSICWEEHAWKEN CREATIVE ARTS — $20,000 · Arts & CultureFEEL THE BEAT CORP — $20,000 · Arts & CultureVoices — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO MUSIC BRIDGE — $20,000 · Arts & CultureLATINO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION — $20,000 · Arts & CultureEL SISTEMA COLORADO — $19,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC — $17,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more — $75,000 · Arts & Culture+6 moreALL GRANTS WERE UNDER 5000 — $35,248 · OtherALL GRANTS WERE UNDER 5000NOON ORGANIZATION — $25,000 · OtherNOON ORGANIZATIONBoys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County — $25,000 · OtherBoys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo Coun…NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL EDUCATION — $25,000 · OtherNATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL EDUCATIO…Steamboat Springs School District RE-2 — $23,750 · OtherSteamboat Springs School District…FLATLAND MAKERS GUILD- A DEVISION O — $20,000 · OtherFLATLAND MAKERS GUILD- A DEVISION…AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS — $18,000 · OtherAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSSWALLOW HILL MUSIC ASSOCIATION — $17,000 · OtherSWALLOW HILL MUSIC ASSOCIATIONSTANDLEY LAKE HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC — $17,000 · OtherSTANDLEY LAKE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER — $15,000 · OtherART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVERMOBILE STUDIO INCORPORATED — $14,000 · OtherMONTBELLO CAREER AND TECHNICAL — $12,000 · OtherDANCING SPIRIT INC — $11,000 · OtherBRUCE RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — $10,000 · OtherColorado Conservatory For the Jazz Arts — $47,000 · PhilanthropyYouth Empowerment Broadcasting Org — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentYouth Documentary Academy — $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH EMPLOYMENT ACADEMY — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY — $40,000 · Public BenefitMIRROR IMAGE — $20,000 · HealthRESILIENCE 1220 INC — $20,000 · HealthTHE MATTHEWS HOUSE — $20,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$451,500Other$267,998Philanthropy$47,000Youth Development$45,000Public Benefit$40,000Health$40,000Human Services$20,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetColorado Conservatory For the Jazz Arts — $47,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetETM-COLORADO INC — $40,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetDOWNTOWN AURORA VISUAL ARTS — $40,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSTEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY — $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNEW COTTAGE ARTS INC — $40,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetACCESS GALLERY — $40,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCOLORADO BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT — $35,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetNOON ORGANIZATION — $25,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYouth Empowerment Broadcasting Org — $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetWEEHAWKEN CREATIVE ARTS — $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFEEL THE BEAT CORP — $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetVoices — $20,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetMIRROR IMAGE — $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCOLORADO MUSIC BRIDGE — $20,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetTHE MATTHEWS HOUSE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLATINO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER — $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetEL SISTEMA COLORADO — $19,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS — $18,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC — $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Documentary Academy — $15,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetSPHERE ENSEMBLE LLC — $15,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER — $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFiesta Colorado — $15,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetDANCING SPIRIT INC — $11,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetArvada Center for the Arts and Humanities — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTORS COMPANY AND THEATER SCHOOL — $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetPLATTEFORUM — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Bonfils-Stanton Found…Rose Community Founda…RedlineXcel Energy FoundationMile High United Way …Gates Family Foundati…El Pomar FoundationSheila Fortune Founda…Latino Community Foun…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO45.8× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Bonfils-Stanton Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Redline · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Gates Family Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc · Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Think 360 Arts for Learning funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Think 360 Arts for Learning?

    Find your warmest path to Think 360 Arts for Learning 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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