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Tikkun

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.

$199k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$339kHealth$304kPhilanthropy$201kYouth Development$185kSocial Science$100kReligion$82kHuman Services$77kFood & Nutrition$46kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $79k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SKY'S THE LIMIT$50,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION$15,000
RISE AGAINST SUICIDE$10,000
RISE AGAINST SUICIDE$10,000
NVLD PROJECT$10,000
JED PROJECT$10,000
CONGREGATION NEVEI KODESH$8,000
PROTECT OUR WINTERS$5,000
CONGREGATION NEVEI KODESH$5,000
TAILS OF TWO CITIES SANCTUARY$5,000
TREATMENT ADVOCACY CENTER$5,000
SPAN$5,000
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$5,000
BRIDGE HOUSE$5,000
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 (FY19–24, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ANYI INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 16%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $5k → 6%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $5k → 6%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $10k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 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

ID
IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
SC
DC
LA
AL
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 33 repeat orgs$436k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
30

Total granted

$1.2M
$407k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+64%

Still filing today

45%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionFood & NutritionOther
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

  • RA
    Rise Against Suicide
    5× · 2020–2024 · $120k · revenue ×11
  • TN
    THE NVLD PROJECT INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $65k · revenue +58%
  • EF
    EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $62k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • FD
    FIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $200k
  • YC
    YALE CENTER FOR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
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 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
2
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.

—
3
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
4
Colorado Bar Association

To advance the science of jurisprudence, secure the more efficient administration of justice, encourage the adoption of proper legislation, advocate thorough and continuing legal education, uphold the honor and integrity of the bar,…

—
5
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

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

Crime & Legal
6
Colorado Nonprofit Association

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

Community Improvement
7
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…

—
8
Colorado Jobs With Justice Inc

Advance workers rights & social justice through building sustained relationships and taking direct action to create concrete change in the lives of working families

Employment
9
Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence

The mission of the center for legal inclusiveness (cli) is to advance diversity in the legal profession by actively educating and supporting private and public sector legal organizations in their individual campaigns to create cultures of…

Civil Rights
10
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.

Social Science
11
Denver Bar Association

To promote justice, its administration, and its availability to all sectors of society; to support and assist the membership in the delivery of legal services; to uphold the honor and dignity of the bar, and foster respect for the legal…

—
12
Colorado West Inc

We rebuild lives and inspire hope by providing exceptional mental health and addiction recovery care strengthening the health and vitality of our communities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Pomona Public Library Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 of the 72 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
31/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SKY'S THE LIMIT: $320,000 · OtherSKY'S THE LIMITFIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUND: $200,000 · OtherFIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUNDSAVING TEENS IN CRISIS: $170,000 · OtherSAVING TEENS IN CRISISYALE CENTER FOR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: $100,000 · OtherYALE CENTER FOR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCEIndividual grant recipient: $45,100 · Other+42 more: $344,430 · Other+42 moreRise Against Suicide: $120,000 · HealthRise Against Su…TREATMENT ADVOCACY CENTER: $35,000 · HealthTREATMENT ADVOC…CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 · HealthCHILD MIND INST…BRIDGE HOUSE CORPORATION: $15,000 · HealthBRIDGE HOUSE CO…PANDAS NETWORKORG: $11,500 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $9,250 · Health+3 more: $6,100 · HealthEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $61,500 · Human ServicesAYNI INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGE ASPEN: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE NVLD PROJECT INC: $65,000 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureMEALS ON WHEELS OF BOULDER INC: $11,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $5,000 · EducationMACKINTOSH ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $2,500 · EducationPomona Public Library Foundation: $1,500 · EducationBOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,200 · EducationMOVING TRADITIONS: $15,000 · ReligionPrison Dharma Network Inc: $1,000 · Religion
Other$1,179,530Health$216,850Human Services$81,500Arts & Culture$76,500Food & Nutrition$21,000Education$16,700Religion$16,000

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 budgetRise Against Suicide: $120,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetTHE NVLD PROJECT INC: $65,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $61,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTREATMENT ADVOCACY CENTER: $35,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOVING TRADITIONS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGE HOUSE CORPORATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPANDAS NETWORKORG: $11,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF BOULDER INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAYNI INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $9,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $7,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMACKINTOSH ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIV PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPomona Public Library Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISIS TEXT LINE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrison Dharma Network Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALPINE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHead & Neck Cancer Alliance Inc: $100 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 Rise Against Suicide ↗
  • Who funds THE NVLD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds TREATMENT ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds MOVING TRADITIONS ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT OUR WINTERS ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE HOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PANDAS NETWORKORG ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF BOULDER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds AYNI INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGE ASPEN ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗

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 FoundationCO15.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Denver Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · 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 Tikkun funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tikkun. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%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
    2get no government money at all
    8report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Tikkun?

    Find your warmest path to Tikkun 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 72 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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