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· Public charity

Unbridled Acts

To love people to life, and empower them to flourish in their identity through building authentic community, facilitating healing and restoration, empowering identity, helping people to launch into their unique life calling, and stewarding strategic partnerships.

$732k
Granted FY2023
10
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2023.

International$348kEducation$262kHuman Services$217kPhilanthropy$114kReligion$90kYouth Development$73kCivil Rights$55kArts & Culture$41kOther$0
02FY2023 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $321,597, the rows itemized in this filing. The $731,575 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $409,978 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k2 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $68k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $235k
$22,368
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORDINARY MISSIONARIES$85,000
WEBSTER UNIVERSITY$50,000
BRIDGEWAY MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI$50,000
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF COLORADO$22,368
HOPE HOUSE CAON CITY$15,401
CAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION$15,000
STUDIO CHURCH$15,000
DREAM TOGETHER$9,940
CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (CAA)$8,888
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 (FY17–23, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PEACEFUL HUGS: $66k → 21%LUBIRD'S LIGHT FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%HOPE HOUSE CAON CITY: $15k → 17%PEACEFUL HUGS: $19k → 21%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION: $15k → 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
MI
NV
OH
CA
CO
MO
SC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 42% of Unbridled Acts’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 50% of the giving stays in CO; by stated purpose, 33%.

Unbridled Actslessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$892k · 10 repeat orgs$379k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
21

Total granted

$892k
$267k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+33%

Still filing today

70%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesInternationalArts & CultureReligionEducationCivil RightsOther
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

  • OM
    Ordinary Missionaries
    8× · 2017–2024 · $255k · revenue +49% · 38% of their budget
  • PH
    Peaceful Hugs
    2× · 2020–2021 · $85k · revenue ×11 · 98% of their budget
  • GL
    GREAT LAKES OUTREACH INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $68k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • DD
    DENVER DREAM CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
  • BM
    Ballet Melange
    one grant, 2019 · $21k · revenue -11%
  • SL
    SHINING LIGHT INTERNATIONALgraduated
    2× · 2018–2019 · $16k · revenue +462%
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
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
2
Discovery Christian Church of Colorado

Make disciples of Jesus that make new disciples

Religion
3
Urban Outreach Denver

Urban Outreach Denver exists to connect people to God and to a community of support by caring for both short-term and long-term needs in the areas of food, clothing, shlter, medical care, education and job preparation.

Human Services
4
Colorado Christian Academy

Colorado christian academy provides an innovative christ-centered education that prioritizes academic achievements and individual development of the whole child. in relationship with parents, we will build healthy foundations that result…

Education
5
Together Colorado

Together colorado is a multi-racial, multi-faith community organization comprised of member congregations and faith leaders established to: 1. create a statewide sense of community based on relationships of mutual respect, love,…

Community Improvement
6
Braveworks

Our vision is to be a catalyst for god-inspired transformation through artisan enterprise, leading to abundant & purposeful lives. our mission is to empower women & families overcoming trauma & injustice, bridging the gap from pain to…

Human Services
7
Hope's Promise Inc

To strengthen families through ethical, christ-centered foster care, adoption, and global orphan care.

Human Services
8
Child Evangelism Fellowship of Colorado Inc

Change Eternity One Child at a Time: Colorado Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) exists to reach unchurched children with the life-changing message of Jesus through after-school and summer clubs that encourage their spiritual formation. We…

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9
Heart Bridge International

Heart Bridge International exists to equip and empower Christians around the world to fulfill the Great Commission. The organization provides free ministry training, discipleship resources, and practical coaching to under-resourced…

Religion
10
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
11
A Shared Vision Partners in Pediatric Blindness and Visual Imp

A Shared Vision educates, inspires, and empowers families to nurture the development of their young children who are blind or visually impaired. We provide early intervention vision services in families' homes and community settings…

Health
12
Christians for Biblical Equality

See schedule o.christians for biblical equality (cbe), www.cbeinternational.org, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization comprised of individuals, churches, colleges, seminaries, and organizations, representing more than 100 different…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation Boulder County; the most unlike its peers is Ballet Melange. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 38 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
16/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SPECIAL TR: $140,000 · OtherCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SPEC…DENVER DREAM CENTER (DDC): $74,804 · OtherDENVER DREAM CENTER (DDC)CAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $55,000 · OtherCAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATIONCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $32,000 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INCCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $24,999 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC: $22,368 · Other+17 more: $143,471 · Other+17 moreOrdinary Missionaries: $254,577 · InternationalOrdinary MissionariesSHINING LIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $16,220 · InternationalSHINING LIGHT INTERNATIO…HEAL AND THRIVE GLOBAL: $9,779 · InternationalWebster University: $170,000 · EducationWebster Univers…DENVER KIDS INC: $10,000 · EducationDENVER KIDS INCPeaceful Hugs: $84,603 · Human ServicesPeaceful H…HOPE HOUSE CANON CITY: $15,401 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE…FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY RES…Lubirds Light Foundation: $5,000 · Human ServicesGREAT LAKES OUTREACH INC: $67,500 · ReligionGREAT LAKE…BridgeWay Ministries International: $50,000 · ReligionBridgeWay …YOUTH ON RECORD: $34,838 · Arts & CultureBallet Melange: $21,244 · Arts & CultureFREMONT CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureChinese for Affirmative Action: $28,776 · Civil Rights
Other$492,642International$280,576Education$180,000Human Services$120,004Religion$117,500Arts & Culture$66,082Civil Rights$28,776

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 budgetOrdinary Missionaries: $254,577 over 8y, 38% of budgetWebster University: $170,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPeaceful Hugs: $84,603 over 2y, 98% of budgetGREAT LAKES OUTREACH INC: $67,500 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetCAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBridgeWay Ministries International: $50,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetYOUTH ON RECORD: $34,838 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $28,776 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHINING LIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $16,220 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetHOPE HOUSE CANON CITY: $15,401 over 1y, 12% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BLUE BENCH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKinder Haus: $15,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetFREMONT CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetHEAL AND THRIVE GLOBAL: $9,779 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROVOLUNTEERS: $8,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ABOVE AND BEYOND FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLubirds Light Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% 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.

Rose Community Founda…The Colorado Health F…Colorado Gives Founda…Xcel Energy FoundationMile High United Way …The Denver FoundationUnited Way WorldwideEdward Jones Foundati…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…
Rose Community FoundationCO14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Denver Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment 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 Unbridled Acts funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Unbridled Acts. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
    5report 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.

    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 38 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $753k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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