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United Way of Eagle River Valley

Improve lives by mobilizing caring in our community

$149k
Granted FY2023
10
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Human Services$149kEducation$130kYouth Development$127kHousing & Shelter$121kCrime & Legal$120kHealth$72kRecreation & Sports$56kReligion$46kOther$0
02FY2023 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 10 grants below total $146,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $149,246 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $3,246 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$12,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$200k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAISING A READER$25,000
YOUTHPOWER365$24,500
MOUNTAIN DREAMERS$12,500
YOUTH ENTITIY$12,500
TRIO THERAPY PARNTERS$12,500
CASA OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVID$12,500
THE LITERACY PROJECT$12,500
SMALL CHAMPIONS$12,000
HOMECARE AND HOSPICE OF THE V$11,000
ACCESS UNBOUND$11,000
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 (FY18–23, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $6k → 12%CHILDRENS GARDEN OF LEARNING: $10k → 7%VAIL VALLEY CHARITABLE FUND: $64k → 7%VAIL VALLEY CHARITABLE FUND: $15k → 7%HOMECARE AND HOSPICE OF THE V: $11k → 7%VAIL VALLEY CHARITABLE FUND: $8k → 7%FAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $6k → 7%VAIL VALLEY CHARITABLE FUND: $5k → 7%FAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $11k → 7%CAREGIVER CONNECTIONS: $10k → 7%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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$595k · 14 repeat orgs$283k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +75% since the first grant, against +27% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
12

Total granted

$595k
$211k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+27%

Still filing today

93%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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 ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationHealthCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther

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

  • VV
    Vail Valley Charitable Fund Inc
    4× · 2019–2022 · $92k · revenue +160%
  • BF
    BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $88k · revenue +122%
  • LP
    LITERACY PROJECT EC VOLUNTEERS FOR LITERACY
    6× · 2018–2023 · $64k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • NN
    NEIGHBORHOOD NAVIGATORS EAGLE CTY
    one grant, 2021 · $79k
  • T4
    The 4 Eagle Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $33k · revenue -23%
  • HH
    HOMECARE & HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY
    one grant, 2019 · $15k

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
Eagle River Valley Childcare

Eagle river valley childcare is strategically designed to address the childcare supply and affordability issues in the eagle county, colorado community.

Human Services
2
Arapahoe County Early Childhood Council Inc

Services provided in arapahoe county colorado related to early childhood education intervention issues.

Education
3
Environmental Learning for Kids

Cultivating a diverse community of leaders and environmental stewards by increasing outdoor equity.

Youth Development
4
Center for Nonprofit Excellence

The Center for Nonprofit Excellence strengthens Southern Colorado's nonprofit sector through leadership and resource development, advocacy and collaboration. Together, with our partners, we are co-creating a vibrant community in the Pikes…

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5
Colorado Learning Connections

Through individualized learning and responsive mentoring, we inspire, guide and empower students and families.

Education
6
Vive

VIVE addresses the health equity and wellness needs of many of Colorados low-income youth, who face significant health disparities and often lack access to engaging physical activity and health education.

Youth Development
7
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
8
Colorado Discover Ability

Provide adaptive sports for the disabled.

Recreation & Sports
9
Elevations Credit Union

Together we create solutions for a better life.

—
10
Colorado Youth Outdoors Charitable Trust

Building Relationships through Traditional Outdoor Recreation

Environment
11
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Eagle River Youth Coalition Inc Dba Mountain Youth and the most unlike its peers is The 4 Eagle Foundation. 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 24 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%4%<5yr17%8%5–10yr24%28%10–20yr21%36%20–35yr10%16%35–55yr10%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%3%<5yr17%3%5–10yr24%23%10–20yr21%41%20–35yr10%28%35–55yr10%2%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 3% 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%0/31
the rest of the field
13%
67/531

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

26 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. 26 of the 31 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY — $87,815 · OtherBRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTYNEIGHBORHOOD NAVIGATORS EAGLE CTY — $79,121 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD NAVIGATORS EAGLE CTYTHE SALVATION ARMY — $63,725 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC — $41,452 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INCHOMECARE & HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY — $15,000 · Other+4 more — $37,045 · Other+4 moreVail Valley Charitable Fund Inc — $92,094 · Human ServicesVail Valley Charitable…SMALL CHAMPIONS INC — $29,500 · Human ServicesSMALL CHAMPIONS INCFoundation of Trustees for the Family Learning Cen — $17,000 · Human ServicesFoundation of Trustees…HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY INC — $11,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF THE VALLEY …EAGLE VALLEY SENIOR LIFE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesEAGLE VALLEY SENIOR LI…CHILDREN'S GARDEN OF LEARNING — $10,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S GARDEN OF L…+1 more — $5,568 · Human ServicesLITERACY PROJECT EC VOLUNTEERS FOR LITERACY — $63,938 · EducationLITERACY PROJECT EC…YOUTHENTITY — $47,700 · EducationYOUTHENTITYRaising A Reader — $25,000 · EducationRaising A ReaderEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY — $11,000 · EducationEDUCATION FOUNDATIO…The 4 Eagle Foundation — $33,333 · Recreation & SportsThe 4 Eag…SOS OUTREACH — $17,414 · Recreation & SportsSOS OUTRE…The Cycle Effect — $11,667 · Recreation & SportsThe Cycle…World Class Accessibility Foundation — $11,000 · Recreation & SportsWorld Cla…Starting Hearts — $23,776 · HealthTrio Therapy Partners — $12,500 · HealthSUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION OF EAGLE VALLEY — $10,126 · HealthCASA OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE — $32,120 · Civil RightsMOUNTAIN DREAMERS — $12,500 · Civil RightsYOUTHPOWER365 — $41,080 · PhilanthropyEAGLE RIVER YOUTH COALITION INC DBA MOUNTAIN YOUTH — $25,400 · Youth Development
Other$324,158Human Services$175,162Education$147,638Recreation & Sports$73,414Health$46,402Civil Rights$44,620Philanthropy$41,080Youth Development$25,400

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetVail Valley Charitable Fund Inc — $92,094 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetBRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY — $87,815 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetLITERACY PROJECT EC VOLUNTEERS FOR LITERACY — $63,938 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetYOUTHENTITY — $47,700 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC — $41,452 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTHPOWER365 — $41,080 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe 4 Eagle Foundation — $33,333 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCASA OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE — $32,120 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetSMALL CHAMPIONS INC — $29,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetEAGLE RIVER YOUTH COALITION INC DBA MOUNTAIN YOUTH — $25,400 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetRaising A Reader — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetStarting Hearts — $23,776 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetSOS OUTREACH — $17,414 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFoundation of Trustees for the Family Learning Cen — $17,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTrio Therapy Partners — $12,500 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetMOUNTAIN DREAMERS — $12,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Cycle Effect — $11,667 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWorld Class Accessibility Foundation — $11,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY — $11,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE VALLEY INC — $11,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION OF EAGLE VALLEY — $10,126 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY SENIOR LIFE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCOLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S GARDEN OF LEARNING — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSAMARITAN CENTER OF THE ROCKIES INC — $7,045 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER — $5,568 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Vail Valley CaresVail Valley FoundationRocky Mountain Health…El Pomar FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Eagle Valley Mental H…Anschutz Family Found…Vail Clinic Inc % Vhh…Kelton Family Foundat…The Summit FoundationSlifer Smith & Frampt…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO43.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Vail Valley Cares · Vail Valley Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Eagle Valley Mental Health · Anschutz Family Foundation · Vail Clinic Inc % Vhh Accounting Department · Kelton Family Foundation · The Summit Foundation · Slifer Smith & Frampton Foundation

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 United Way of Eagle River Valley 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%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

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    How do I get to United Way of Eagle River Valley?

    Find your warmest path to United Way of Eagle River Valley 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 31 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $228k 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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