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United Way of Larimer County

We advance our vision of a larimer county where all children and youth have everything they need to thrive by supporting four building blocks of lifelong success: family financial stability, kindergarten readiness, reading at grade level, and high school graduation.

$4.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$848k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$4.3MYouth Development$3.3MEducation$1.8MHousing & Shelter$823kArts & Culture$723kPhilanthropy$639kHealth$615kReligion$533kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $1,609,332, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,109,862 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,500,530 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $134k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$23,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY$848,490
NOCO FOUNDATION$473,743
THE MATTHEWS HOUSE$80,211
THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA$53,474
ESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SERVICES$29,826
INTERFAITH SOLIDARITY AND ACCOMPANIMENT COALITION (ISAAC)$25,300
POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION$23,000
PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY$20,000
THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO$16,000
ESTES PARK EDUCATION FOUNDATION$15,000
FORT COLLINS COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK$11,178
UNITE FOR LITERACY LLC$6,660
ALIANZA NORCO$6,450
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 (FY17–25, $3.2M) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $53k → 12%JOYFUL JOURNEYS COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT: $100k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DE: $31k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - LARIMER COUNTY REGION: $20k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - LARIMER COUNTY REGION: $20k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - LARIMER COUNTY REGION: $20k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - LARIMER COUNTY REGION: $20k → 12%WOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $67k → 12%EL CENTRO AMISTAD: $59k → 12%THE ARC OF LARIMER COUNTY: $42k → 11%HEALING WARRIORS PROGRAM: $31k → 11%DISABLED RESOURCE SERVICES: $80k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $34k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $33k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $30k → 11%INTERFAITH SOLIDARITY AND ACCOMPANIMENT COALITION (ISAAC): $25k → 11%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $25k → 11%ESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SERVICES: $136k → 11%ESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SERVICES: $62k → 11%ESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SERVICES: $55k → 11%ESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SERVICES: $43k → 11%ESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SERVICES: $42k → 11%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $131k → 11%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $119k → 11%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $114k → 11%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $111k → 11%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $100k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTER-LA FAMILIA: $90k → 11%THE JACOB CENTER: $85k → 11%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $80k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $75k → 11%EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF LARIMER COUNTY: $71k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTER-LA FAMILIA: $67k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $64k → 11%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $60k → 11%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $57k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $53k → 11%HOMEWARD ALLIANCE: $47k → 11%MATTHEWS HOUSE: $46k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $40k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILILA: $34k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILILA: $30k → 11%HOMELESS GEAR: $27k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILILA: $26k → 11%HOMELESS GEAR: $22k → 11%RESPITE CARE INC: $84k → 11%RESPITE CARE INC: $52k → 11%LUBICK FOUNDATION: $22k → 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

MI
NY
MA
WY
IN
OH
UT
CO
MD
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10.0M · 62 repeat orgs$4.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

62 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 53 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
134

Total granted

$10.0M
$4.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+8%

Still filing today

63%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.7M · revenue +84%
  • TM
    THE MATTHEWS HOUSE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $832k · revenue +31%
  • TF
    THE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $479k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • LY
    Loveland Youth Gardeners
    one grant, 2024 · $125k · revenue +23% · 51% of their budget
  • TS
    The Spark
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0% · 28% of their budget
  • BC
    BOULDER COUNTY AIDS PROJECT
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
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
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc

The foundation is a state-based philanthropic foundation - led by latinos and for latinos. the foundation pursues civic, economic, and cultural opportunities that drive a more authentic narrative about latinos in the state and cement a…

Arts & Culture
3
Colorado Thrives

Colorado Thrives exists to support Coloradans to achieve economic mobility through access to good jobs.

Community Improvement
4
Boulder Watershed Collective

The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501c3 non-profit stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health,resiliency and stewardship. We have three program areas: ClimateAdaptation and Resilience Watershed…

Environment
5
Stronger Faster Boulder Co
Recreation & Sports
6
Lutheran Social Services of Colorado

Rooted in the values of kindness, dignity and social justice, lfsrm strenghtens communities by providing support, guidance, and resource coordination to individuals and families throughout the rocky mountain region.

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7
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
8
Adoption Options

Adoption options is a non-profit,colorado corporation, dedicated to providing the state of colorado with a range of private, non-secretarian child placement services.

Human Services
9
La Plata Youth Services

La Plata Youth Services, Inc. supports and advocates for youth facing challenges in school, home and court.

Crime & Legal
10
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
11
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
12
Advocates for Recovery Colorado

Recovery from addiction is a process of gaining sobriety and contributing to one's family and community as a healthy productive person. AFRC provides peer coach mentoring to individuals in recovery from substance use disorders.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth of Colorado Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department. 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

130 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 130 of the 201 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/130
Grantees still filing
85/130
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $832,207 · Human ServicesTHE MATTHEWS HOUSETHE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $478,780 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIAESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SUC: $338,721 · Human ServicesESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN C…HOMEWARD ALLIANCE INC: $317,450 · Human ServicesHOMEWARD ALLIANCE INCHOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $220,291 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICERESPITE CARE INC: $219,806 · Human ServicesRESPITE CARE INCDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $215,425 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSIONCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $181,714 · Human ServicesFamily Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc: $135,500 · Human Services+21 more: $946,743 · Human Services+21 moreTEACHING TREE EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER: $271,249 · OtherPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $308,921 · OtherINTERFAITH SOLIDARITY AND ACCOMPANIMENT COALITION INC: $285,487 · OtherNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $298,901 · Other+125 more: $4,819,228 · Other+125 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY: $2,671,156 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF…LARIMER COUNTY PARTNERS DBA PARTNERS MENTORING YOUTH: $128,615 · Youth DevelopmentLoveland Youth Gardeners: $125,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $42,356 · Youth DevelopmentPOUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC: $169,743 · EducationEstes Park Learning Place Inc: $142,588 · EducationTEACHING PEACE INC: $85,232 · EducationCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $82,868 · EducationESTES PARK EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $68,140 · EducationTHOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $57,345 · EducationGLOBAL LEADERS INC: $51,000 · Education+7 more: $106,088 · EducationCultural Enrichment Center of Fort Collins: $132,237 · Arts & CultureThe Spark: $100,000 · Arts & CultureBOULDER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMOTUS THEATER: $100,000 · Arts & CultureJUNKYARD SOCIAL CLUB: $85,500 · Arts & CultureTHE DAIRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $80,000 · Arts & CultureBOULDER COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $46,500 · Arts & CulturePARLANDO INCORPORATED: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $19,700 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $508,510 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $95,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $18,396 · PhilanthropyBOULDER COUNTY AIDS PROJECT: $100,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY ROOTS MIDWIFE COLLECTIVE: $100,000 · HealthRECOVERY CAFE LONGMONT: $82,500 · HealthDESERVING DENTAL ORG: $81,000 · HealthA Way Forward Inc: $75,675 · HealthHOLISTIC HOMESTEAD: $30,000 · HealthENSIGHT SKILLS CENTER: $26,200 · HealthSALUD FAMILY HEALTH: $25,000 · HealthLA COCINA: $22,000 · Health+1 more: $8,250 · Health
Human Services$3,886,637Other$5,983,786Youth Development$2,967,127Education$763,004Arts & Culture$708,937Philanthropy$622,406Health$550,625

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY: $2,671,156 over 6y, 21% of budgetTHE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $832,207 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $508,510 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $478,780 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetESTES VALLEY INVESTMENT IN CHILDHOOD SUC: $338,721 over 5y, 20% of budgetHOMEWARD ALLIANCE INC: $317,450 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $308,921 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $298,901 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetINTERFAITH SOLIDARITY AND ACCOMPANIMENT COALITION INC: $285,487 over 4y, 27% of budgetTEACHING TREE EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER: $271,249 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetHOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $220,291 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetRESPITE CARE INC: $219,806 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $215,425 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $181,714 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPOUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC: $169,743 over 5y, 20% of budgetThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $154,753 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEstes Park Learning Place Inc: $142,588 over 9y, 11% of budgetFamily Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc: $135,500 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetCultural Enrichment Center of Fort Collins: $132,237 over 4y, 23% of budgetLARIMER COUNTY PARTNERS DBA PARTNERS MENTORING YOUTH: $128,615 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetALIANZA NORCO: $128,250 over 3y, 13% of budgetLoveland Youth Gardeners: $125,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $117,935 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThompson Valley Preschool Inc: $117,790 over 8y, 16% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOULDER VALLEY: $105,483 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Spark: $100,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetBOULDER COUNTY AIDS PROJECT: $100,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY ROOTS MIDWIFE COLLECTIVE: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL CENTER OF BOULDER COUNTY: $100,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetBOULDER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $100,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetMOTUS THEATER: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJoyful Journeys Community Enrichment: $100,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetBOULDER FOOD RESCUE: $100,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE REFUGE: $100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $95,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFocus Reentry: $95,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCal-Wood Education Center: $95,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCHILDSAFE COLORADO INC: $90,150 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetEL COMITE DE LONGMONT: $90,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetDISABLED RESOURCE SERVICES INC: $86,500 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetNorth 40 Mountain Alliance Inc: $85,800 over 3y, 12% of budgetJUNKYARD SOCIAL CLUB: $85,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetTEACHING PEACE INC: $85,232 over 1y, 15% of budgetLyons Elevating All Fund: $85,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: $85,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetMOTHER HOUSE DBA HAVEN RIDGE: $85,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetJACOB FAMILY SERVICES INC: $85,000 over 1y, 8.2% 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.

Community Foundation …Otter Cares Foundatio…Colorado Gives Founda…Anschutz Family Found…The Food Bank for Lar…Woodward Governor Cha…Community Foundation …The Colorado Health F…El Pomar FoundationRealities for Childre…The Denver FoundationTemple Hoyne Buell Fo…
Community Foundation of Northern ColoradoCO133.9× affinity72 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 · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Food Bank for Larimer County · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Colorado Health Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Realities for Children Charities · The Denver Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell 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 United Way of Larimer County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Larimer County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
58report 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 201 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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