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Vail Valley Foundation

VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION was created to enhance the quality of life in the vail valley and showcase our community to a global audience through arts, athletics, and education.

$3.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Youth Development$6.7MArts & Culture$2.5MHuman Services$2.5MPhilanthropy$1.6MEnvironment$985kRecreation & Sports$339kEducation$134kCommunity Improvement$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $105k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.8M
$19,177
Median grant
1
States reached
$41M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUTHPOWER365$1,234,013
EAGLE RIVER VALLEY CENTER$1,050,000
VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$556,362
BRAVO VAIL$27,170
SKI AND SNOWBOARD CLUB VAIL$19,177
THE CYCLE EFFECT$15,000
ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH$12,600
WALKING MOUNTAINS$11,000
BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION$10,000
FAMILY LEARNING CENTER$10,000
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 (FY20–25, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%VIDA FOUNDATION USA: $35k → 8%VIDA FOUNDATION USA: $7k → 8%EAGLE RIVER VALLEY CENTER: $1.1M → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $55k → 8%EAGLE RIVER VALLEY CENTER: $582k → 7%EAGLE VALLEY FAMILY ASSISTANCE FUND: $395k → 7%EAGLE VALLEY FAMILY ASSISTANCE FUND: $80k → 7%FAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $22k → 7%VAIL VALLEY CHARITABLE FUND: $14k → 7%FAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $10k → 7%FAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $10k → 7%MY FUTURE PATHWAYS: $10k → 7%VAIL VALLEY CHARITABLE FUND: $9k → 7%FAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $7k → 7%FAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $7k → 7%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 23 repeat orgs$300k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
15

Total granted

$14M
$288k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+30%

Still filing today

91%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthEducationOther
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

  • Y
    YOUTHPOWER365
    8× · 2018–2025 · $7.6M · revenue +65%
  • VP
    VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +255%
  • WM
    WALKING MOUNTAINS
    8× · 2018–2025 · $979k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVERgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $55k · revenue +30%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +338%
  • SE
    Swift Eagle Charitable Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +10%
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
Ute Springs Experiential Learning Center

Ute Springs Experiential Learning Center is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization whosemission is to enhance social-emotional learning through increased self-awareness,social-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, and…

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2
Vail-Summit Research & Education Foundat
Education
3
Valley Life for All

Creating access to resources by connecting opportunities for people of all disabilities, their families and communities, from Aspen to Parachute.

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4
Vail International Pro Am
Recreation & Sports
5
Epicpromise Employee Foundation

The EpicPromise Foundation supports Vail Resorts employees and their dependents in times of need through emergency financial assistance and educational grants.

Philanthropy
6
Evans Scholars Foundation - Colorado

Educational

Education
7
Boulder County Injured and Fallen Officer Foundation
Public Safety & Disaster
8
The Elway Foundation
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9
Stronger Faster Boulder Co
Recreation & Sports
10
Education Foundation of Eagle Cnty

The education foundation of eagle county (efec) is committed to education and students intellectual and emotional growth through equitable access to in-school enrichment programs, mental health supports, and efforts to recognize and retain…

Education
11
Estes Valley Crisis Advocates Inc

To provide crisis intervention, advocacy and support to victims of crime. The EVCA operates a Community Safe House to house victims of domestic violence and provides office and meeting space to the Organization

Community Improvement
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Roundup River Ranch; the most unlike its peers is Evolve Thrive Joy Youth Non- Profit. 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 40 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
25/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTHPOWER365: $7,620,103 · PhilanthropyYOUTHPOWER365+4 more: $433,578 · Philanthropy+4 moreVILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $2,169,314 · Arts & CultureVILAR PERFORMING A…BRAVO COLORADO AT BEAVER CREEK-VAIL INC DBA BRAVO VAIL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL: $265,670 · Arts & CultureBRAVO COLORADO AT …+2 more: $34,000 · Arts & CultureEAGLE RIVER VALLEY CHILDCARE: $1,631,852 · Human ServicesEAGLE RIVER VALLE…EAGLE VALLEY FAMILY ASSISTANCE FUND: $475,000 · Human ServicesEAGLE VALLEY FAMI…+7 more: $224,131 · Human Services+7 moreWALKING MOUNTAINS: $979,175 · EducationVAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $112,000 · EducationSki and Snowboard Club Vail: $316,677 · OtherBRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY: $146,392 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $61,892 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC: $50,000 · OtherSMALL CHAMPIONS OF EAGLE COUNTY: $34,500 · Other+9 more: $122,177 · OtherThe Cycle Effect: $96,892 · Recreation & SportsSOS OUTREACH: $39,392 · Recreation & SportsROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $12,600 · Recreation & SportsStarting Hearts: $32,000 · HealthTrio Therapy Partners: $11,500 · HealthSUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION OF EAGLE VALLEY: $9,392 · Health
Philanthropy$8,053,681Arts & Culture$2,468,984Human Services$2,330,983Education$1,091,175Other$731,638Recreation & Sports$148,884Health$52,892

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUTHPOWER365: $7,620,103 over 8y, 24% of budgetVILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $2,169,314 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetEAGLE RIVER VALLEY CHILDCARE: $1,631,852 over 2y, 62% of budgetWALKING MOUNTAINS: $979,175 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY FAMILY ASSISTANCE FUND: $475,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetSki and Snowboard Club Vail: $316,677 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetBRAVO COLORADO AT BEAVER CREEK-VAIL INC DBA BRAVO VAIL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL: $265,670 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $238,794 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetBRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY: $146,392 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetLAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FUND: $140,392 over 2y, 22% of budgetVAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $112,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Cycle Effect: $96,892 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetFoundation of Trustees for the Family Learning Cen: $56,063 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $55,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVIDA FOUNDATION USA: $42,392 over 2y, 15% of budgetSOS OUTREACH: $39,392 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetStarting Hearts: $32,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetSwift Eagle Charitable Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF EAGLE RIVER VALLEY: $24,392 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetVail Valley Charitable Fund Inc: $22,392 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetManaus: $20,700 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCELEBRATE THE BEAT: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetVAIL FRIENDS OF DANCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSMALL CHAMPIONS INC: $19,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetROCKY RIDGE MUSIC CENTER FOUNDATION: $19,085 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION: $18,784 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetVAIL PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY: $14,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $12,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTrio Therapy Partners: $11,500 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCOLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMY FUTURE PATHWAYS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION OF EAGLE VALLEY: $9,392 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Colorado Health F…United Way of Eagle R…Rocky Mountain Health…El Pomar FoundationVail Clinic Inc % Vhh…Vail Valley CaresThe Tang FundEagle Valley Mental H…The Summit FoundationSlifer Family Foundat…Slifer Smith & Frampt…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO36.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · United Way of Eagle River Valley · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Vail Clinic Inc % Vhh Accounting Department · Vail Valley Cares · The Tang Fund · Eagle Valley Mental Health · The Summit Foundation · Slifer Family Foundation · Slifer Smith & Frampton 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 Vail Valley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vail Valley Foundation. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report 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
    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 40 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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