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Wjd Foundation

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.

$448k
Granted FY2023
30
Grants FY2023
8
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Education$1.0MRecreation & Sports$545kHuman Services$179kHealth$168kReligion$60kFood & Nutrition$50kYouth Development$45kAnimals$41kOther$0
02FY2023 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 30 grants below total $346,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $448,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $102,000 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.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k20 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOUNT SAINT VINCENT HOME$75,000
US OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION$75,000
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$25,000
MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD CATHOLIC COMMUNITY$25,000
DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION$15,000
CHOSEN & DEARLY LOVED FOUNDATION$10,000
AMOS TUCK SCHOOL$10,000
SAMARITAN HOUSE$10,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$10,000
FRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH RUGBY$5,000
DENVER SANTA CLAUS SHOP$5,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DENVER$5,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$5,000
FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA$5,000
02Your 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.2M · 28 repeat orgs$168k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
4

Total granted

$1.2M
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+10%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • US
    UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $225k · revenue +32%
  • MS
    MOUNT ST VINCENT HOME INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $142k · revenue +45%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
    2× · 2021–2022 · $50k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH BASEBALL
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • DA
    DENVER ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +4%
  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +10%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your 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
Girl Scouts of Colorado

Girl scouts of colorado prepares girls and adults to create unique leadership paths, ignite change, and share a worldwide sisterhood through traditions and new experiences. girl scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character,…

Youth Development
2
Denver Scholarship Foundation

Denver scholarship foundation (dsf) inspires and empowers denver public schools (dps) students to enroll in and graduate from postsecondary institutions of higher education by providing the tools, knowledge, and financial resources for…

Education
3
Developmental Fx Developmental & Fragile X Resource

The mission of dfx is to prepare children with developmental differences for a bright future of engaged belonging by equipping them, their families, therapists, and teachers via innovative programming in colorado and around the world.

Health
4
Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children

Part i and part iii, line 1: anchor center for blind children is a nationally recognized leader in teaching children with vision, cortical visual, dual sensory (vision and hearing), and co-occurring disabilities during their most formative…

5
Denver Police Activities League Inc

The denver police activities league's (pal) mission is to create strong communities by providing under-resourced children with opportunities, exposure, and experiences with the intent of changing young people's lives in a positive way.

Youth Development
6
Desert Montessori School

The mission of desert montessori school (dms) is to provide a personalized, engaging education that inspires a life-long love of learning, fosters meaningful, independent thinking, social responsibility and self- confidence. utilizing the…

Education
7
Mental Health Center of Denver

We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Health
8
Denver Police Foundation

To act as an independent and unique funding and advocacy resource for the denver police department to enhance public safety and law enforcement in the denver community.

Human Services
9
Denver Children's Home

Denver children's home restores hope and health to traumatized children and families through a comprehensive array of therapeutic, educational, and community-based services.

Health
10
Denver Film Society

The mission of the denver film society is to develop opportunities for diverse audiences to discover film through creative, thought-provoking experiences. we strive to cultivate and celebrate film as an art form; to enrich and expand the…

Arts & Culture
11
Colorado Dream Foundation

We partner with youth and their families as they successfully navigate school, college, and career by providing a holistic academic, social, and emotional program from elementary school through college, along with post-secondary…

12
Urban Peak Denver

Urban peak helps youth experiencing homelessness and youth at risk of becoming homeless overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults.

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Rescue Mission and the most unlike its peers is Girl Power 2 Cure Dba Rett University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

17 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MOUNT ST VINCENT HOME INC — $142,000 · OtherMOUNT ST VINCENT HOME INCAMOS TUCK SCHOOL — $115,000 · OtherAMOS TUCK SCHOOLFRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH FOOTBALL — $110,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH FOOTBALLFRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH RUGBY — $110,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH RUGBYSAMARITAN HOUSE — $110,000 · OtherSAMARITAN HOUSEFRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH BASEBALL — $100,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH BASEBALLDARTMOUTH COLLEGE — $55,000 · OtherDARTMOUTH COLLEGEMOST PRECIOUS BLOOD CATHOLIC COMMUNITY — $50,000 · Other+18 more — $146,000 · Other+18 moreUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION — $225,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES OLYM…THE CHOSEN & DEARLY LOVED FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION — $9,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $6,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC — $6,000 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $50,000 · Food & NutritionDENVER ACADEMY INC — $25,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $12,000 · EducationDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $35,000 · AnimalsNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$938,000Recreation & Sports$225,000Human Services$51,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Education$37,000Animals$35,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION — $225,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNT ST VINCENT HOME INC — $142,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHOSEN & DEARLY LOVED FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDENVER ACADEMY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER — $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DENVER SANTA CLAUSE SHOP INC — $12,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $9,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER — $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL POWER 2 CURE DBA RETT UNIVERSITY — $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION
  • Who funds MOUNT ST VINCENT HOME INC
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
  • Who funds DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE CHOSEN & DEARLY LOVED FOUNDATION
  • Who funds DENVER ACADEMY INC
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE DENVER SANTA CLAUSE SHOP INC
  • Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION
  • Who funds THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
  • Who funds FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER
  • Who funds GIRL POWER 2 CURE DBA RETT UNIVERSITY

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.

The Denver FoundationCO17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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 36 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-PF 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 (FY2024) is on record and reports $392k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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