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Zanin Family 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.

$86k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$160kHealth$89kEducation$54kEnvironment$28kPhilanthropy$26kYouth Development$9kRecreation & Sports$4kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $58k
$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$588k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH$22,500
ASPEN HIGH SCHOOL SCHOALRSHIP FUND$15,000
ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$10,000
POTTER ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE FUND$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
EARTH JUSTICE$3,500
WILDERNESS WORKSHOP$3,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ST JUDE$1,000
HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY$1,000
RIVER BRIDGE REGIONAL CENTER$1,000
KDNK$1,000
ASPEN HALL OF FAME$500
Individual grant recipient$500
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 (FY17–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $100 → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%BOY'S TOWN: $100 → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 7%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 7%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 7%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 7%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 7%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 7%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $500 → 7%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $100 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
SD
NJ
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
OK
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$396k · 45 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
23

Total granted

$396k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+26%

Still filing today

51%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • WW
    WILDERNESS WORKSHOP
    4× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +37%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +49%
  • RB
    RIVER BRIDGE REGIONAL CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • SS
    STEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -18%
  • AC
    ASPEN COMPASSION ADVENTURES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue 0%
  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +12%
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
The Aspen Strong Foundation
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2
Aspen Cancer Conference Inc

To provide an annual conference sharing current science and understanding of cancer research with leading scientists from industry, government, and academia.

Health
3
Aspen Valley Land Trust

Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.

Environment
4
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
5
Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation

The mission of the Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation is to promote the health and well-being of physicians and physician assistants through evaluation, treatment referral, support education and research.

Health
6
Colorado Health Institute
Health
7
Aspen Center for Living Peace Inc
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8
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.

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9
Aspen Journalism

To produce investigative journalism, as well-informed citizens make better decisions.

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Aspen Allergy Conference

Presentation of a three day seminar for those interested in the field of allergy and respiratory medicene.

Health
12
Aspen Science Center

To advance the public understanding of science through lifelong discovery, exploration and education.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of the Valley Inc; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

35 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. 35 of the 72 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
30/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $154,766 · OtherCHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL: $50,000 · OtherASPEN VALLEY HOSPITALUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $27,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF COLORADOASPEN VALLEY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherASPEN VALLEY FOUNDATIONASPEN HIGH SCHOOL SCHOALRSHIP FUND: $25,000 · OtherASPEN HIGH SCHOOL SCHOALRSHIP FUNDWILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $13,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $12,000 · Other+43 more: $50,060 · Other+43 moreRIVER BRIDGE REGIONAL CENTER INC: $7,000 · HealthASPEN HOPE CENTER: $6,000 · HealthPathfinders: $3,100 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,400 · HealthA Way Out Inc: $1,300 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · Health+5 more: $1,050 · HealthEARTHJUSTICE: $12,500 · EnvironmentFOREST CONSERVANCY: $2,600 · EnvironmentHOSPICE OF THE VALLEY INC: $6,600 · Human Services+3 more: $600 · Human ServicesCARBONDALE COMMUNITY ACCESS RADIO: $4,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE ASPEN: $200 · Arts & CultureSTEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY: $3,000 · Public BenefitFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $1,600 · Food & Nutrition
Other$356,826Health$21,850Environment$15,100Human Services$7,200Arts & Culture$4,200Public Benefit$3,000Food & Nutrition$1,600

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $13,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER BRIDGE REGIONAL CENTER INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE VALLEY INC: $6,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN HOPE CENTER: $6,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCARBONDALE COMMUNITY ACCESS RADIO: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetASPEN HALL OF FAME: $3,800 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetPathfinders: $3,100 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOREST CONSERVANCY: $2,600 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Homeless Shelter: $1,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Way Out Inc: $1,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN COMPASSION ADVENTURES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAndy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program: $1,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN YOUTH CENTER: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHopeWest: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELP ME SEE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALPINE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE PASS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds WILDERNESS WORKSHOP ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds RIVER BRIDGE REGIONAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN HOPE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CARBONDALE COMMUNITY ACCESS RADIO ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN HALL OF FAME ↗
  • Who funds Pathfinders ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds FOREST CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds Aspen Homeless Shelter ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds A Way Out Inc ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN COMPASSION ADVENTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ↗

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.

Aspen Community Found…Colorado Gives Founda…Rocky Mountain Health…El Pomar FoundationThe Thrift ShopFred and Elli Iselin …Ruth a Carver Foundat…Western Colorado Comm…Arches FoundationCastaways FoundationMile High United Way …The Colorado Health F…
Aspen Community FoundationCO36.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Thrift Shop · Fred and Elli Iselin Foundation · Ruth a Carver Foundation · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Arches Foundation · Castaways Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Colorado Health 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 Zanin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zanin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 72 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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