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Zonta Club of Denver Foundation Inc at a glance

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Zonta Club of Denver Foundation Inc

To provide funding for tax-exempt organizations which provide services to improve the status and well-being of women and children in the denver metro area and internationally as determined by zonta international.

$43k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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$109kInternational$87kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kHealth$35kReligion$28kCrime & Legal$25kArts & Culture$14kEmployment$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $36,610, the rows itemized in this filing. The $42,610 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $6,000 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 · $11k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ZONTA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$15,610
CAFE SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC$10,000
DENVER YOUNT ARTISTS ORCHESTRA$5,750
BEAUTIFUL FEET WELLNESS$5,250
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, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Family Tree: $10k → 7%WEE CYCLE: $14k → 8%Hope House: $6k → 10%CAFE SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC: $10k → 8%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE: $10k → 12%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE: $9k → 12%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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$208k · 6 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
18

Total granted

$208k
$151k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-12%
+3%

Still filing today

83%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 ServicesInternationalArts & CultureEmploymentHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • ZF
    ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN
    4× · 2022–2025 · $67k · revenue -36%
  • AE
    AMELIA EARHART FUND
    5× · 2017–2021 · $50k
  • TB
    THE BLUE BENCH
    3× · 2019–2022 · $35k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • W
    WEECYCLE
    one grant, 2023 · $14k · revenue -10%
  • CW
    COLORADO WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -13%
  • DV
    DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +155%
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 Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Advancing the well-being of all coloradans through relationships free from abuse and oppression.

Human Services
2
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
3
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights

Colorado organization for latina opportunity and reproductive rights (color) is a community-rooted nonprofit organization that works to enable latinx individuals and their families lead safe, healthy, self-determined lives.

Health
4
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
5
Bright Future Foundation for Eagle County

To empower individuals and families affected by domestic violence and abuse to lead safe, productive lives through prevention services, advocacy, crisis intervention, and recovery services.

—
6
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
7
Boulder Valley Women's Health Center Inc

Our mission is to provide high quality and equitable reproductive and sexual health services, abortion, and education to all people, regardless of any barriers to healthcare that they may face.

—
8
Denver Children's Advocacy Center

Dcac works to improve the lives of children traumatized by sexual abuse, neglect and violence-as well as those who are at high-risk with prevention, education, and direct services. our mission is to prevent abuse strengthen families…

Employment
9
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
10
Porchlight a Family Justice Center

To bring together essential services for victims, survivors and their children to create a positive pathway forward, and to foster public safety.

Crime & Legal
11
Childsafe Colorado Inc

Mission: our mission is to break the cycle and heal the childhood trauma resulting from abuse and neglect with specialized treatment, education and community outreach. we believe in a comprehensive, community-based approach to the problem…

Crime & Legal
12
Women's Bean Project

To change women's lives by providing stepping stones to self-sufficiency through social enterprise.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope House of Colorado; the most unlike its peers is Beautiful Feet Wellness. 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

18 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. 18 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
8/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMELIA EARHART FUND: $50,000 · OtherAMELIA EARHART FUNDFRIENDS OF THE HAVEN: $22,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE HAVENDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES: $10,000 · OtherDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN WITH …GLOBAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherGLOBAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INCOPEN DOOR MINISTRIES: $10,000 · OtherOPEN DOOR MINISTRIESThe Gathering Place: $9,000 · OtherThe Gathering PlaceCtrfor Spirituality at Work: $8,500 · OtherCtrfor Spirituality at WorkEXTENDED HANDS OF HOPE: $8,000 · OtherEXTENDED HANDS OF HOPEBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $8,000 · OtherBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPEZONTA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FUND: $7,321 · Other+2 more: $5,821 · OtherZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN: $67,236 · InternationalZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WO…ALIGHT ALLIANCE TO LEAD IMPACT IN GLOBAL: $9,400 · InternationalALIGHT ALLIANCE TO LEAD…FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $19,400 · Human ServicesFOCUS POINTS FAMILY …WEECYCLE: $14,000 · Human ServicesWEECYCLEFAMILY TREE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY TREE INCTHREE BIRDS ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHREE BIRDS ALLIANCECAFI SUSTAINABILITY CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesCAFI SUSTAINABILITY …HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $5,757 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE OF COLORA…THE BLUE BENCH: $34,500 · HealthTHE BLUE B…Beautiful Feet Wellness: $15,250 · Crime & LegalDENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR: $8,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $5,750 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION INC: $10,000 · EmploymentRocky Mountain Microfinance: $7,500 · Community Improvement
Other$148,642International$76,636Human Services$69,157Health$34,500Crime & Legal$15,250Arts & Culture$13,750Employment$10,000Community Improvement$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN: $67,236 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BLUE BENCH: $34,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HAVEN: $22,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetFOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $19,400 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBeautiful Feet Wellness: $15,250 over 2y, 14% of budgetWEECYCLE: $14,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLORADO WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetGLOBAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetFAMILY TREE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHREE BIRDS ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAFI SUSTAINABILITY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetALIGHT ALLIANCE TO LEAD IMPACT IN GLOBAL: $9,400 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetEXTENDED HANDS OF HOPE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDENVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR: $8,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetRocky Mountain Microfinance: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $5,757 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $5,750 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Rose Community Founda…The Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …Anschutz Family Found…The Connie Burwell Wh…The Anschutz Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationTrailhead InstituteDaniels FundAdams County Foundati…
The Denver FoundationCO32× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Connie Burwell White and William W White Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Trailhead Institute · Daniels Fund · Adams County Foundation Inc

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 Zonta Club of Denver Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zonta Club of Denver Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Zonta Club of Denver Foundation Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 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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