Colorado · Nonprofit
IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD
IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $756,896 to it, the largest being GARY MAGNESS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($679,840). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $480k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $757k
- Net assets
- $576k
What In the Looking Glass Ltd does
Mission
Health, safety, welfare, and education programs for those in need, which includes infrastructure development (water and food production), schooling, medical services, and environmental awareness. Current activities include supporting a 50-bed children's shelter in Mexico, supporting a childcare/nursery and preschool school in Uganda, providing post-addiction counseling in the USA and abroad, rural medical services in Mexico, developing a solar powered municipal water system in rural Mexico and promoting global solutions for the plastic waste and forever chemical crisis.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rural urgent care medical clinic [Servicios Para La Costa Sur], Careyes, Jalisco, Mexico. Estimated annual patient visits 7,000. Developing dentist office and services. Supported by DBA MEDI COS.
$190,500 spentof which $190,500 as grants73% of program spending50-bed children's shelter [Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza] and education programs for at risk children in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. ' Average annual shelter population (ranging from infants to early adolescents) 30 children. Installed significant solar system and expanded nursey services. Supported by DBA RISE.
$66,877 spentof which $66,877 as grants26% of program spendingGlobal community initiative that supports plastic pollution solutions. Continued focus on research and new technology potentials. Supported by DBA FINAL CYCLES.
$0 spent0% of program spendingParental childcare and nursery in Mbale, Uganda. Average number of at risk children in the program 55-65. Currently support schooling clothing, food, and infrastructure costs. Focus on improving existing infrastructure including classroom expansion.
$3,595 spentof which $3,595 as grants1% of program spendingConstruction of a solar powered municipal water system in a very rural community in Mexico.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $260,972.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $382k to $576k (+51%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $552k → $20k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $77k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD?
- IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $756,896 to it, the largest being GARY MAGNESS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($679,840). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $756,896 in grants to IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD?
- GARY MAGNESS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $679,840 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing