Colorado · Nonprofit
THE MATTHEWS HOUSE
THE MATTHEWS HOUSE (Colorado) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,888,585 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY ($832,207). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What The Matthews House does
Mission
Vision: a community that is aware, belongs, and is self-sufficient. Mission: empowering youth and families through connection, self efficacy, and independence. Values: relationship-centered, assume the best of people, own your role, innovation, remain curious. Significant activities: youth and young adult programming- provides resources, training, and relationships for youth transitioning into adulthood who lack a support system. Children and family programming- programming designed to support families achieve stability by addressing issues in parenting, money management, housing, employment and education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The landing
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Children and family services (677 families): provides vital services and specialized programs in strategically placed locations to reduce barriers, so every family can learn, grow, and become stronger. One-on-one facilitation helps families build resilience and navigate challenges in areas such as parenting, managing household income, job preparation, and maintaining healthy relationships. Families are supported in navigating the system and empowered to find their own voice, make progress on their goals, and build natural support networks, so they can better care for themselves and their children. Children and family services childcare and child education: 39% of families reported positive change in childcare and child education, demonstrating enhanced empowerment in providing educational opportunities for their children. Additionally, 50% maintained stability in this domain. Together, 89% of families maintained or improved in childcare and child education. Employment: 40% of families reported positive change in employment, indicating progress toward safer and more stable work conditions. An additional 50% maintained stability. In total, 90% of families experienced or maintained…
$1,163,113 spent$41,323 earned by the program47% of program spendingYouth & young adult services (229 participants): serves young people ages 12-23 who lack fundamental support in the years leading to adulthood. Our case management provides holistic, trauma-informed prevention, intervention, and education services with an inter-generational approach to support low-income youth with a history of trauma. We begin by building connections and a sense of belonging, then helping youth develop their self-efficacy skills to address their needs, and finally transitioning them towards independence. Youth and young adult services: employment: 35% of clients reported positive change in this domain, signifying progress in job security and work conditions. Meanwhile, 53% maintained stability; culminating in 88% of clients sustaining or improving their employment status. Family and social relationships: 50% of clients experienced positive change in this domain, strengthening their connections. An additional 29% maintained stability, totaling 79% of clients maintaining or improving family and social relationships. Housing: 31% of clients showed positive change in housing stability, and 44% maintained their current stability. Together, 75% of clients either…
$1,014,630 spent$248,281 earned by the program41% of program spendingThe landing: The Matthews House operates the landing, the northern colorado regional youth shelter in loveland. This trauma-informed space meets the immediate needs of unaccompanied youth while supporting their mental health, education, and long-term stability. Youth access wraparound services, including basic needs support, crisis intervention, and mental health care. Drop-in services provide care coordination and connections to transitional housing and other critical resources. Enrichment activities and community-building help youth feel a sense of belonging, stay engaged in school, and build a hopeful path forward.
$296,965 spent$12,000 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,474,708.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $2.5M to $3.2M (+31%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 20% · 2018 17% · 2019 3% · 2020 29% · 2021 33% · 2022 53% · 2023 44% · 2024 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of THE MATTHEWS HOUSE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $310k → $490k.
12 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 THE MATTHEWS HOUSE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 funders by total. 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
THE MATTHEWS HOUSE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
74% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE MATTHEWS HOUSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 17% · 2018 21% · 2019 21% · 2020 26% · 2021 27% · 2022 29% · 2023 24% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
44% of THE MATTHEWS HOUSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
67% of THE MATTHEWS HOUSE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.3M that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
THE MATTHEWS HOUSE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE MATTHEWS HOUSE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $239k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$239k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE MATTHEWS HOUSE
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MATTHEWS HOUSE?
- THE MATTHEWS HOUSE (Colorado) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,888,585 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY ($832,207). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE MATTHEWS HOUSE have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $3,888,585 in grants to THE MATTHEWS HOUSE, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MATTHEWS HOUSE?
- UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $832,207 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MATTHEWS HOUSE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 57 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing