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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
- How to apply
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATES BIOMANUFACTURING FACILITY SUPAURORA, CO | PROJECT SUPPORT | $750,000 | 2022 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Harbaugh | TRUSTEE | 1.50 | $0 |
| Lauren Davis | VICE CHAIR | 1.50 | $0 |
| Wesley Brown | TREASURER | 1.50 | $0 |
| Richard G Kiely | CHAIR | 1.50 | $0 |
| Virginia C Bayless | TRUSTEE | 1.50 | $0 |
| Rosemary Rodriguez | TRUSTEE | 1.50 | $0 |
| Ernest House | TRUSTEE | 1.50 | $0 |
| Thomas A Gougeon | PRESIDENT, S | 40.00 | $382,559 |
| Leslie Sabin | VP IMPACT IN | 40.00 | $239,500 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| ENDOWMENT |
| $750,000 |
| 2023 |
| NORTH PARK FIRE RESCUE AUTHORITYWALDEN, CO | PROJECT SUPPORT | $750,000 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital FoundationAurora, CO | Research | $750,000 | 2020 |
| PALMER LAND CONSERVANCYMatched to this organization because 8 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.COLORADO SPGS, CO | LAND PURCHASE | $685,000 | 2022 |
| William J Palmer Parks Foundation IncColorado Springs, CO | Land Purchase | $645,000 | 2021 |
| LYRADENVER, CO | PROJECT SUPPORT | $625,000 | 2023 |
| LYRADENVER, CO | PROJECT SUPPORT | $620,000 | 2022 |
| LYRADENVER, CO | PROJECT SUPPORT | $575,000 | 2024 |
| LYRADENVER, CO | PROJECT SUPPORT | $550,000 | 2025 |
| RIO GRANDE HEADWATERS LAND TR A COLDEL NORTE, CO | LAND PURCHASE | $525,000 | 2024 |
| Thacher SchoolOjai, CA | Project Support | $500,000 | 2021 |
| Swaner Preserve and EcoCenterPark City, UT | Endowment | $500,000 | 2020 |
| RootEDDenver, CO | Project Support | $500,000 | 2020 |
| Western Stock Show AssociationDenver, CO | Construction | $500,000 | 2021 |
| COLORADO PREVENTION CENTERAURORA, CO | ENDOWMENT | $500,000 | 2023 |
| CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOLCANAAN, NH | PROJECT SUPPORT | $500,000 | 2023 |
| RIO GRANDE HEADWATERS LAND TRUSTMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.DEL NORTE, CO | LAND PURCHASE | $500,000 | 2023 |
| Thacher SchoolOjai, CA | Project support | $500,000 | 2020 |
| National Western Stock ShowMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2023 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Denver, CO | Construction | $500,000 | 2020 |
| RIO GRANDE HEADWATERS LAND TRUSTMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.DEL NORTE, CO | LAND PURCHASE | $500,000 | 2022 |
| Utah State University FoundationPark City, UT | Endowment | $500,000 | 2021 |
| ROOTEDDENVER, CO | PROJECT SUPPORT | $400,000 | 2023 |
| ROOTEDDENVER, CO | PROJECT SUPPORT | $400,000 | 2024 |
| RootedDenver, CO | Project Support | $400,000 | 2021 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.