The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
Not publishedMONTROSE, CO, 81401The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2025 return.
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.
Financials
Giving
$678K
FY2025 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$3.5M
FY2025 · end of year
Revenue
$978K
FY2025
Expenses
$727K
FY2025
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2025
990-PF
$978,461
$726,656
$678,024
$3,506,159
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Education$432K · 79
Environment$318K · 17
Philanthropy and grantmaking$154K · 15
Health care$120K · 25
Animal welfare$92.3K · 27
Arts and culture$92K · 36
Where recipients are
KS$1.2M · 165
CO$700K · 115
NY$661K · 154
MO$437K · 131
CA$339K · 40
DC$247K · 17
WA$210K · 14
CT$87.5K · 14
Based on the 44% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
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.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
David C Mize
PRESIDENT
1.00
$0
Anne Mize
DIRECTOR
1.00
$0
Daphne Nan Muchnic
DIRECTOR
1.00
$0
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
TO REHABILITATE INJURED AND ORPHANED WILDLIFE, TO SHELTER AND ADOPT HOMELESS CATS AND DOGS, AND TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO MAKE A BETTER WORLD FOR ANIMALS AND PEOPLE.
$25,000
2017
EARTH JUSTICEsan francisco, CA
To protect peoples health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energY, and to combat climate change.