Funding search · EIN 271649019 · Fort Collins, CO

Otter Cares Foundation

Name: Otter Cares Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,501
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $275
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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National Inventors Hall of Fame3 grants · $91,400
Colorado State University Foundation8 grants · $89,575
Girl Scouts of Colorado4 grants · $75,275
Global Leaders8 grants · $71,550
Generation Schools Network2 grants · $65,000
Junior Achievement USA1 grant · $57,500
Thompson R2-J Education Foundation11 grants · $51,275
Fossil Ridge High School10 grants · $47,315
Mindspark Learning2 grants · $47,000
Friends of the Gardens On Spring Creek8 grants · $41,425

Giving over time

$592,882

2022

$719,663

2023

$693,390

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,501 grants.

$57,500
Junior Achievement USA · Loveland, CO · 2024
to fund JA in Northern Colorado, wyoming and rural eastern co
$50,000
Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Institute for Entrepreneurship: Building an Entrepreneurship ecosystem
$40,000
Generation Schools Network · Denver, CO · 2023
Building Student Agency & Economic Development Through Entrepreneurship Pathways
$40,000
Junior Achievement USA - Rocky Mountain Satellite · Loveland, CO · 2023
Inspiring Entrepreneurial Youth in Northern Colorado & Wyoming
$37,000
Mindspark Learning · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Project Heart Education Accelerator
$36,400
National Inventors Hall of Fame · North Canton, OH · 2022
Camp Invention K-6 Out-of-School STEM Enrichment Program serving larimer and weld youth
$35,000
National Inventors Hall of Fame · North Canton, OH · 2024
Camp Invention K-6 Out-of-School STEM Enrichment Program serving larimer and weld youth
$30,000
Global Leaders · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Global Leaders Staffing Support - Project Manager
$25,000
Canon City Schools Fremont Re-1 · Canon City, CO · 2024
Tiger Den School Store fund
$25,000
Girl Scouts of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
OtterCares Project Heart Patch Program
$25,000
Girl Scouts of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
OtterCares Project Heart Patch Program
$25,000
Poudre High School · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Student ran coffee shop (Poudre Perk)
$25,000
Generation Schools Network · Denver, CO · 2022
Entrepreneurship Fair for Weld County Students
$25,000
Girl Scouts of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Project Heart and Otter Cares Girl Scout Patch Program
$25,000
Young Americans Center for Financial Education · Denver, CO · 2022
YouthBiz
$24,240
Fossil Ridge High School · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Farm to Table at Fossil Ridge
$21,000
North Park School · Walden, CO · 2024
North Park School Innovation Station
$20,000
City of Fort Collins · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
NextGenServe, Young Leaders Making a Difference
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity International · Greeley, CO · 2024
Construction-Electrical Pathway Career and Technical education program
$20,000
Harris Bilingual Elementary School · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Harris Bilingual Innovation Station - PHASE I fund
$20,000
Greater Than Tech · San Diego, CA · 2023
Community Robotics and Entrepreneurship Program
$20,000
National Inventors Hall of Fame · North Canton, OH · 2023
Camp Invention K-6 Out-of-School STEM Enrichment Program Serving Larimer and Weld Youth
$20,000
Global Leaders · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Global Leaders Staffing Support - Project Manager
$19,550
Friends of the Gardens On Spring Creek · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Project Hort Year 3
$19,000
Weld Re 5j School District · Milliken, CO · 2023
Roosevelt High School Merchandising Room
$18,750
Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
CSU Institute for Entrepreneurship: Global Busines Academy
$18,000
Global Leaders · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
the student office space fund
$17,427
Valley Elementary Educational Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Innovation Lab
$16,900
Friends of the Gardens On Spring Creek · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Project Hort
$15,405
Preston Middle School · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Preston VR Makerspace Refresh fund
$15,000
Young Americans Center for Financial Education · Denver, CO · 2024
YouthBiz
$15,000
Thompson R2-J Education Foundation · Loveland, CO · 2023
Building Leaders of Their Own Learning Who Solve Problems to Give Back at Big Thompson Elementary
$15,000
Frontier Academy Foundation · Greeley, CO · 2022
Spark: A One-Day Entrepreneurship Event for Youth
$15,000
Thompson R2-J Education Foundation · Loveland, CO · 2022
Building Leaders of Their Own Learning Who Solve Problems to give back
$14,500
Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
CSU Institute for Entrepreneurship: SPARK
$11,000
Lesher Middle School · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
EmpowerED: Building Tomorrow's Leaders
$10,500
Poudre School District R-1 · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
for Blevins, Boltz, Cache La Poudre Middle, Kinard, Lesher, Lincoln, Polaris, Poudre Global Academy, Preston, Webber, Timnath, Wellington, PCA HS, Centennial HS, Fort Collins HS, Fossil Ridge HS, Poudre HS, and Rocky Mo… read allfor Blevins, Boltz, Cache La Poudre Middle, Kinard, Lesher, Lincoln, Polaris, Poudre Global Academy, Preston, Webber, Timnath, Wellington, PCA HS, Centennial HS, Fort Collins HS, Fossil Ridge HS, Poudre HS, and Rocky Mountain HS specifically for each school's math department for the purchase of calculators and/or calculator-related needs and consumables less
$10,450
Briggsdale Undivided High School · Briggsdale, CO · 2023
Briggsdale FCCLA School Store
$10,345
Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools I · Greeley, CO · 2023
NHS STEM-O-Sphere Station - Phase 1
$10,000
Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Charitable Event
$10,000
Polaris Expeditionary Learning School · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Next Gen Learning Lab
$10,000
Range View Elementary · Severance, CO · 2024
Innovation Station
$10,000
Robotics for All · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Curriculum Partnerships Program
$10,000
Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools I · Greeley, CO · 2024
NHS STEM-O-Sphere - Phase II fund
$10,000
Thompson R2-J Education Foundation · Loveland, CO · 2024
EL Education and PD at Big Thompson Elementary School
$10,000
Timnath Middle-High School · Timnath, CO · 2024
Technical Theatre - Industry Standard Technology Upgrade fund
$10,000
A Step Beyond · Escondido, CA · 2023
Design, Sales & Charity
$10,000
Bamford Elementary School · Loveland, CO · 2023
The Gary Bamford Pack Pantry
$10,000
Colorado Succeeds · Littleton, CO · 2023
Colorado Succeeds x OtterCares Membership
$10,000
Family-Faculty Connection of Dingeman Elementary S · San Diego, CA · 2023
Makerspace 3D Printing Station
$10,000
Frontier Academy Foundation · Greeley, CO · 2023
Charitable Event
$10,000
Girl Scouts San Diego-Imperial Council · San Diego, CA · 2023
Entrepreneur in a Box Workshop Series for Brownie, Junior, Cadette and Senior Girl Scout
$10,000
Learning Choice Academy · Santee, CA · 2023
Tiny Home Project
$10,000
Mindspark Learning · Lakewood, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
The Davids Harp Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
The Business Pod (Biz Pod)
$10,000
Chula Vista Elementary School District · Chula Vista, CA · 2022
Harborside's Tiger Tinkerspace
$10,000
Greater Than Tech · San Diego, CA · 2022
Community Robotics Program
$10,000
Junior Achievement of San Diego & Imperial Countie · San Diego, CA · 2022
JA Company Program
$10,000
University of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
ImPactful Teen Innovation Sandbox
$8,600
St Vrain Valley School District · Longmont, CO · 2023
Developing Social Entrepreneurs Through Filmmaking and Business Development Education
$8,600
Girl Scouts San Diego-Imperial Council · San Diego, CA · 2022
Entrepreneur in a Box Workshop Series
$8,500
Bernardo Heights Middle · San Diego, CA · 2023
The Collaboratory Bobcat Den
$8,000
Larimer County Sheriff'S Department · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Young Entrepreneur Tournament
$7,500
Fossil Ridge High School · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Fort Collins Our Climate Future Student Challenge fund
$7,500
Outside the Lens · San Diego, CA · 2022
Leadership Through the Lens: High School Youth Council program
$7,000
Thompson R2-J Education Foundation · Loveland, CO · 2023
Loveland High School Concessions
$7,000
A Step Beyond · Escondido, CA · 2022
A Step Beyond: Food Truck Simulation Program
$6,900
High Plains School · Loveland, CO · 2022
Middle School Day of Service
$6,700
Core Knowledge Charter School Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Projects with a Purpose
$6,666
Boys and Girls Clubs of Larimer County · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Keystone Clubs
$6,000
Lincoln Middle School · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
3-D printing the future
$5,550
Grace Upon Grace Project · Windsor, CO · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,500
Urban Corps of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
New Business Support for Urban Corps creative Entrepreneurship program
$5,000
Aspen Ridge School · Erie, CO · 2024
Aspen Ridge Makerspace
$5,000
Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Little Shop of Physics Innovation Station
$5,000
New Vision Charter School · Loveland, CO · 2024
The Amazing Shake
$5,000
Debut Theater Company · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Debut Theatre Company- hands-on theatre education
$5,000
Fossil Ridge High School · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Makerspace Upgrades & Awareness
$5,000
Grace Upon Grace Project · Windsor, CO · 2023
to purchase supplies for the 2023 closed2open project
$5,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Nampa, ID · 2023
to purchase supplies for the 2023 closed2open project
$5,000
Prairie Elementary School · New Raymer, CO · 2022
Prairie School Dist. RE-11J
$5,000
Suitup Incorporated · New York, NY · 2022
OtterCares x SuitUp Youth Impact Partnership
$4,825
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Mobile Discovery Cart fund
$4,200
Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools I · Greeley, CO · 2023
Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering Artisan Innovation Fair
$4,000
Grace Upon Grace Project · Windsor, CO · 2024
to purchase diapers for closed2open event
$4,000
Severance Middle School · Severance, CO · 2024
Hawk Design Lab- Redo & Refresh fund
$4,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Nampa, ID · 2024
to purchase lumber and supplies for the 2024 closed2open project
$4,000
University of Northern Colorado Foundation · Greeley, CO · 2024
Frontiers of Science Institute
$4,000
Food Bank for Larimer County · Loveland, CO · 2023
Empty Bowls
$4,000
Poudre School District R-1 · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Educator Externs: Philanthropy & Nonprofit Exploration
$4,000
Vista Innovation and Design Academy · Vista, CA · 2022
VIDA Ventures via Incubator
$3,720
Riverview Pk-8 · Johnstown, CO · 2024
Innovation Space Set Up
$3,500
Northern Plains Public Library · Ault, CO · 2024
Homeschool Enrichment Program
$3,250
Animal Friends Alliance · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,025
Animal Friends Alliance · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Animal Friends Alliance · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Fossil Ridge High School · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Fossil Ridge High School STEM Capstone Projects
$3,000
Fossil Ridge High School · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
STEM Academy Capstone Projects at Fossil Ridge High School (Dan Dannahower)
$3,000
New Vision Charter School · Loveland, CO · 2023
The Amazing Shake
$3,000
Fossil Ridge High School · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
STEM Academy Capstone Projects

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