Funding search · EIN 814487318 · Henderson, CO

Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation

Name: Phil and Ruth Spano 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.

24
grants reported: $730,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

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Grant history

All 24 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Aspen Historical Society · Aspen, CO · 2024
Zupancis & holden-marolt
$75,000
Aspen Historical Society · Aspen, CO · 2023
Zupancis & holden-marolt
$50,000
Caruso Family Charities · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Aspen Historical Society · Aspen, CO · 2022
General support of organization
$40,000
Catholic Health Intitavies · Lakewood, CO · 2022
General support of organization
$30,000
Caruso Family Charities · Lakewood, CO · 2023
General support of organization
$25,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Emmaus Catholic Hospice · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Catholic Health Intitavies · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Scholarship program
$25,000
Catholic Health Intitavies · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Flight for life program
$25,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Dominican Home Health Agency · Denver, CO · 2023
General support of organization
$25,000
Heartlight Center · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Caruso Family Charities · Lakewood, CO · 2022
General support of organization
$25,000
Dominican Home Health Agency · Denver, CO · 2022
General support of organization
$25,000
Heartlight Center · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Catholic Health Intitavies · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Scholarship program
$20,000
Catholic Health Intitavies · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Flight for life program
$20,000
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2024
Collier hospice
$20,000
Canine Partner of the Rockies · Aurora, CO · 2023
General support of organization
$20,000
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2023
Collier hospice
$20,000
Canine Partner of the Rockies · Aurora, CO · 2022
General support of organization
$20,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2022
Collier hospice

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.