Funding search · EIN 841266717 · Colorado Springs, CO

The Hester E & Edwin W Giddings Foundation

Name: The Hester E & Edwin W Giddings Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

118
grants reported: $500,800
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

childrens youth care adults childcare children disabilities educational

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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.

1 grant matching “gobal” · $1,500

$1,500
Fountain Valley School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
gobal education

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

McAllister House Museum2 grants · $35,500
Care & Share3 grants · $25,000
Early Connections3 grants · $20,000
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum2 grants · $16,000
Project Angel Heart2 grants · $14,000
McAllister House Museum1 grant · $13,400
Cheyenne Village3 grants · $13,000
Westside Cares2 grants · $11,500
Family Life Services2 grants · $10,000
Community Partnership for Childhood Development2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$95,000

2022

$118,600

2023

$131,600

2024

$155,600

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 118 grants.

$18,500
McAllister House Museum · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Vistor center salary
$17,000
McAllister House Museum · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Vistor Center Salary
$13,400
McAllister House Museum · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Vistor Center Salary
$10,000
Care & Share · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Childrens nutrition iniative
$10,000
Early Connections · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Support educational and childcare programs
$10,000
Care & Share · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Childrens nutrition iniative
$8,000
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$8,000
Project Angel Heart · Denver, CO · 2025
Operating support
$8,000
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Childrens promgrams
$8,000
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
childrens promgrams
$8,000
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
childrens programs
$7,500
Westside Cares · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Household stabilization program
$7,000
Colorado Springs Pro Housing · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$6,000
Project Angel Heart · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
meals for sick KIDS
$5,000
Atlas Preparatory School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Cheyenne Village · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Community Partnership for Childhood Development · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Cool Science · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Dream Centers · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Marys home/womens clinnic
$5,000
Family Life Services · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Homeward Pikes Peak · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Ormao Dance Co · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Partners in Housing · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Peak Education · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Penrose St Francis Health · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Project Diakonia · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Special Kids Special Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Support respite and specialized care for children and adults with disabilities
$5,000
Tri Lakes Cares · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
United Way · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Atlas Preparatory School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Community Partnership for Childhood Development · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Early Connections · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Support educational and childcare programs
$5,000
Family Life Services · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Behavioral health
$5,000
Peak Education · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Project Diakonia · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
The Memorial Health System Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Whole blood program
$5,000
The Place · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Emergency youth shelter
$5,000
African-American Historical and Genealogical Society of Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$5,000
Care & Share · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Childrens Nutrition Iniative
$5,000
Cheyenne Village · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$5,000
Early Connections · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Support educational and childcare programs
$5,000
The Justice Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$5,000
The Place · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
emergency youth shelter
$5,000
Care and Share · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Childrens Nutrition Iniative
$5,000
Colorado Farm To Table · Salida, CO · 2022
operating support
$5,000
Mt Carmel Veterns Service Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Mental/physical health services
$5,000
The Justice Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
operating support
$4,500
Special Kids Special Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Support respite and specialized care for children and adults with disabilities
$4,000
Women Partnering · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$4,000
Assistance League · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$4,000
Dream Centers · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Marys home/womens clinnic
$4,000
Special Kids Special Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Support respite and specialized care for children and adults with disabilities
$4,000
Westside Cares · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Household stabilization program
$4,000
Assistance League · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$4,000
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
2022 activities
$4,000
Tessa · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$4,000
Westside Cares · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
household stabilization program
$4,000
Project Angel Heart · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
meals for sick
$4,000
Special Kids Special Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
support respite and specialized care for children and adults with disabilities
$3,600
Mercys Gate · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$3,600
Kid Power · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Youth education
$3,600
Kid Power · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Youth Education
$3,500
B Cos - We Care for Our Community · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$3,500
Lotus Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$3,500
Childrens Literacy Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$3,500
Colorado Springs Community Cultural Collective at the City Auditorium · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$3,500
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$3,500
Casa · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Child Abuse Program
$3,500
Early Connections · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
support educational and childcare programs
$3,000
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$3,000
Teller Senior Coalition · Divide, CO · 2025
Operating support
$3,000
Cheyenne Village · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$3,000
Cottonwood Center for the Arts · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$3,000
Springs Rescue Mission · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Homeless vet support program
$3,000
Colorado Springs Community Cultural Collective · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$3,000
Community Partnership Family Resource Center · Woodland Park, CO · 2023
operating support
$3,000
Cosiloveyou · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$3,000
Family Life Services · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$3,000
Family Promise of Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$3,000
Tri Lakes Cares · Monument, CO · 2023
Support charitable purpose
$3,000
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
2022 activities
$3,000
Colorado Springs Conservancy · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
operating support
$3,000
The Place · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
emergency youth shelter
$2,500
Age Wise Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
Expand in colorado springs area
$2,500
Rise Southeast · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$2,500
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Colorado · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$2,500
Family Promise of Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Junior Achievement USA · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Parents Challenge · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Safe Passage · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Dream Centers · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Marys Home/Womens clinnic
$2,500
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$2,500
Peak Education · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support
$2,500
Teller Sr Coalition · Woodland Park, CO · 2023
general operating
$2,500
Court Care · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
child care operation
$2,500
Dream Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Women's Clinic
$2,500
Safe Passage · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Victim Services Program
$2,000
Opera Theatre of the Rockies · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operating support
$2,000
Heartspace Counseling for Kids · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
operating support

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