Funding search · EIN 841559444 · Boulder, CO

The Caruso Foundation

Name: The Caruso 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.

100
grants reported: $5.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

Top recipients

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

University of Colorado Foundation3 grants · $1.5M
University of Chicago Booth School of Business3 grants · $750,000
University of Illinois3 grants · $750,000
Civico2 grants · $300,000
Greenhouse Scholars3 grants · $259,150
National Center for Women & Information Technology3 grants · $125,000
Access Opportunity3 grants · $120,000
Boulder Police Foundation1 grant · $111,000
City of Boulder (Police Canine Program)2 grants · $100,000
Colorado Thrives2 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.8M

2022

$1.7M

2023

$1.5M

2024

Grant history

All 100 reported grants, largest first.

$665,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$470,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$355,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$300,000
University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2022
Program Funding
$275,000
University of Chicago Booth School of Business · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program Funding
$250,000
University of Chicago Booth School of Business · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program Funding
$225,000
University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2024
Program Funding
$225,000
University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2023
Program Funding
$225,000
University of Chicago Booth School of Business · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Funding
$200,000
Civico · Denver, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$111,000
Boulder Police Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$100,450
Greenhouse Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$100,000
Civico · Denver, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$92,700
Greenhouse Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$75,000
Elevate Quantum · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Program Funding
$66,000
Greenhouse Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$64,473
Endeavor Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$50,000
National Center for Women & Information Technology · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$50,000
City of Boulder (Police Canine Program) · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$50,000
Colorado Thrives · Denver, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$50,000
National Center for Women & Information Technology · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$50,000
City of Boulder (Police Canine Program) · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$50,000
Colorado Thrives · Denver, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$50,000
Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$40,000
Access Opportunity · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$40,000
Access Opportunity · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$40,000
Access Opportunity · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$30,000
Feherty'S Troops First Foundation · Mount Airy, MD · 2022
Program Funding
$25,000
Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$25,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
Program Funding
$25,000
Operation Walk Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$25,000
Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$25,000
Dairy Arts Center · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$25,000
Feherty'S Troops First Foundation · Mount Airy, MD · 2023
Program Funding
$25,000
Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$25,000
Community Foundation of Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$25,000
Dairy Arts Center · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$25,000
Endeavor Colorado · New York, NY · 2022
Program Funding
$25,000
National Center for Women & Information Technology · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$25,000
The Watson Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$20,000
Unite America Institute · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$20,000
Advance Edu · Denver, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$20,000
Unite America Institute · Denver, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$20,000
Boulder Cancer Fighters · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$17,000
5430 Foundation · Van Nuys, CA · 2023
Program Funding
$15,000
Boulder Cancer Fighters · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$15,000
Boulder Cancer Fighters · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$13,500
Colorado Forum Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$12,750
Endeavor Global · New York, NY · 2022
Program Funding
$10,000
Boulder Community Health Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$10,000
Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$10,000
El Dorado Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Program Funding
$10,000
Growing Gardens of Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$10,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Program Funding
$10,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024
Program Funding
$10,000
Tennyson Center for Children · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$10,000
Boulder Community Health Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$10,000
El Dorado Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Program Funding
$10,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
Program Funding
$10,000
Glider · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$10,000
Growing Gardens of Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$10,000
North Boulder Little League · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$10,000
Tennyson Center for Children · Denver, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$10,000
El Dorado Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
Program Funding
$10,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
Program Funding
$10,000
Growing Gardens of Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$10,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022
Program Funding
$10,000
Women'S Leadership Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$8,000
Denver Civic Ventures · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$5,000
Big Green · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$5,000
Denver Civic Ventures · Denver, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$5,000
A Precious Child · Broomfield, MD · 2022
Program Funding
$5,000
Denver Civic Ventures · Denver, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$5,000
Denver Scholarship Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$5,000
Links for Lungs · Towson, MD · 2022
Program Funding
$4,000
Shelter · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
Program Funding
$3,500
Camp Kesem · Covina, CA · 2023
Program Funding
$3,000
Colorado Women'S Chamber Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$3,000
Engineers Without Borders · Denver, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$3,000
Jazz at Aspen Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$2,500
Colorado Drive Foundation · Westminster, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$2,500
Denver Startup Week · Denver, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$2,000
Glider · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$2,000
Boco Flamenco · Boulder, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$1,500
Camp Kesem · Covina, CA · 2022
Program Funding
$1,500
Shelter · Arlington Heights, IL · 2022
Program Funding
$1,018
Camp Kesem · Covina, CA · 2024
Program Funding
$1,000
Colorado Business Roundtable · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$1,000
Niwot Elementary · Longmont, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$1,000
Soaring Heights · Erie, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$1,000
Tara Institute of Performing Arts · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program Funding
$1,000
St Jude Reseach Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Funding
$1,000
Niwot High School Boosters · Niwot, CO · 2022
Program Funding
$500
Boys Town · Boys Town, NE · 2023
Program Funding
$500
Make a Wish - Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program Funding
$500
Minooka Community High School · Minooka, IL · 2023
Program Funding
$500
Minooka Community High School · Minooka, IL · 2022
Program Funding
$300
Soaring Heights Pk-8 Pto · Erie, CO · 2023
Program Funding
$250
Lightways · Joliet, IL · 2023
Program Funding
$200
Ronald McDonald House Charity · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program Funding

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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.