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Bee Vradenburg Foundation

Name: Bee Vradenburg 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.

112
grants reported: $375,214
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Colorado Springs Philharmonic2 grants · $47,984
Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region6 grants · $28,384
Redline Contemporary Art Center3 grants · $19,000
Youth Documentary Academy2 grants · $15,000
Downtown Ventures (Artspace)1 grant · $15,000
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs3 grants · $15,000
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum3 grants · $10,500
Rocky Mountain Women'S Film3 grants · $10,000
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center2 grants · $9,000
Colorado College Summer Music Festival3 grants · $8,500

Giving over time

$134,984

2022

$94,500

2023

$75,768

2024

$69,962

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 112 grants.

$31,984
Colorado Springs Philharmonic · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$16,000
Colorado Springs Philharmonic · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General Operating
$15,000
Downtown Ventures (Artspace) · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Art on the Streets Fellowship and Art on the Streets
$12,384
Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General Operating
$10,000
Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Challenge
$10,000
Youth Documentary Academy · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program: Our Time
$9,000
Redline Contemporary Art Center · Denver, CO · 2023
Program
$7,500
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Outreach
$6,500
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$6,500
Uccs Galleries of Contemporary Art · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$5,000
Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$5,000
Millibo Art Theatre · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$5,000
Redline Contemporary Art Center · Denver, CO · 2025
General Operating
$5,000
Cheyenne Mountain Public Broadcast House · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General Operating
$5,000
Redline Contemporary Art Center · Denver, CO · 2024
Program
$5,000
Uccs Theatreworks · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Internship
$5,000
Youth Documentary Academy · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General Operating
$5,000
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Program
$5,000
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program: City as a Venue
$5,000
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program: Day of Dance Family Fun Day
$5,000
Cottonwood Center for the Arts · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Challenge
$5,000
Manitou Art Center · Manitou Springs, CO · 2022
Capital: Hagnauer Gallery restoraion
$5,000
Onebodyent · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$5,000
Ormao Dance Company · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$5,000
Rocky Mountain Women'S Film · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program: Film in the Community
$4,500
Pikes Peak State College Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$4,500
Knob Hill Urban Arts District · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General Operating
$4,000
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$4,000
Concrete Couch · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$4,000
Unity Project · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General Operating
$4,000
Opera Theatre of the Rockies · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Program
$4,000
Uccs Galleries of Contemporary Art in the Care of University of Colorado Fo · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General Operating
$4,000
Unity Project · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General Operating
$4,000
Colorado College Summer Music Festival · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Outreach
$4,000
Food To Power · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Project: Hillside Hub mural
$3,500
Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$3,000
Art Song Colorado · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2025
General Operating
$3,000
Educational Partnerships Immersive Concerts (Epic) · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$3,000
Ballet Folklorico De Barajas · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General Operating
$3,000
Colorado Springs Chorale · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Project
$3,000
Fiestas Patrias in the Care of Thrive Network · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General Operating
$3,000
Poetry Heals · Manitou Springs, CO · 2023
General Operating
$3,000
Rocky Mountain Highway · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Discretionary
$3,000
Converge Lecture Series · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program: Converge Conference
$3,000
Educational Partnerships Immersive Concerts · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$2,884
Green Box Arts · Green Mountain Falls, CO · 2024
Internship
$2,500
Brink Literacy Project · Denver, CO · 2025
General Operating
$2,500
Colorado College Summer Music Festival · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$2,500
Palmer Lake Arts Council · Palmer Lake, CO · 2025
General Operating
$2,500
Rocky Mountain Women'S Film · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$2,500
Art Song Colorado · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2024
General Operating
$2,500
Palmer Lake Restoration Project · Palmer Lake, CO · 2024
General Operating
$2,500
Pikes Peak Pride · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General Operating
$2,500
Rocky Mountain Women'S Film · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General Operating
$2,500
Colorado Springs Chinese Cultural Institute · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Chinese New Year Festival
$2,500
Concrete Couch · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Project
$2,500
Creative Alliance Manitou Springs (Crane) · Manitou Springs, CO · 2023
General Operating
$2,500
Green Box Arts · Green Mountain Falls, CO · 2023
Internship
$2,500
Springs Ensemble Theatre · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General Operating
$2,500
Uccs Theatreworks in the Care of University of Colorado Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Internship
$2,500
Colorado Springs Chorale · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$2,500
Communityworks · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program: Recording studio
$2,500
Creative Alliance Manitou Springs 501(C)(3) · Manitou Springs, CO · 2022
Internship
$2,500
Poetry Heals · Manitou Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$2,000
Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$2,000
Poetry Heals · Manitou Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$2,000
Colorado College Summer Music Festival · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Children's orchestra
$2,000
Knob Hill Urban Arts District · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General Operating
$2,000
Manitou Art Center · Manitou Springs, CO · 2023
project
$2,000
Uccs Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience in the Care of University of · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
project
$2,000
From the Heart Foundation · Oxnard, CA · 2022
Project: A.M. Lewis Films: All the Beautiful Things film
$2,000
Old Colorado City Partnership · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program: Summer Concert Series
$2,000
Pikes Peak Permaculture · Manitou Springs, CO · 2022
Program: Flying Pig Farm: Dye Garden
$1,500
Springs Ensemble Theatre · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$1,500
Downtown Ventures · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Art on the Streets Fellowship and Art on the Streets
$1,500
Flying Pig Farm in the Care of Pikes Peak Permaculture · Manitou Springs, CO · 2023
artist in residence
$1,500
Alpenglow Music Program · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program: Summer Music Progrm
$1,500
Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble · Monument, CO · 2022
General Operating
$1,500
Opera Theatre of the Rockies · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$1,500
Rocky Mountain Highway · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program: MeadowGrass Music Festival
$1,481
Downtown Ventures · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$1,481
Rocky Mountain Highway · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$1,000
Art Students League of Denver · Denver, CO · 2025
General Operating
$1,000
Colorado Springs Chinese Cultural Institute · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$1,000
Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General Operating
$1,000
Think360 Arts for Learning · Denver, CO · 2025
General Operating
$1,000
Art Students League of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
General Operating
$1,000
Creative Alliance Manitou Springs (Cra · Manitou Springs, CO · 2024
General Operating
$1,000
Art Exposure in the Care of Change Haven · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Discretionary
$1,000
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Bee an arts champion
$1,000
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation · Salida, CO · 2023
Fort Carson outreach program
$1,000
Awaken Creative Institute · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$1,000
Ballet Folklorico De Barajas · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Bee an Arts Champion
$1,000
Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2022
Discretionary: Program: "Amelia's Big Idea" children's theatre production
$1,000
Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Discretionary: Program: Business & Arts Lunch
$1,000
Inside Out Youth Services · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$1,000
Lategro · La Junta, CO · 2022
Program: Artivism youth workshops
$1,000
Pikes Peak Musicians Association Local 154 · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Program: CSPO Players Assembly: Summer gigs for musicians
$1,000
Pikes Peak Pride · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General Operating
$1,000
Sherlock'S Homes Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
Discretionary: Pikes Peak Pride: General Operating

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