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Borgen Family Foundation

Name: Borgen Family 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.

122
grants reported: $4.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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.

Vail Health Foundation2 grants · $600,000
Vail Health Foundation1 grant · $300,000
Denver Botanic Gardens - Chatfield2 grants · $250,000
Cycle Effect2 grants · $175,000
Eleva-Strum Scholarship2 grants · $170,000
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail2 grants · $160,000
Eagle Valley Land Trust2 grants · $155,000
Eagle Valley Land Trust1 grant · $152,000
University of Wisconsin2 grants · $150,000
Ski and Snowboard Club Vail1 grant · $133,500

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 122 grants.

$300,000
Vail Health Foundation · Vail, CO · 2024
Charity
$300,000
Vail Health Foundation · Vail, CO · 2023
Charity
$300,000
Vail Health Foundation · Vail, CO · 2022
Charity
$152,000
Eagle Valley Land Trust · Edwards, CO · 2024
Charity
$140,000
Eagle Valley Land Trust · Edwards, CO · 2023
Charity
$133,500
Ski and Snowboard Club Vail · Vail, CO · 2024
Charity
$130,000
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail · Vail, CO · 2022
Charity
$125,000
Denver Botanic Gardens · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity
$125,000
Denver Botanic Gardens - Chatfield · Denver, CO · 2023
Charity
$125,000
Denver Botanic Gardens - Chatfield · Denver, CO · 2022
Charity
$120,000
Eleva-Strum Scholarship · Strum, WI · 2022
Charity
$100,000
University of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Charity
$87,500
Cycle Effect · Eagle, CO · 2023
Charity
$87,500
Cycle Effect · Eagle, CO · 2022
Charity
$67,500
Vail Valley Foundation · Avon, CO · 2023
Charity
$67,000
Walking Mountains Science Center · Avon, CO · 2024
Charity
$65,000
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens · Vail, CO · 2023
Charity
$65,000
Walking Mountains Science Center · Avon, CO · 2023
Charity
$62,000
Walking Mountains Science Center · Avon, CO · 2022
Charity
$55,000
The Cycle Effect · Eagle, CO · 2024
Charity
$54,333
Students Shoulder-To-Shoulder · Vail, CO · 2023
Charity
$54,100
Vail Valley Foundation · Avon, CO · 2024
Charity
$52,000
School District of Eleva-Strum · Strum, WI · 2024
Charity
$50,000
Colorado Mountain College · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2024
Charity
$50,000
Colorado Mountain College Foundation · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2023
Charity
$50,000
Eleva-Strum Scholarship · Strum, WI · 2023
Charity
$50,000
Colorado Mountain College Foundation · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2022
Charity
$50,000
University of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
Charity
$47,000
Students Shoulder To Shoulder · Edwards, CO · 2024
Charity
$42,500
Vail Mountain School · Vail, CO · 2022
Charity
$40,000
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens · Vail, CO · 2024
Charity
$34,333
Students Shoulder-To-Shoulder · Vail, CO · 2022
Charity
$31,500
Vail Mountain School · Vail, CO · 2024
Charity
$30,000
Graland Country Day School · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity
$30,000
Rocky Mountain Land Library · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity
$30,000
Rocky Mountain Land Library · Denver, CO · 2023
Charity
$30,000
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail · Vail, CO · 2023
Charity
$30,000
Vail Mountain School · Vail, CO · 2023
Charity
$30,000
Rocky Mountain Land Library · Denver, CO · 2022
Charity
$25,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$25,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023
Charity
$25,000
Graland Country Day School · Denver, CO · 2023
Charity
$25,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022
Charity
$25,000
Graland Country Day School · Denver, CO · 2022
Charity
$25,000
Vail Valley Foundation · Avon, CO · 2022
Charity
$20,000
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre · Grand Lake, CO · 2024
Charity
$20,000
The Nature Conservancy · Boulder, CO · 2024
Charity
$20,000
Nature Conservancy · Denver, CO · 2023
Charity
$20,000
Nature Conservancy · Denver, CO · 2022
Charity
$20,000
Round Up River Ranch · Gypsum, CO · 2022
Charity
$17,500
Roundup River Ranch · Gypsum, CO · 2024
Charity
$15,000
Colorado Succeeds · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity
$15,000
Community Builders · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2024
Charity
$15,000
High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2024
Charity
$15,000
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2024
Charity
$15,000
Teach for America Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity
$15,000
Colorado Succeeds · Littleton, CO · 2023
Charity
$15,000
Community Builders · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2023
Charity
$15,000
Teach for America · Denver, CO · 2023
Charity
$15,000
Colorado Succeeds · Littleton, CO · 2022
Charity
$15,000
Community Builders · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2022
Charity
$15,000
Eagle Valley Land Trust · Edwards, CO · 2022
Charity
$15,000
Teach for America · Denver, CO · 2022
Charity
$15,000
Youth On Record · Denver, CO · 2022
Charity
$10,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfeild, MA · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Denver Children'S Home · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Kent Denver School · Englewood, CO · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Kipp Colorado Schools · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Rachel'S Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Vail Veterans Program · Vail, CO · 2024
Charity
$10,000
High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Kipp Colorado Schools · Denver, CO · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Rachel'S Network · Washington, DC · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Round Up River Ranch · Gypsum, CO · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Vail Veterans Program · Vail, CO · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Youth On Record · Denver, CO · 2023
Charity
$10,000
High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2022
Charity
$10,000
Kipp Colorado Schools · Denver, CO · 2022
Charity
$10,000
Rachel'S Network · Washington, DC · 2022
Charity
$10,000
Vail Veterans Program · Vail, CO · 2022
Charity
$10,000
Vvf Youthpower 365 · Avon, CO · 2022
Charity
$7,000
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024
Charity
$5,500
Colorado Snowsports Museum & Hall of Fame · Vail, CO · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Colorado Open Lands · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Colorado Snowsports Museum · Vail, CO · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Grand Lake Yacht Club Sailing Foundation · Granby, CO · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Lliff School of Theology · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Sonoran Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Charity
$5,000
University of Oregon Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Youth On Record · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Denver Children'S Home · Denver, CO · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Iliff School of Theology · Denver, CO · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre · Grand Lake, CO · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Sonoran Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Colorado Ski Museum · Vail, CO · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Iliff School of Theology · Denver, CO · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre · Grand Lake, CO · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Sonoran Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Charity
$4,000
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Charity
$3,000
Denver Children'S Home · Denver, CO · 2022
Charity

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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.