Funding search · EIN 841289459 · Denver, CO

Caruthers Family Foundation

Name: Caruthers Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

79
grants reported: $2.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Cu Foundation Fbo Biochemistry Dept3 grants · $385,000
The Wild Animal Sanctuary4 grants · $312,000
Bravo Co at Beaver Creek2 grants · $300,000
National Audubon Society2 grants · $240,000
Parlando Incorporated3 grants · $115,000
Island School1 grant · $100,000
Slc6a1 Connect Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation3 grants · $100,000
Island School (Kauai)1 grant · $100,000
Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary1 grant · $80,000

Giving over time

$142,000

2021

$531,000

2022

$935,000

2023

$636,000

2024

Grant history

All 79 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Bravo Co at Beaver Creek · Vail, CO · 2023
General fund
$185,000
Cu Foundation Fbo Biochemistry Dept · Denver, CO · 2023
General fund
$160,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$107,000
The Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2022
General fund
$100,000
Cu Foundation Fbo Biochemistry Dept · Denver, CO · 2024
General fund
$100,000
Island School · Lihue, HI · 2024
General fund
$100,000
The Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2024
General fund
$100,000
Slc6a1 Connect Foundation · Frisco, TX · 2023
General fund
$100,000
The Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2023
General fund
$100,000
Bravo Co at Beaver Creek · Vail, CO · 2022
General fund
$100,000
Cu Foundation Fbo Biochemistry Dept · Denver, CO · 2022
General fund
$100,000
Island School (Kauai) · Lihue, HI · 2022
General fund
$80,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$80,000
Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary · Gibbon, NE · 2021
General fund
$75,000
Parlando Incorporated · Boulder, CO · 2023
General fund
$50,000
Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts · Boulder, CO · 2023
General fund
$50,000
Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
General fund
$30,000
Southwest Llama Rescue · Kerrville, TX · 2024
General fund
$30,000
Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Rocky Mountain Pbs Channel 6 · Denver, CO · 2024
General fund
$20,000
Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
General fund
$20,000
Parlando Incorporated · Boulder, CO · 2024
General fund
$20,000
Doctors Wo Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$20,000
Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts · Boulder, CO · 2022
General fund
$20,000
Parlando Incorporated · Boulder, CO · 2021
General fund
$15,000
Southwest Llama Rescue · Kerrville, TX · 2023
General fund
$12,000
Southwest Llama Rescue · Kerrville, TX · 2021
General fund
$10,000
Doctors Wo Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Rocky Mountain Conservancy · Estes Park, CO · 2024
General fund
$10,000
The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Rocky Mountain Conservancy · Estes Park, CO · 2023
General fund
$10,000
The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Elephant Wo Borders · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Red Cross Fbo Hawaii Wildfires · Lihue, HI · 2022
General fund
$10,000
The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2022
General fund
$10,000
UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2022
General fund
$6,000
Hawaii Islands Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General fund
$5,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless · Boulder, CO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Co Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Colorado Public Television · Denver, CO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Elephants Without Borders · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Greenpeace · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Kgnu Radio · Boulder, CO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Pacific Whale Foundation · Wailuku, HI · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Pauahi Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General fund
$5,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless · Boulder, CO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Co Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Colorado Gives · Arvada, CO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Colorado Public Television · Denver, CO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Greenpeace · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Kgnu Radio · Boulder, CO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Pacific Whale Foundation · Wailuku, HI · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Pauahi Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Rocky Mountain Pbs Channel 6 · Denver, CO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Doctors Wo Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Doctors Wo Borders · New York, NY · 2021
General fund
$5,000
Greenpeace · Washington, DC · 2021
General fund
$5,000
The Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2021
General fund
$3,000
Colorado Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2021
General fund
$3,000
Colorado Public Television Channel12 · Denver, CO · 2021
General fund
$3,000
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2021
General fund
$2,000
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Kgnu Radio · Boulder, CO · 2021
General fund
$1,000
Earthjustice · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Hawaii Islands Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Boulder Philharmonic Orchrstra · Boulder, CO · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Hawaii Islands Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Rocky Mountain Pbs Channel 6 · Denver, CO · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Hawaii Islands Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2021
General fund
$1,000
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2021
General fund
$1,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2021
General fund
$1,000
Pacific Whale Foundation · Wailuku, HI · 2021
General fund

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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.