Funding search · EIN 465064265 · Denver, CO

Catto Shaw Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

54
grants reported
$3.2M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$40,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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

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Top recipients

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  • Aspen Center for Environmental Studies3 grants · $726,500
  • The Arts Campus at Willits3 grants · $352,961
  • Ascend at the Aspen Institute3 grants · $304,400
  • Aspen Words3 grants · $298,500
  • Valley Settlement3 grants · $250,000
  • Creative Capital Foundation2 grants · $224,760
  • Manu2 grants · $175,000
  • Creative Visions1 grant · $125,014
  • Cate School2 grants · $125,000
  • Conservation International3 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$999,714
2022
$1.1M
2023
$1.1M
2024

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

  • $278,500

    Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $236,000

    Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $212,000

    Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $172,361

    The Arts Campus at Willits · Basalt, CO · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $149,760

    Creative Capital Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $130,600

    The Arts Campus at Willits · Basalt, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $125,014

    Creative Visions · Malibu, CA · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $104,400

    Ascend at the Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $100,000

    Ascend at the Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $100,000

    Aspen Words · Aspen, CO · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $100,000

    Manu · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $100,000

    Valley Settlement · Carbondale, CO · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $100,000

    Ascend at the Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $100,000

    Aspen Words · Aspen, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $98,500

    Aspen Words · Aspen, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $96,600

    Creative Capital · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $75,000

    California State University Sacramento · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $75,000

    Creative Capital Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $75,000

    Cate School · Carpenteria, CA · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $75,000

    Manu · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $75,000

    Valley Settlement · Carbondale, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $75,000

    Valley Settlement · Carbondale, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $60,000

    English in Action · Basalt, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $51,200

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $50,000

    Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $50,000

    Cate School · Carpenteria, CA · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $50,000

    The Arts Campus at Willits · Basalt, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $30,000

    North State Public Radio · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $25,000

    Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $25,000

    The Shalom Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $25,000

    Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $15,000

    Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $15,000

    The Shalom Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $15,000

    The Art Base · Basalt, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $15,000

    The Shalom Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Dsa Friends Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Dsa Friends Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    Dsa Friends Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $10,000

    English in Action · Basalt, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $7,500

    Anderson Ranch Arts Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $5,000

    Independence Pass Foundation · Aspen, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $5,000

    The Art Base · Basalt, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $5,000

    Anderson Ranch Arts Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $5,000

    Conservation Colorado Education Fund · Denver, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $5,000

    Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $5,000

    Independence Pass Foundation · Aspen, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $5,000

    The Cobalt Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $5,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $3,000

    Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $2,500

    Aspen Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $2,500

    Aspen Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $2,500

    Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2022

    General operating fund

  • $1,000

    Xerces Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating fund

  • $500

    Friends of the Aspen Animal Shelter · Aspen, CO · 2023

    General operating 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.