Funding search · EIN 814487318 · Henderson, CO

Phil and Ruth Spano Foundation

Name: Phil and Ruth Spano 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.

24
grants reported: $730,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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.

Grant history

All 24 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Aspen Historical Society · Aspen, CO · 2024
Zupancis & holden-marolt
$75,000
Aspen Historical Society · Aspen, CO · 2023
Zupancis & holden-marolt
$50,000
Caruso Family Charities · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Aspen Historical Society · Aspen, CO · 2022
General support of organization
$40,000
Catholic Health Intitavies · Lakewood, CO · 2022
General support of organization
$30,000
Caruso Family Charities · Lakewood, CO · 2023
General support of organization
$25,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Emmaus Catholic Hospice · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Catholic Health Intitavies · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Scholarship program
$25,000
Catholic Health Intitavies · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Flight for life program
$25,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Dominican Home Health Agency · Denver, CO · 2023
General support of organization
$25,000
Heartlight Center · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Caruso Family Charities · Lakewood, CO · 2022
General support of organization
$25,000
Dominican Home Health Agency · Denver, CO · 2022
General support of organization
$25,000
Heartlight Center · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Catholic Health Intitavies · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Scholarship program
$20,000
Catholic Health Intitavies · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Flight for life program
$20,000
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2024
Collier hospice
$20,000
Canine Partner of the Rockies · Aurora, CO · 2023
General support of organization
$20,000
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2023
Collier hospice
$20,000
Canine Partner of the Rockies · Aurora, CO · 2022
General support of organization
$20,000
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2022
Collier hospice

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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.