To encourage giving by connecting donors to community needs, building permanent charitable funds, and bringing people together to improve the quality of life throughout Wheat Ridge. To oversee the disposition of donations made to the city of Wheat Ridge.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 35 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $6K a year · 7% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $196
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$141K
+6% vs prior year
Net assets
$433K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$141K
FY2024▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$89K
FY2021$85K
FY2022$115K
FY2023$133K
FY2024$141K
Expenses
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FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$93K
FY2021$69K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$433K
FY2024▲ +17%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$290K
FY2021$335K
FY2022$347K
FY2023$371K
FY2024$433K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Exec Dir/Tre
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Vivian Vos’s $655 as Director is at the 1st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1017 $100K–1M recreation & sports nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Connects donors to community needs, builds charitable funds, and improves quality of life.

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3 programs · $58K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

The wheat ridge community foundation supports education enrichment by maintaining several scholarship funds. The foundation also supports various academic and athletic activities at wheat ridge high school.

$41Kprogram expense
02

The wheat ridge community foundation supports community enrichment through a variety of programs and projects. Feed the future backpack program - various non-profit agencies and individuals have come together to provide an ongoing fund which supports the collection and dissemination of food items, each weekend, to students in eight title…

$18Kprogram expense
03

The wheat ridge community foundation facilitates the collection of donations, distributions of grants and financial support of many community enrichment and education enrichment activities for the wheat ridge community.

$200program expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$196
Grants paid · 7 grants · $81K · 2020–2021
Partnership - Academic CompetitionFY2021$10,000
Wheat Ridge Rotary Club FoundationFY2021$8,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$7,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$300
Wheat Ridge Rotary Club FoundationFY2020$30,890
Wheat Ridge Active Adult CenterFY2020$19,060
Unitemized GrantFY2020$5,500

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$141K
Other income$141K
Owns and owes
$433K
net assets
People
7
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$141K
Total revenue$141K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$433K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers35
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $141K$433K 990 PDF
FY2023 $133K$371K 990 PDF
FY2022 $115K$347K 990 PDF
FY2021 $85K$69K$17K$335K 990 PDF
FY2020 $89K$93K−$4K$290K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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