Carl W & Carrie Mae Joslyn Charitable Trust
Chicago, IL · EIN 23-7135817. Reported 120 grants totalling $510,005 to 53 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Carl W & Carrie Mae Joslyn Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Place | Colorado Springs, CO | $29,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA of the Pikes Peak Region Inc | Colorodo Springs, CO | $26,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners in Housing Inc | Colorda Springs, CO | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fostering Hope Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Southern Colorado Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Silver Key Senior Services Inc | Colorodo Springs, CO | $20,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cheyenne Village | Colorodo Springs, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Springs Rescue Mission | Colorado Springs, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Audio Information Network of Colorado | Boulder, CO | $19,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Advocacy Center for Pikes Pea | Colorado Springs, CO | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Partnership for Child Development | Colorado Springs, CO | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Special Kids - Special Families Inc | Colorodo Springs, CO | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Westside Cares | Colorado Springs, CO | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dream Centers of Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs, CO | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kidpower of Colorado | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains | Denver, CO | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Assistance League of Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs, CO | $13,005 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Social Service | Colorado, CO | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Colorado Springs Teen Court Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Colorodo Springs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Thepikes Peak Reg | Colorado Springs, CO | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Care and Share Inc | Colorodo Springs, CO | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Colorado Springs Child Nursery Nursery Centers Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care Inc | Colorodo Springs, CO | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pikes Peak Justice Pro Bono Center Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation | Denver, CO | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Hospitality Network | Norristown, PA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Colorado Springs Conservatory Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heartspace Kids Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Forge Evolution | Colorado Springs, CO | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greccio Housing Unlimited Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Committee for Catholic Secondary Education | Colorodo Springs, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls on the Run of the Rockies | Greenwood Village, CO | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Centro De La Familia | Colorado Springs, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hba Cares Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kids on Bikes Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peak Education | Colorado Spgs, CO | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ablelight Inc | Watertown, WI | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of Southern | Colorado Springs, CO | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tessa | Colorodo Springs, CO | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | Monument, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catamount Institute | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stable Strides | Denton, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tri Lakes Cares | Colarado, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bright Beginnings | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cosiloveyou | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Multiple Sclerosis Society | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Senior Resource Council | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | Twin Falls, ID | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Envoy Christian Church | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minds Matter | Denver, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
33 of 53 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 74%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 85 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $131,000 | $4,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $123,500 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $128,000 | $4,500 |
| 2024 | 30 | $127,505 | $4,252 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 97% of this one's giving went to organizations in Colorado. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Carl W & Carrie Mae Joslyn Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL, 60603. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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