Carl W & Carrie Mae Joslyn Charitable Trust
Chicago, IL · EIN 23-7135817. Reported 156 grants totalling $636,155 to 63 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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 $2,000 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Place | Colorado Springs, CO | $37,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| CASA of the Pikes Peak Region Inc | Colorodo Springs, CO | $31,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fostering Hope Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $31,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Partners in Housing Inc | Colorda Springs, CO | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Southern Colorado Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $29,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Children's Advocacy Center for Pikes Pea | Colorado Springs, CO | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Audio Information Network of Colorado | Boulder, CO | $24,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cheyenne Village | Colorodo Springs, CO | $24,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Partnership for Child Development | Colorado Springs, CO | $23,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Special Kids - Special Families Inc | Colorodo Springs, CO | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dream Centers of Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs, CO | $21,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Westside Cares | Colorado Springs, CO | $21,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Silver Key Senior Services Inc | Colorodo Springs, CO | $20,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Springs Rescue Mission | Colorado Springs, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains | Denver, CO | $19,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kidpower of Colorado | Colorado Springs, CO | $18,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Assistance League of Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs, CO | $13,005 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Hospitality Network | Norristown, PA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lutheran Social Service | Colorado, CO | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pikes Peak Justice Pro Bono Center Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation | Denver, CO | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Colorado Springs Conservatory Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tessa | Colorodo Springs, CO | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kids on Bikes Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Girls on the Run of the Rockies | Greenwood Village, CO | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Heartspace Kids Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peak Education | Colorado Spgs, CO | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Stable Strides | Denton, TX | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Catamount Institute | Colorado Springs, CO | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tri Lakes Cares | Colarado, CO | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Centro De La Familia | Colorado Springs, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cosiloveyou | Colorado Springs, CO | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance | Colorado Springs, CO | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hba Cares Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | Twin Falls, ID | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ablelight Inc | Watertown, WI | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of Southern | Colorado Springs, CO | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Concrete Couch | Colorado Springs, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | Monument, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dear Jack Foundation Inc | Littleton, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bright Beginnings | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities of Colorodo Springs | Colorodo Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Diakonia | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Flying Pig Farm LLC | Manitou Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Food to Power | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Multiple Sclerosis Society | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peak Parent Center | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Safe Families for Children | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Senior Resource Council | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Step Springs | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,650 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mindfulness and Positivity Project | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Envoy Christian Church | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minds Matter | Denver, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
40 of 63 (63%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 75%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 112 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
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 |
| 2025 | 36 | $126,150 | $2,750 |
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
95% of its giving went to organizations in Colorado. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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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