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Lynn & Helen N Clark Crt

Billings, MT · EIN 84-6270492. Reported 109 grants totalling $677,240 to 55 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$677,240granted, 2020-2024
55organizations funded
52%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,666,730assets, latest filing

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. Lynn & Helen N Clark Crt did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
50 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
39 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
14 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Outreach United Resource CenterLongmont, CO$125,000552024
Longmont Meals on Wheels IncLongmont, CO$53,000442024
The Inn Between of Longmont IncLongmont, CO$42,000442024
Skyline Education FoundationLongmont, CO$29,000222021
Silver Creek Education FoundationLongmont, CO$28,500442024
Longmont United Hospital FoundationLongmont, CO$25,000332022
Recovery Cafe LongmontLongmont, CO$23,500552024
Tlc Learning CenterLongmont, CO$18,500112024
Habitat for HumanityLongmont, CO$17,500222024
Safe Shelter of St Vrain ValleyLongmont, CO$17,000222021
St Vrain Valley Schools Education FoundationLongmont, CO$17,000442023
Crossroads SchoolLongmont, CO$16,000332024
Lyons Emergency Assistance FundLyons, CO$15,500332022
Habitat for Humanity of St Vrain ValleyLongmont, CO$15,000222021
Mountain States Children's HomeLongmont, CO$15,000222021
Longs Peak Hospital FoundationLongmont, CO$12,000332022
Longmont Youth SymphonyLongmont, CO$11,500442024
The Reentry InitiativeLongmont, CO$11,500332024
Beatrice Hover Assisted Living ResidenceLongmont, CO$10,000212020
Hope (homeless Outreach Providing Encouragement)Longmont, CO$10,000112020
Longmont Community Justice PartnershipLongmont, CO$10,000222022
Blue Sky BridgeBoulder, CO$9,000222024
Boulder Community Housing CorporationBoulder, CO$9,000222022
El Comite De LongmontLongmont, CO$9,000222024
Longmont High School Music BoostersLongmont, CO$8,500332022
Colorado FriendshipLongmont, CO$8,000222024
I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder CtyBoulder, CO$8,000222022
Intercambio Uniting CommunitiesBoulder, CO$8,000222022
Longmont Ending Violence InitiativeLongmont, CO$8,000222022
Brite CollaborativeLongmont, CO$7,000112024
Leaf Lyons Emergency and Assistance FdLyons, CO$6,000112024
A and I AvenuesLafayette, CO$5,000112023
The Tiny Tim CenterLongmont, CO$5,000112022
Wild Plum Center for Young Children and FamiliesLongmont, CO$5,000112022
Life Choices Pregnancy CenterLongmont, CO$4,500222022
Longmont Ending Domestic Violence InitLongmont, CO$4,500112023
Boulder Community Housing CorporatonBoulder, CO$4,000112023
Growing Gardens of BoulderBoulder, CO$4,000112024
Longmont High School Performing ArtsLongmont, CO$4,000112024
ImagineLafayette, CO$3,500112024
Growing Gardens of Boulder CountyBoulder, CO$3,200112021
Gateway Montessori SchoolLongmont, CO$3,040222023
Collegiate CrossingsErie, CO$3,000112020
Growing GardensBoulder, CO$3,000112020
Longmont Symphony OrchestraLongmont, CO$3,000332024
Center for People With DisabilitiesBoulder, CO$2,500112020
Developmental Disabilities CenterLafayette, CO$2,500112020
Life ChoicesLongmont, CO$2,500112020
Tru Community CareLafayette, CO$2,500112024
Longmont Humane SocietyLongmont, CO$2,000112020
YMCA of Boulder ValleyBoulder, CO$2,000112022
YWCA Boulder CountyBoulder, CO$2,000112022
The St Vrain Historical Society IncLongmont, CO$1,500222022
Boulder Voices for ChildrenBoulder, CO$1,000112020
Special Olympics ColoradoCentennial, CO$1,000112021

30 of 55 (55%) 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 52%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
16 grants
Human Services
10 grants
Housing & Shelter
6 grants
Health Care
6 grants
Arts & Culture
6 grants
Mental Health
5 grants
Crime & Legal
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202031$157,440$4,000
202122$152,700$5,000
202223$128,500$4,000
202313$95,600$5,000
202420$143,000$5,000

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

Longmont, CO
$580K
Boulder, CO
$56K
Lyons, CO
$22K
Lafayette, CO
$14K
Jamestown, CO
$3K
Erie, CO
$3K
Centennial, CO
$1K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Lynn & Helen N Clark Crt's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 30918, Billings, MT, 59116. 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.

EIN 84-6270492 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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