The Wolcott Family Foundation
Paonia, CO · EIN 84-1570728. Reported 96 grants totalling $379,195 to 55 recipients across tax years 2020-2023. 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. The Wolcott Family Foundation 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $5,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens for a Healthy Colorado | Paonia, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Grand Valley Citizens Alliance | Grand Junction, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| High Country Conservation Advocates | Crested Butte, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sheep Mountain Alliance | Telluride, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Western Slope Conservation Center | Paonia, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southwest Co Canyons Alliance | Dolores, CO | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mosquito Range Heritage Initiative | Alma, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Youth Empowerment Group | Greeley, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wild Connections | Colorado Springs, CO | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| People and Pollinators Acton Network | Niwot, CO | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alternatives to Violence Project Colorado | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fundamental Needs | Cortez, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | Lafayette, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council | Alamosa, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North Park Community Foundation | Walden, CO | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Life Spark Cancer Resources | Lakewood, CO | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Urban Servant Corps | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Western Co University Foundation | Gunnison, CO | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Learning Council | Paonia, CO | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| 350 Colorado | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Avp Colorado | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Building Bridges | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Colorado Immigrant Justice Fund | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Companeros 4 Corners Immigrant Resource Center | Durango, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| El Comite De Longmont | Longmont, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Field Academy | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foster Source | Westminster, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Groundwork | Paonia, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Herbal Gardens Wellness | Hartsel, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lafayette Empowerment Center | Lafayette, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| League of Oil & Gas Impacted Coloradans | Erie, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pikes Peak Justice and Pro Bono Center | Colorado Springs, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Don't Look Back Center | Aurora, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trailhead Institute | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Youth Sustainability Board | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Institute for Environmental Solutions | Denver, CO | $4,645 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Movimiento | Nevada City, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Kiva Center | Boulder, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization | Denver, CO | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Farm and Food Alliance | Paonia, CO | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Resilient Longmont | Longmont, CO | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quiet Use Coalition | Salida, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sustained Farms | Edgewaterc, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wild Aware | Evergreen, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ft Collins Community Action Network | Fort Collins, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Idea Stages | Parker, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mile High Farmers | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safe Passages | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Great Old Broads for Wilderness | Durango, CO | $1,550 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Co Nonprofit Development Center | Denver, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grinding Stone Collective | Glendale, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sprout City Farms | Denver, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Arc of Southwest Co | Durango, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Upper Co River Watershed Network | Grand Lake, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Save the Poudre | Fort Collins, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
20 of 55 (36%) 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 52%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 28 | $115,945 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 19 | $78,750 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $89,500 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 22 | $95,000 | $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
99% 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 $5,000. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Wolcott Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). 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: Po Box 147, Paonia, CO, 81428. 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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