Verdad Foundation
Casper, WY · EIN 27-6382632. Reported 65 grants totalling $2,358,784 to 33 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. Verdad 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 $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $1,000,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyo Complex | Casper, WY | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute | Simi Valley, CA | $249,999 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum | Oklahoma City, OK | $90,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Western Stock Show Association | Denver, CO | $85,735 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Western States Sage Grouse Recovery Foundation | Casper, WY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | Aurora, CO | $49,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Anthony Tri-Parish Catholic School Foundation | Casper, WY | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Colorado State University Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nicolaysen Art Museum | Casper, WY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Casper, WY | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mountain States Legal Foundation | Lakewood, CO | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ranching Heritage Association | Lubbock, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jae Foundation Inc | Twin Falls, ID | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Wyoming Hospice & Transitions | Casper, WY | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Natrona County | Casper, WY | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montessori School of Casper | Casper, WY | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Choice in Education | Greenwood Village, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Climb Wyoming | Casper, WY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| David Street Station | Casper, WY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wyoming Children's Society | Cheyenne, WY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Natrona County Public Library Foundation | Casper, WY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Central Wyoming | Casper, WY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Casper College Foundation | Casper, WY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heritage Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Science Zone | Casper, WY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Anthony School | Casper, WY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meals on Wheels Foundation Inc | Casper, WY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc | Bigfork, MT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Western Stock Show Association Scholarship Trust | Denver, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | Virginia Beach, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Wyoming Foundation | Laramie, WY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Sonoran Institute Inc | Tucson, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Als Association | Washington, DC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
17 of 33 (52%) 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 53%, across 3 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.
- Wyo Complex
TO PROVIDE WYOMING AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY A UNIQUE, STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY FOR COMPETITION, TRAINING, AND SPECIAL EVENTS, WHILE EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND PROMOTING AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE FOR OUR YOUTH - The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute
TO COMPLETE PRESIDENT REAGAN'S UNFINISHED WORK AND TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE TIMELESS PRINCIPLES HE CHAMPIONED: INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, GLOBAL DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL PRIDE - Western States Sage Grouse Recovery Foundation
CAPTIVE BREEDING AND RAISING OF THE GREATER SAGE-GROUSE TO ENSURE PRESERVATION OF THE SPECIES AND AVOID LISTING AS ENDANGERED. - National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE EVOLVING HISTORY AND CULTURES OF THE AMERICAN WEST FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT OF ITS DIVERSE AUDIENCE OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN - Western Stock Show Association
EDUCATION OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH, AND EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC - St Anthony Tri-Parish Catholic School Foundation
PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND FUNDRAISING SUPPORT FOR ST. ANTHONY TRI-PARISH CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | $253,600 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 13 | $230,417 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $1,172,467 | $7,500 |
| 2024 | 14 | $702,300 | $10,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 75% of this one's giving went to organizations in Wyoming. 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 $7,500. 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 Wyoming.
- 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 Verdad Foundation'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: Po Box 2360, Casper, WY, 82602. 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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