The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado
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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-2691592

Single Step Foundation

A private foundation in Boulder, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $486,520 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $486,520

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $33,008

  • Tax year 2024

    $449,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $19,556

  • Tax year 2023

    $102,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $25,330

  • Tax year 2022

    $163,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $49,754

  • Tax year 2021

    $277,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $41,665

  • Tax year 2020

    $299,325

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $71,331

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Illinois FoundationChampaign, IL

    General - no restrictions

    $266,710
  2. Aldo Leopold FoundationBaraboo, WI

    General - no restrictionsgeneral - no restrictions

    $50,000
  3. The Sierra Club FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    General - no restrictions

    $50,000
  4. Boulder Library FoundationBoulder, CO

    General - no restrictions

    $33,810
  5. Newberry LibraryChicago, IL

    General - no restrictions

    $25,000
  6. Garden to TableLouisville, CO

    General - no restrictions

    $25,000
  7. Center for Integrated Agricultural SystemsMadison, WI

    General - no restrictions

    $20,000
  8. Rocky Mountain PBSDenver, CO

    General - no restrictions

    $10,000
  9. Savanna InstituteMadison, WI

    General - no restrictions

    $5,000
  10. Driftless Area Land ConservancyDodgeville, WI

    General - no restrictions

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $291,71090% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $25,0008% of the total
  3. Environment2 grants $6,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois2 grants $291,710
  2. Wisconsin4 grants $76,000
  3. Colorado3 grants $68,810
  4. California1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Herbert E PaarenPRESIDENT & DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Denise MarinoTREASURER & DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jonathan MichaelSECRETARY & DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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