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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-4296450

The Holmes Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Crested Butte, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $29,500 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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $29,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $263,440

  • Tax year 2024

    $35,100

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $182,480

  • Tax year 2023

    $33,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $234,280

  • Tax year 2022

    $23,750

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $250,184

  • Tax year 2021

    $14,420

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $184,679

  • Tax year 2020

    $9,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $225,154

  • Tax year 2019

    $10,100

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $311,701

  • Tax year 2018

    $5,900

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $61,913

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Living JourneysCrested Butte, CO

    Support cancer patients

    $16,000
  2. Crested Butte Film FestivalCrested Butte, CO

    Educational support

    $6,500
  3. Child HelpScottsdale, AZ

    Help abused children

    $5,000
  4. Fraxa Research FoundationNewburyport, MA

    Research to cure fragile x syndrome

    $1,000
  5. Hope for Silent VoicesDeerfield, IL

    Support disadvantaged groups

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $16,00065% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $6,50027% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $1,0004% of the total
  4. Medical research1 grant $1,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado2 grants $22,500
  2. Arizona1 grant $5,000
  3. Illinois1 grant $1,000
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • H Robert HolmesTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $10,000
  • Debra J HolmesTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kelly Elizabeth HolmesTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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