The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado

Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 37-6683454

Legato Foundation

A private foundation in Denver, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $375,506 paid in grants.

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $375,506

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $8,696,922
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,285,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,831,808
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,520,785

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,937,031
  • Tax year 2022

    $44,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,911,853
  • Tax year 2021

    $354,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,277,366
  • Tax year 2020

    $42,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $551,703
  • Tax year 2019

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $578,217

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Navy Seal FoundationVirginia Beach, VA

    To support the mission of the foundation.

    $250,000
  2. Robbie's HopeWheat Ridge, CO

    To further charitable purpose.

    $100,000
  3. Mission Hills ChurchLittleton, CO

    To further charitable purpose.

    $20,506
  4. Evans Scholar FoundationGlenview, IL

    To support the foundation

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $250,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia1 grant $250,000
  2. Colorado2 grants $120,506
  3. Illinois1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Daniel A VecchiarelliTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Gina M VecchiarelliTrustee Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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