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

Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 45-3824195

Pinon Trail Foundation

A private foundation in Denver, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $120,620 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. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Kathy Neustadt
1 South Cherry St
Denver, CO 80246
(303) 316-7080
[email protected]
Form and materials
No special requirements
Deadlines
No deadlines - applications are accepted at any time. Notice of approval, rejection
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

    $120,620

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,317,351
  • Tax year 2024

    $153,250

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,299,022
  • Tax year 2023

    $98,750

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $2,333,012
  • Tax year 2022

    $108,250

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $1,093,972
  • Tax year 2021

    $47,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,187,684
  • Tax year 2020

    $65,805

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,153,308

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Temple EmanuelDenver, CO

    Organizational exempt purpose

    $22,970
  2. Summit Community FundBreckenridge, CO

    Organizational exempt purpose

    $16,000
  3. Ryyan Chacra FoundationGlensale, CO

    Organizational exempt purpose

    $15,650
  4. Rose Community FundDenver, CO

    Organizational exempt purpose

    $15,000
  5. Jewish Family ServiceDenver, CO

    Organization exempt purpose

    $12,500
  6. University of DenverDenver, CO

    Organization exempt purpose

    $7,500
  7. ColabDenver, CO

    Organization exempt purpose

    $5,000
  8. Jewish ColoradoDenver, CO

    Organization exempt purpose

    $5,000
  9. Lake Forrest AcademyLake Forest, IL

    Organization exempt purpose

    $5,000
  10. Graland Country Day School FoundatiDenver, CO

    Organizationalexempt purpose

    $5,000
  11. Efshar ProjectDenver, CO

    Organizational exempt purpose

    $4,000
  12. Local Media Association & Local MedLake City, MI

    Organizational exempt purpose

    $2,500
  13. MapsSan Jose, CA

    Organizational exempt purpose

    $2,500
  14. Alternative Newsweekly FoundationWashington, DC

    Organizational exempt purpose

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $7,50056% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $4,00030% of the total
  3. Civil rights1 grant $2,00015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado10 grants $108,620
  2. Illinois1 grant $5,000
  3. California1 grant $2,500
  4. Michigan1 grant $2,500
  5. District of Columbia1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Kathy NeustadtPRES/DIR/SEC Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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