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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 45-4026246

Diane D Writer Foundation

A private foundation in Greenwood Village, CO. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $43,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 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 2024

    $43,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $767,432

  • Tax year 2023

    $43,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $796,248

  • Tax year 2022

    $41,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $772,653

  • Tax year 2021

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $826,594

  • Tax year 2020

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $871,497

  • Tax year 2019

    $48,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $921,391

  • Tax year 2018

    $40,600

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $769,634

  • Tax year 2017

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $609,872

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    General Support

    $25,000
  2. University of Colorado FoundationDenver, CO

    General support

    $10,000
  3. Freedom Service DogsEnglewood, CO

    General Support

    $8,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,00056% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $8,00044% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado2 grants $18,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Adam H WriterPresident Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Diane D WriterSecret & Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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