The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado
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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 46-5064265

Catto Shaw Foundation

A private foundation in Denver, CO. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $1.1 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,065,861

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $23,903,930

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,113,860

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $22,036,213

  • Tax year 2022

    $999,714

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $19,877,290

  • Tax year 2021

    $856,250

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $22,910,828

  • Tax year 2020

    $624,926

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $20,276,180

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Aspen Center for Environmental StudiesAspen, CO

    General operating fund

    $278,500
  2. The Arts Campus at WillitsBasalt, CO

    General operating fund

    $172,361
  3. Ascend at the Aspen InstituteWashington, DC

    General operating fund

    $100,000
  4. Aspen WordsAspen, CO

    General operating fund

    $100,000
  5. ManuWashington, DC

    General operating fund

    $100,000
  6. Valley SettlementSilt, CO

    General operating fund

    $100,000
  7. California State University SacramentoSacramento, CA

    General operating fund

    $75,000
  8. Creative Capital FoundationNew York, NY

    General operating fund

    $75,000
  9. Conservation InternationalArlington, VA

    General operating fund

    $25,000
  10. Aspen Music Festival and SchoolAspen, CO

    General operating fund

    $15,000
  11. The Shalom FoundationFranklin, TN

    General operating fund

    $15,000
  12. Dsa Friends FoundationDenver, CO

    General operating fund

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment2 grants $378,50050% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $187,36125% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $100,00013% of the total
  4. Human services2 grants $90,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado6 grants $675,861
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $200,000
  3. California1 grant $75,000
  4. New York1 grant $75,000
  5. Virginia1 grant $25,000
  6. Tennessee1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Isa Catto ShawEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Daniel A ShawPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jennifer CrossettTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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