The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado
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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 68-0503143

Carolyns Fund

A private foundation in Fort Collins, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $75,000 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.

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,033,926

  • Tax year 2024

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $108,926

  • Tax year 2023

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $118,842

  • Tax year 2022

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $133,695

  • Tax year 2021

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $148,667

  • Tax year 2020

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $165,875

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Brain and Behavior ResearchNew York, NY

    Fund research searching for better treatments cures and methods of prevention for mental illnesses.

    $60,000
  2. Food Bank for Larimer CountyLoveland, CO

    Distribution of Food to people experiencing homelessness.

    $10,000
  3. Salvation ArmyRancho Palos Verdes, CA

    Support for people experiencing mental illnesses.

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $60,000
  2. Colorado1 grant $10,000
  3. California1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Frederic NicholsExecutive Director Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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