The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado
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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 74-2501168

The Barrett Foundation

A private foundation in Boulder, CO. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $329,995 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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $329,995

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,565,104

  • Tax year 2023

    $36,411

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,544,726

  • Tax year 2022

    $85,783

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $6,437,783

  • Tax year 2021

    $432,524

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,594,269

  • Tax year 2020

    $46,480

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,505,454

  • Tax year 2019

    $631,538

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $5,460,676

  • Tax year 2018

    $351,250

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,926,231

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityStanford, CA

    GSB richard rainwater fellowship fund

    $250,000
  2. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityStanford, CA

    GSB sustainability fund

    $50,000
  3. Pet Menders Animal Hospital - Piper Memorial FoundationBoulder, CO

    Support for assistance program to aid the poor of boulder county to acquire quality medical and surgical services who cannot afford them.

    $29,995

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $300,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $300,000
  2. Colorado1 grant $29,995

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Richard W BarrettTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Elaine E BarrettTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Magdalena PaulFOUNDATION DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $78,959

The return

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