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

Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 74-2939405

Alice Suzanne Hamilton Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Cherry Hills Village, CO. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $40,800 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 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.

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $40,800

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,185,809
  • Tax year 2023

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,103,321
  • Tax year 2022

    $7,163

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $761,971
  • Tax year 2021

    $65,194

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $755,589
  • Tax year 2020

    $58,194

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $728,179
  • Tax year 2019

    $46,350

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $712,721
  • Tax year 2018

    $24,300

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $259,642

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. St Elizabeths SchoolDenver, CO

    Operations

    $10,000
  2. Kansas CosmosphereHutchinson, KS

    Operations

    $8,000
  3. Ballard CenterLawrence, KS

    Operations

    $5,000
  4. Family Promise of LawrenceLawrence, KS

    Operations

    $5,000
  5. SMUD Museum of ScienceSacramento, CA

    Operations

    $5,000
  6. Sacremento ZooSacramento, CA

    Operations

    $5,000
  7. The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    Operations

    $2,000
  8. Food Bank of the RockiesAurora, CO

    Operations

    $300
  9. NPRBaltimore, MD

    Operations

    $250
  10. PBSDenver, CO

    Operations

    $250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,00049% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00025% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $5,00025% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $3001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kansas3 grants $18,000
  2. Colorado4 grants $12,550
  3. California2 grants $10,000
  4. Maryland1 grant $250

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Suzanne HamiltonTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Christopher Thomas RytherTrustee Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Jennifer Ryther AllenTrustee Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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