The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado
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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-2740457

The Giving Stone

A private foundation in Greenwood Village, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $113,368 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
The Giving Stone
2825 E Long Ct
Greenwood Village, CO 80121
(303) 888-9950
Form and materials
No formal requirements
Deadlines
No submission deadlines
Restrictions
Organizations applying for grants must be 501(c)(3) organizations.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $113,368

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,116,255

  • Tax year 2024

    $111,087

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,081,283

  • Tax year 2023

    $135,200

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,038,822

  • Tax year 2022

    $142,567

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,112,949

  • Tax year 2021

    $104,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,150,759

  • Tax year 2020

    $123,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,266,121

  • Tax year 2019

    $119,600

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,373,316

  • Tax year 2018

    $3,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,441,891

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Historic Santa Claus CampgroundsSanta Claus, IN

    Unrestricted contribution

    $50,000
  2. La Luz EducationDenver, CO

    Unrestricted contribution

    $20,902
  3. Aspen AcademyGreenwood Village, CO

    Unrestricted contribution

    $10,000
  4. Mullen High SchoolDenver, CO

    Unrestricted contribution

    $10,000
  5. Valor High SchoolHighlands Ranch, CO

    Unrestricted contribution

    $10,000
  6. The Denver FoundationDenver, CO

    Unrestricted contribution

    $7,110
  7. Rotary InternationalEvanston, IL

    Unrestricted contribution

    $3,623
  8. Forsyth Farmers Market IncSavannah, GA

    Unrestricted contribution

    $901
  9. Denver Rotary ClubDenver, CO

    Unrestricted contribution

    $728
  10. Rocky Mountain Rotary Youth ExchangeAurora, CO

    Unrestricted contribution

    $104

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $20,90272% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $7,11025% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture1 grant $9013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado7 grants $58,844
  2. Indiana1 grant $50,000
  3. Illinois1 grant $3,623
  4. Georgia1 grant $901

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Pamela JohnstonPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • James JohnstonVICE-PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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