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

Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 82-3365292

Ladybug Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Louisville, CO. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 65 grants and $4.4 million paid in grants.

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

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

    $4,391,200

    Grants listed
    65
    Assets, end of year
    $41,799,543
  • Tax year 2023

    $4,505,771

    Grants listed
    77
    Assets, end of year
    $44,450,225
  • Tax year 2022

    $4,555,000

    Grants listed
    85
    Assets, end of year
    $48,498,447
  • Tax year 2021

    $4,483,100

    Grants listed
    73
    Assets, end of year
    $54,470,550
  • Tax year 2020

    $3,998,800

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $54,042,580
  • Tax year 2019

    $2,200,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $57,644,033

Grants paid in 2024

65 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    General Operating Support, Pass-Through

    $250,000
  2. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $200,000
  3. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Birth Justice [individual]

    $200,000
  4. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $200,000
  5. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $200,000
  6. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Various

    $190,000
  7. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Various

    $150,000
  8. Individual

    Project/Program Support - SSFL Cleanup

    $117,500
  9. Individual

    General Operating Support, Project/Program Support - Various

    $110,000
  10. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Various

    $103,500
  11. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Various

    $100,000
  12. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $100,000
  13. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Roots of Change

    $100,000
  14. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Healthy Forests Program

    $100,000
  15. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $100,000
  16. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $100,000
  17. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $100,000
  18. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $100,000
  19. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $100,000
  20. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $100,000
  21. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $100,000
  22. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $100,000
  23. Individual

    General Operating Support - Independent Council for Safe Energy Fund

    $100,000
  24. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Various

    $85,000
  25. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  26. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  27. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  28. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  29. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  30. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  31. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Lakota People's Law Project

    $50,000
  32. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  33. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Environmental Equity and Sustainability Program

    $50,000
  34. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  35. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  36. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  37. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $50,000
  38. Individual

    Project/Program [individual] - Various

    $40,000
  39. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $40,000
  40. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $40,000
  41. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Various

    $30,200
  42. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $30,000
  43. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Women-in-Fire Training Exchange

    $30,000
  44. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Stop Line 3

    $25,000
  45. Individual

    Project/Program Support - [individual] Cleanup Program

    $25,000
  46. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Various

    $25,000
  47. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Gender Equity and Reconciliation International

    $25,000
  48. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $25,000
  49. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Various

    $25,000
  50. Individual

    [individual]/Program Support - The Reentry Resource Program

    $25,000
  51. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $25,000
  52. Individual

    Project/Program Support - LA River Campaign

    $25,000
  53. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative

    $25,000
  54. Individual

    [individual]/Program Support - Various

    $25,000
  55. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Various

    $20,000
  56. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $20,000
  57. Individual

    Project/Program Support - Various

    $20,000
  58. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $20,000
  59. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $15,000
  60. Individual

    Project/Program Support - [individual] Garden

    $15,000
  61. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $10,000
  62. Individual

    Project/Program Support - A Shady Solution`

    $10,000
  63. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $10,000
  64. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $7,000
  65. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Cynthia DietrichExecutive Dir Hours 40Pay $0
  • Jay Christopher HormelDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Angela Nicole OconeDirector Hours 2Pay $0

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