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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 84-1025573

R M Watts Foundation

A private foundation in Pueblo, CO. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $67,400 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending May 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $67,400

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,484,122

  • Tax year 2023

    $41,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,475,693

  • Tax year 2022

    $125,300

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,400,183

  • Tax year 2021

    $180,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,465,933

  • Tax year 2020

    $133,100

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,592,086

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Pueblo Community College FoundationPueblo, CO

    Scholarships

    $25,000
  2. Csu-Pueblo FoundationPueblo, CO

    Scholarships

    $22,400
  3. Pueblo City County LibraryPueblo, CO

    Capital expenditures

    $20,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $25,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado3 grants $67,400

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • David B ShawPRES./DIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Gregory LeybaVP/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeffrey ShawTREAS/SEC/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $6,000

The return

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