The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado
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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 84-1245939

Avenir Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Lakewood, CO. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $20.8 million paid in grants.

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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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $20,750,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,441,391,832

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,700,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,243,404,712

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,000,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,047,697

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,346,571

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,042,564

  • Tax year 2020

    $5,587,070

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,065,420

  • Tax year 2019

    $31,885,950

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,018,082

  • Tax year 2018

    $22,802,720

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $1,023,325

  • Tax year 2017

    $25,297,415

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $326,499

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. St Martin's Chamber ChoirDenver, CO

    Establish the St Martin's Chamber Choir Endowment Fund

    $10,000,000
  2. Kulakamala FoundationReading, PA

    Purchase of 55 Basket Road Nature CenterOperating Support

    $8,000,000
  3. Colorado Symphony FundDenver, CO

    To Endowment in memory of Jerome Kern, Chairman Emeritus

    $1,000,000
  4. Santa Fe OperaSanta Fe, NM

    Intial Costs for the Construction of Apprentice Housing

    $1,000,000
  5. Central City OperaWheat Ridge, CO

    Operations

    $500,000
  6. American Institute of PhysicsCollege Park, MD

    Operations

    $250,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $12,500,00098% of the total
  2. Science and technology1 grant $250,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado3 grants $11,500,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $8,000,000
  3. New Mexico1 grant $1,000,000
  4. Maryland1 grant $250,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Margaret Boynton WallaceSecretary/Director Hours 1Pay $0
  • Norman L WilsonTreasurer/Director Hours 4Pay $0
  • William Dodge WallacePresident/Director Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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