How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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The William B O'Rourke Foundation
1944 Sage Circle
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 424-4463
- Form and materials
- A letter requesting what the funds will be utilized for, the amount and all supporting information (budgets, description of the program, etc.)as well as information regarding the tax status of the organization.
- Deadlines
- None
- Restrictions
- Grants are made for the purpose of eyesight and related causes.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$106,000
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $1,676,288
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Tax year 2024
$98,500
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $1,616,057
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Tax year 2023
$95,000
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $1,671,110
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Tax year 2022
$75,500
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $1,690,582
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Tax year 2021
$112,500
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $2,070,028
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Tax year 2020
$100,000
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $2,088,791
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Tax year 2019
$131,800
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $2,055,812
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Tax year 2018
$105,000
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $1,941,133
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Colorado Coalition for the HomelessDenver, CO
Project Support to Stout Street Eye Clinic for Homeless and At Risk Families
$30,000 -
Ensight Skills Center IncFort Collins, CO
Support for Onsight Program to Help Make Low Vision Services More Available Through Mobile Accessories
$20,000 -
Individual
Funds for the Organization's Training Programs
$15,000 -
Individual
Provide Financial [individual] for Eye Care to Families
$15,000 -
Individual
Support for Annual Meeting for Colorado Vision Summit to Provide Lectures on Practice Management
$11,000 -
See the Future FundColorado Springs, CO
Support to Fund Scholarships Through Education and Tools for Life Programs
$10,000 -
Individual
Funding for the Colorado Wellness Activity Challenge to Purchase Equipmentfor the Visually Impaired Athletes
$5,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Medical research1 grant $20,000100% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Colorado3 grants $60,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- John A May ODVice Chairman Hours 1Pay $6,400
- John Schachet ODChairman Hours 1Pay $6,400
- John HancockTreasurer Hours 1Pay $2,400
- Owen OliverSecretary Hours 1Pay $6,400
- Jason T Ortman ODTrustee Hours 1Pay $6,400
The return
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