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

Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-1493027

Hawk Family Foundation

A private foundation in Denver, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 20 grants and $172,355 paid in grants.

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

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 2025

    $172,355

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $838,574
  • Tax year 2024

    $144,256

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $918,213
  • Tax year 2023

    $203,651

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $1,058,612
  • Tax year 2022

    $204,135

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $1,344,481
  • Tax year 2021

    $123,300

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,102,293
  • Tax year 2020

    $59,100

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $897,870
  • Tax year 2019

    $103,750

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $431,447
  • Tax year 2018

    $91,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $488,737

Grants paid in 2025

20 grants, largest first

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

  1. Seeds of Hope Charitable TrustDenver, CO

    General

    $25,000
  2. Individual

    Paying interest for [individual] Foundation on a promissory note they issued

    $24,324
  3. Individual

    General

    $15,000
  4. Crohn's Colitis FoundationDenver, CO

    General

    $10,000
  5. Sacred Heart ChurchPalm Desert, CA

    General Fund

    $10,000
  6. Individual

    Foundation for the Future annual giving campaign

    $10,000
  7. McCallum TheatrePalm Desert, CA

    General

    $10,000
  8. Gold Crown FoundationDenver, CO

    General

    $10,000
  9. Magis CenterGarden Grove, CA

    General

    $10,000
  10. Good Shepherd Catholic ParishDenver, CO

    General

    $10,000
  11. Catholic FoundationGreenwood Village, CO

    General

    $9,531
  12. Naval Postgraduate Sch FoundationMonterey, CA

    General

    $5,000
  13. University of Iowa FoundationCntrAdIowa City, IA

    Athletics Department

    $5,000
  14. Individual

    General

    $5,000
  15. Individual

    General

    $5,000
  16. Individual

    General

    $2,500
  17. Individual

    Operational Funding

    $2,000
  18. Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    General

    $2,000
  19. Individual

    [individual] Seminaries' Appeal

    $1,000
  20. Individual

    General

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,00083% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $2,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado5 grants $64,531
  2. California4 grants $35,000
  3. Iowa1 grant $5,000
  4. New York1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Robert C HawkPresident Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Mary Sue HawkSecretary Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Stephanie G CarterDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Robert Casey HawkDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Christopher G HawkDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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