The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado
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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-1521212

Bardsley Foundation

A private foundation in Denver, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $375,500 paid in grants.

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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

    $375,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $6,102,902

  • Tax year 2024

    $356,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $6,094,549

  • Tax year 2023

    $356,301

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $6,114,458

  • Tax year 2022

    $360,605

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $6,127,316

  • Tax year 2021

    $348,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $6,108,631

  • Tax year 2020

    $341,050

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $5,886,356

  • Tax year 2019

    $173,400

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $5,940,379

  • Tax year 2018

    $121,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $5,870,742

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Colorado FoundationDenver, CO

    General contribution

    $129,000
  2. Colorado Youth Tennis FoundationDenver, CO

    General contribution

    $55,000
  3. Denver Zoological Foundation IncDenver, CO

    General contribution

    $55,000
  4. Nathan Yip FoundationDenver, CO

    General contribution

    $40,000
  5. Scripps Institution of OceanographyLa Jolla, CA

    General contribution

    $35,000
  6. Montana State UniversityBozeman, MT

    Gener

    $20,000
  7. Children's Diabetes FoundationAurora, CO

    General contribution

    $12,500
  8. Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA

    General contribution

    $10,000
  9. Cornell CollegeMount Vernon, IA

    General contribution

    $7,500
  10. Opera ColoradoEnglewood, CO

    General contribution

    $7,000
  11. The Empowerment Program IncDenver, CO

    General contribution

    $2,500
  12. National Western Stock Show Association WssaDenver, CO

    General contribution

    $1,000
  13. Kent DenverEnglewood, CO

    General contribution

    $500
  14. St Anne's Episcopal SchoolDenver, CO

    General contribution

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $146,50053% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $55,00020% of the total
  3. Sports and recreation1 grant $55,00020% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $12,5004% of the total
  5. Arts and culture1 grant $7,0003% of the total
  6. Crime and legal aid1 grant $2,500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado10 grants $303,000
  2. California1 grant $35,000
  3. Montana1 grant $20,000
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000
  5. Iowa1 grant $7,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Lynn KittPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0

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