The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado
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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-1548560

The Elf Foundation

A private foundation in Fort Collins, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $28,000 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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $28,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,408,500

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,676,005

  • Tax year 2023

    $25,100

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,804,602

  • Tax year 2022

    $34,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,983,777

  • Tax year 2021

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,175,590

  • Tax year 2020

    $24,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,363,673

  • Tax year 2019

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,558,668

  • Tax year 2018

    $69,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,712,209

  • Tax year 2017

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,884,235

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fort Collins Museum of DiscoveryFort Collins, CO

    Community educationcommunity education

    $23,000
  2. MosaicFort Collins, CO

    Human rights

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $23,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado2 grants $28,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Sean ShelleyTRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $210,000

The return

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