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

Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-1549683

The Lanbourn Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Denver, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $107,000 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

    $107,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $2,389,796
  • Tax year 2024

    $51,595

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,408,506
  • Tax year 2023

    $114,250

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,730,810
  • Tax year 2022

    $116,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,782,049
  • Tax year 2021

    $123,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,943,199
  • Tax year 2020

    $121,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,967,283
  • Tax year 2019

    $107,982

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,145,656
  • Tax year 2018

    $121,829

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,682,591

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. DSST Public Schools FoundationDenver, CO

    Annual fund

    $15,000
  2. Colorado Public RadioCentennial, CO

    Support public broadcasting

    $15,000
  3. Woods Hole Oceanographic InstituteWoods Hole, MA

    Support science and research

    $10,000
  4. Marine Biological LaboratoryWoods Hole, MA

    Support science and research

    $10,000
  5. The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    Support environmental conservation

    $10,000
  6. The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    Support environmental conservation

    $10,000
  7. Western Resource AdvocatesBoulder, CO

    Support environmental conservation

    $10,000
  8. Focusing PhilanthropySanta Monica, CA

    Kristof holiday impact fund - family gift

    $10,000
  9. Youth Advocacy FoundationBoston, MA

    Legal support & policy advocacy for vulnerable children

    $5,000
  10. University of Puget SoundTacoma, WA

    Annual fund

    $2,500
  11. University of Virginia School of LawCharlottesville, VA

    Annual fund

    $2,500
  12. Massachusett's Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    Sloan school of management annual fund

    $2,500
  13. Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT

    Annual fund

    $1,000
  14. The Colgate FundHamilton, NY

    Annual fund

    $1,000
  15. Rocky Mountain PBSDenver, CO

    Support local broadcast media

    $1,000
  16. Food Bank of the RockiesAurora, CO

    Hunger relief

    $1,000
  17. The Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyNew York, NY

    Support blood cancer research

    $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 $20,00028% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $15,00021% of the total
  3. Crime and legal aid1 grant $10,00014% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,00014% of the total
  5. Science and technology1 grant $10,00014% of the total
  6. Public affairs1 grant $5,0007% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $1,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado5 grants $42,000
  2. Massachusetts4 grants $27,500
  3. Virginia3 grants $22,500
  4. California1 grant $10,000
  5. Washington1 grant $2,500
  6. New York2 grants $1,500
  7. Vermont1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Justin JaschkePRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Ann GailSECRETARY/TREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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