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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 88-2268329

The Loving Climate Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $105,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,416,267

  • Tax year 2024

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,863,095

  • Tax year 2023

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,211,179

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $604,504

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Natural Resources Defense Council IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  2. Sierra Club FoundationOakland, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  3. University of Northern Colorado Foundation IncGreeley, CO

    Climate Science Fund and Environmental and Sustainability Studies Scholarship Fund

    $10,000
  4. Colorado State University FoundationFort Collins, CO

    Warner College of Natural Resources Student Success Scholarship Fund

    $7,500
  5. Alaska Community FoundationAnchorage, AK

    2025 Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund

    $5,000
  6. Carolina Raptor Center IncHuntersville, NC

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  7. Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation IncCramerton, NC

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  8. Environmental and Energy Study InstituteWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  9. Friends of the EarthMerrifield, VA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  10. Lifewater IncBentonville, AR

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  11. National Audubon Society IncNew York, NY

    The Loving Climate Annual Fund

    $5,000
  12. Rainforest Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  13. Rocky Mountain Raptor ProgramFort Collins, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  14. Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living AssociationFort Collins, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  15. Solar Cookers InternationalSacramento, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  16. Trees Water and PeopleFort Collins, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment8 grants $57,50064% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $22,50025% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $5,0006% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado5 grants $30,000
  2. New York3 grants $25,000
  3. California2 grants $20,000
  4. North Carolina2 grants $10,000
  5. Alaska1 grant $5,000
  6. Arkansas1 grant $5,000
  7. District of Columbia1 grant $5,000
  8. Virginia1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Katherine ColbyDir, Pres, Treas, Sec Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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