The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado
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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 90-0098478

Blue Mountain Foundation

A private foundation in Lyons, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $42,500 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Ryan Burroughs President
PO Box 787
Lyons, CO 80540
(301) 418-5265
Form and materials
No formal forms
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $42,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $233,004

  • Tax year 2024

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $256,138

  • Tax year 2023

    $27,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $246,873

  • Tax year 2022

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $246,059

  • Tax year 2021

    $38,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $270,351

  • Tax year 2020

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $279,749

  • Tax year 2019

    $13,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $295,122

  • Tax year 2018

    $34,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $301,941

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Step Seven IncParker, CO

    General operating expenses

    $20,000
  2. Star GirlzAurora, CO

    General operating expenses

    $20,000
  3. Lyons Historical SocietyLyons, CO

    General operating expenses

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Mental health1 grant $20,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado3 grants $42,500

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Ryan BurroughsDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Eric SzalocziDIRECTOR/VP Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Robert PfeifferDIRECTOR/TREASURER Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Richelle PfeifferDIRECTOR/SECRETARY Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Brady PfeifferDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Kylie BurroughsDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Linda SzalocziDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Mike BatzerDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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