The Maroon Bells above a meadow and lake near Aspen, Colorado
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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 95-4471685

The Good Works Foundation

A private foundation in Aspen, CO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $462,499 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
Laura Donnelley
C/o Reese Henry Company 400 East, Main Street Suite 2
Aspen, CO 81611
(310) 471-1969
[email protected]
Form and materials
Submit a personal signed letter and documentation of how funds will be used.
Deadlines
Quarterly
Restrictions
The foundation limits their contributions to those organizations represented in the areas of education, welfare, and the arts.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $462,499

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,275,982

  • Tax year 2024

    $433,700

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $1,244,047

  • Tax year 2023

    $485,860

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $1,254,798

  • Tax year 2022

    $406,865

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $1,314,081

  • Tax year 2021

    $499,700

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $1,488,636

  • Tax year 2020

    $471,000

    Grants listed
    47
    Assets, end of year
    $1,492,497

  • Tax year 2019

    $744,500

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,466,148

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,234,200

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $1,407,034

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Ica LALos Angeles, CA

    Donation

    $284,999
  2. Friends of the LA PhilharmonicLos Angeles, CA

    Donation

    $25,000
  3. Performance Art MuseumLos Angeles, CA

    Donation

    $25,000
  4. The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY

    Donation

    $25,000
  5. Site Santa FeSanta Fe, NM

    Donation

    $20,000
  6. Los Angeles OperaLos Angeles, CA

    Donation

    $15,000
  7. The Art BaseBasalt, CO

    Donation

    $15,000
  8. Beth Morrison ProjectsBrooklyn, NY

    Donation

    $10,000
  9. JAPANCRAFT21Alexandria, VA

    Donation

    $10,000
  10. Anderson Ranch Art CenterSnowmass Village, CO

    Donation

    $5,000
  11. Center for Art and AdvocacyPhiladelphia, PA

    Donation

    $5,000
  12. Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY

    Donation

    $5,000
  13. World Central KitchenWashington, DC

    Donation

    $5,000
  14. ACLUNew York, NY

    Donation

    $2,500
  15. Aspen Center for Environmental StudiesAspen, CO

    Donation

    $2,500
  16. Enviromental Defense FundWashington, DC

    Donation

    $2,500
  17. National Parks Conservation AssociationWashington, DC

    Donation

    $2,500
  18. Roaring Fork ConservancyBasalt, CO

    Donation

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture6 grants $379,99996% of the total
  2. International aid2 grants $10,0003% of the total
  3. Environment3 grants $7,5002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $349,999
  2. New York3 grants $37,500
  3. Colorado4 grants $25,000
  4. New Mexico1 grant $20,000
  5. District of Columbia3 grants $10,000
  6. Virginia1 grant $10,000
  7. Maryland1 grant $5,000
  8. Pennsylvania1 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.

  • Laura DonnelleyPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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