Open Foundations · Colorado

Louis Calder Foundation

Denver, Colorado · EIN 136015562. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $8.2M across 38 grants in 2024, a median of $150K each.

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$8.2M
paid in 2024
38
grants paid
$150K
median grant
9%
to first-time recipients
$199.2M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
M ALEXANDER CALDER
Address
C/O THE LOUIS CALDER FOUNDATION, DENVER, CO, 80202
Phone
7209439865
Form the request should take
HTTPS://WWW.LOUISCALDERFOUNDATION.ORG
Submission deadline
HTTPS://WWW.LOUISCALDERFOUNDATION.ORG
Restrictions on awards
HTTPS://WWW.LOUISCALDERFOUNDATION.ORG

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202632049349100903. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

charter schoolsgrowth charterscience readingfamily learningtwo-generation familytrustee discretionarydiscretionary highhigh quality

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 38 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Charter Fund IncCO$1,000,000GROWTH OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
2Array Education IncNY$750,000FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE LITERACY GROUP, SCIENCE OF READING
3Cambiar EducationCA$600,000FISCAL SPONSOR FOR MAGPIE LITERACY, SCIENCE OF READING
4Instruction PartnersTN$500,000SCIENCE OF READING
5Jeremiah ProgramMN$400,000TWO-GENERATION FAMILY LEARNING
6The Achievement Network LtdMA$400,000SCIENCE OF READING
7Cambiar EducationCA$375,000FISCAL SPONSOR FOR ONYOURMARK, SCIENCE OF READING
8Achievement First IncCT$350,000SCIENCE OF READING
9Colorado Schools FundCO$300,000GROWTH OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
10Kipp FoundationNY$300,000SCIENCE OF READING
11Becoming Collegiate Academy IncFL$260,000GROWTH OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
12Excellent Schools New MexicoNM$250,000GROWTH OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
13Kipp Colorado SchoolsCO$250,000SCIENCE OF READING
14Reach Out and Read IncMA$250,000TWO-GENERATION FAMILY LEARNING
15Nashville ClassicalTN$200,000GROWTH OF CHARTER SCHOOLS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
201998$7.9M
202067$8.7M
202143$8.1M
202243$7.9M
202335$6.9M
202438$8.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
New York18%
Colorado16%
Tennessee11%
Florida11%
California5%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Frank E ShanleyTRUSTEE · 2024
M Alexander CalderTRUSTEE/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Peter D CalderTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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