Open Foundations · Colorado

The Cielo Foundation

Boulder, Colorado · EIN 261166378. 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 $8.8M across 34 grants in 2024, a median of $5K each.

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$8.8M
paid in 2024
34
grants paid
$5K
median grant
2%
to first-time recipients
$68.6M
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
CIELO SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Address
6658 GUNPARK DRIVE SUITE 202A, BOULDER, CO, 80301
Phone
3034494707
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
NAME/GENERAL INFO NAME OF SCHOOL AND/OR CERTFICATE OF INTEREST APPROXIMATE COST OF PROGRAM AND BOOKS PROGRAM START AND END DATE ESSAY PROMPT RESPONSE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FASFA, LATEST YEAR TAX RETURN OR PREVIOUS YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Submission deadline
N/A
Restrictions on awards
NEEDS BASED, AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP NOT TO EXCEED $20,000, FOR TRADE SCHOOL CANDIDATES (RATHER THAN TRADITIONAL COLLEGE), RECIPIENTS MUST ATTEND CLASS, RECEIVE PASSING GRADES AND A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543169349100229. 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.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 34 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Fidelity Charitable Gift FundKY$8,525,000DONATION
2The Beauty CollectiveCO$53,800SCHOLARSHIP
3Cdl School - United States Truck DrivingCO$39,805SCHOLARSHIP
4Accent BeautyCO$23,250SCHOLARSHIP
5Gals IncTX$10,861SCHOLARSHIP
6Colorado Advanced EstheticsCO$9,295SCHOLARSHIP
7Ibmc CollegeCO$8,590SCHOLARSHIP
8School of Botanical & Medical AestheticsCO$8,590SCHOLARSHIP
9Ati Home ImprovementCO$7,860SCHOLARSHIP
10I Have a DreamNY$7,348SCHOLARSHIP
11Front Range Community CollegeCO$7,207SCHOLARSHIP
12Msu DenverCO$6,980SCHOLARSHIP
13Emily Griffith Technical CollegeCO$6,908SCHOLARSHIP
14Lash & Co Lash Company EducationCO$6,760SCHOLARSHIP
15Cornell UniversityNY$5,460SCHOLARSHIP

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202020$6.0M
202112$6.6M
202218$7.5M
202324$7.1M
202434$8.8M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Colorado77%
Texas6%
New York6%
Kentucky3%
Illinois3%

Who decides

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

Alan CogenVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Judith CogenPRESIDENT · 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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