The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
No public data foundThe return states a posture but gives no instructions.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2023 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 7 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2023).
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Grants paid
$0
FY2024 · grants and similar amounts paid
Total assets
$727K
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$215K
FY2024
Expenses
$408K
FY2024
Grants paid by year
Total assets by year
Where the money went · FY2024
Program services89%
Management and general10%
Fundraising1%
Form 990 splits expenses into program services, management and fundraising. The split is self-reported, and a grantmaker, a research institute and a direct-service nonprofit book the same work differently. A line the return does not carry reads "not available"; it is never counted as zero.
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Grants paid
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990
$214,935
$408,246
$0
$726,546
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
No public data found
Where recipients are
DC$1,000 · 1
Based on the 0% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
1 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
THE ASPEN INSTITUTEWASHINGTON, DC
TO PROVIDE FUNDING
$1,000
2021
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Joseph Lewis
PRESIDENT
10.00
$0
Susan Haller
SECRETARY
7.00
$0
Demetrio Kerrison
TREASURER
5.00
$0
John Baker
BOARD MEMBER
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$726,546
FY2023
990-PF
$485,003
$156,654
$1,645
$889,948
$889,933
FY2022
990-PF
$193,330
$123,823
$290
$515,765
$515,750
FY2021
990-PF
$169,465
$105,332
$1,096
$482,933
$482,918
FY2020
990-PF
$61,518
$50,533
$267
$384,828
$384,813
FY2018
990-PF
$33,744
$37,042
$0
$255,177
$255,177
FY2017
990-PF
$27,237
$30,337
$0
$258,475
$258,475
FY2016
990-PF
$108,450
$22,027
$0
$261,575
$261,575
1.00
$0
Jill Moniz
BOARD MEMBER
1.00
$0
Ian White
BOARD MEMBER
1.00
$0
Paul Ruscha
BOARD MEMBER
1.00
$0
Ray Dweston
BOARD MEMBER
1.00
$0
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
IRS 990 e-file·FY2023·file fingerprint 40ed256f·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202403249349100015
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
IRS 990 e-file·FY2022·file fingerprint 0fcf0192·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202333209349101843
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
IRS 990 e-file·FY2021·file fingerprint ad7414ac·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202203279349100300
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
IRS 990 e-file·FY2020·file fingerprint 58b8a701·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202113079349100201
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
IRS 990 e-file·FY2018·file fingerprint d19fe9f9·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202002259349100300
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
IRS 990 e-file·FY2017·file fingerprint 55240834·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202002109349100000
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
IRS 990 e-file·FY2016·file fingerprint 3e3f7186·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 201902409349100100
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