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Avenir Foundation Inc: 6 grants to organizations, $20.8 million (tax year ended June 2025)
Avenir Foundation Inc, a private foundation in Lakewood, CO, paid 6 grants to organizations totaling $20,750,000 in its tax year ended June 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 15, 2026. The largest was $10,000,000 to St Martin's Chamber Choir in Denver, CO for establish the st martin's chamber choir endowment fund.
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- EIN
- 841245939
- Based in
- Lakewood, CO
- Assets
- $1,441,391,832
- Grants paid
- $20,750,000
- Tax year ended
- June 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended June 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 15, 2026, IRS object ID 202631359349103418. It reported $20,750,000 in grants paid; 6 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Martin's Chamber Choir | Denver, CO | Establish the St Martin's Chamber Choir Endowment Fund | $10,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kulakamala Foundation | Reading, PA | Purchase of 55 Basket Road Nature CenterOperating Support | $8,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorado Symphony Fund | Denver, CO | To Endowment in memory of Jerome Kern, Chairman Emeritus | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Santa Fe Opera | Santa Fe, NM | Intial Costs for the Construction of Apprentice Housing | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Central City Opera | Arvada, CO | Operations | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Institute of Physics | College Park, MD | Operations | Science and technology | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended June 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 15, 2025, IRS object ID 202531359349102428. It reported $2,700,000 in grants paid; 2 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum | Leadville, CO | For the benefit of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum Endowment | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Central City Opera | Wheat Ridge, CO | General Operating Funds and matching endowment fund | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500,000 |
| Science and technology | $250,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Colorado | $14,200,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $8,000,000 |
| New Mexico | $1,000,000 |
| Maryland | $250,000 |
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- Who funds science and technology in Maryland
Updated May 15, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.