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Thiry-O'Leary Foundation: 49 grants to organizations, $2.9 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Thiry-O'Leary Foundation, a private foundation in Cherry Hills Village, CO, paid 49 grants to organizations totaling $2,939,452 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on September 15, 2025. The largest was $609,352 to Unite America Institute in Denver, CO for support and promote democracy reform initiatives across the country.
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- EIN
- 454059068
- Based in
- Cherry Hills Village, CO
- Assets
- $36,843,061
- Grants paid
- $2,939,452
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed September 15, 2025, IRS object ID 202532589349100133. It reported $2,939,452 in grants paid; 49 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unite America Institute | Denver, CO | Support and promote democracy reform initiatives across the country | Public and societal benefit | $609,352 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | Conservation of lands and waters | $302,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | Support for students | Education | $255,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Denver Hybrid College | Denver, CO | Support for students | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gladstone Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Supporting biomedical research | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| League of Women Voters of Colorado | Denver, CO | Protect and expand voting rights and representation | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| DSST Public School Fund | Denver, CO | Support for students | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| La Raza Services | Denver, CO | Support essential human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Represent Us Education Fund | Florence, MA | Support american democracy | Public and societal benefit | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stanford University Development Services | Stanford, CA | Denise o'leary and kent thiry endowed pending fund | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Colorado Association for Commerce and Industry Educational Foundation | Denver, CO | Support educaitonal initiatives and programs | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | Protecting public land | Environment | $69,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | Denver, CO | Afrik impact sponsorship for the african leadership group | Community improvement and capacity building | $54,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Denver Health & Hospitals Foundation | Denver, CO | To support high qualtty health care, research and train health care providers | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | Annual gift to support the smithsonian | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lion Global Foundation | Denver, CO | Develop educated, conscientious and empowered community ($10,000); and counterterrorism education learning lab (25,000) | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Colorado Sun | Denver, CO | Support local, independent journalism | Arts, culture and humanities | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Colorado | Denver, CO | Eye institute in honor of dr. naresh | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorado Black Women Endowment Fund | Denver, CO | Sponsoring a luncheon to raise money for college grants for women entrepreneurs | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence | Denver, CO | Domestic abuse treatment center | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Colorado Thrives | Denver, CO | Annual contribution | Community improvement and capacity building | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greenlight Fund | Boston, MA | Support local communities | Community improvement and capacity building | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Independence Institute | Denver, CO | Support research and education about public policy | Public and societal benefit | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Represent Women | Silver Spring, MD | Support gender-balanced representation | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Us Ski and Snowboard | Park City, UT | Support athlete training, developemtn, competition, education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| High Hopes Colorado | Littleton, CO | Supporting free enterprise and education reform | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Steadman Philippon Research Institute | Vail, CO | Research in orthopaedics, sports medicine and healthy aging | Medical research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Navy Seal Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | Denver evening of tribute sponsorship | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bay Area Discover Museum | Sausilito, CA | To support play-based learning for children | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Breakthrough T1D | Denver, CO | Support type 1 diabetes research | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Common Sense | San Francisco, CA | Entertainment and technology recommendations for families | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Women's Foundation of Colorado | Denver, CO | Safeguard and accelerate women's progress | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gardner Valley School | Gardner, CO | Support for students | Education | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Denver Scholarship Foundation | Denver, CO | General scholarships | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation | Center City, MN | Addiction treatment center | Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Melanoma Research Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | Skin caner foundation and melanoma research foundation | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Stanford Fund | Stanford, CA | Support for students | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Down Syndrome Foundation | Denver, CO | Improve health outcomes for individuals with down syndrome | Health care | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Work Education and Employment | Denver, CO | Support low-income, career seeking parents | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maya's Way Fund | Cincinnati, OH | Integrative medicine foundation | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford Athletics Buckcardinal Club | Stanford, CA | Support the stanford athletics program | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | Stanford, CA | Support sbgs | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Desert Botanical Garden (carole Kraemer Memorial Fund) | Phoenix, AZ | In support of protecting the sonoran desert | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of Potawatomi State Park Inc | Sturgeon Bay, WI | Preservation of public park, improve facilities | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | Support parks and conservation | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Green Dot Public Schools Development | Los Angeles, CA | Support for students | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marin Horizon School | Mill Valley, CA | Support for students | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mill Valley Public Library | Mill Valley, CA | Support public library | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Sausalito, CA | Support rescuing, rehabilitating, releasing of marine mammals | Animal-related | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $769,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $734,352 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $104,000 |
| Environment | $70,600 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $35,000 |
| Human services | $25,000 |
| Medical research | $20,000 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Colorado | $1,930,852 |
| California | $452,600 |
| Virginia | $317,000 |
| Massachusetts | $125,000 |
| District of Columbia | $50,000 |
| Maryland | $25,000 |
| Utah | $25,000 |
| Minnesota | $5,000 |
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Updated September 15, 2025. 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.