COLORADO OPEN LANDS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C340

Classification

2000

Street

1546 COLE BLVD STE 200

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 200). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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• C O L FOUNDATION

  EIN 84-1072741

Mission and programs · 2024

• LAND CONSERVATION WE HAVE LED THE PROTECTION OF NEARLY 700,000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE ACROSS COLORADO, THANKS TO FANTASTIC PARTNERSHIPS AND VISIONARY LANDOWNERS. THE PROTECTION OF THOSE 700,000 ACRES ENSURES THAT VALUABLE WILDLIFE HABITAT, PRODUCTIVE FARMS AND RANCHES, IRREPLACEABLE SCENIC VIEWS, AND VITAL WETLANDS AND RIVER CORRIDORS WILL BE THERE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE USE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AS OUR PRIMARY METHOD FOR PROTECTING LAND. A CONSERVATION EASEMENT IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT THAT ENSURES EACH PROPERTY'S UNIQUE CONSERVATION VALUES ARE PERMANENTLY PROTECTED. FOR FULL DESCRIPTION, SEE SCHEDULE O.

  Expenses $43,875,623 · Grants $43,232 · Revenue $545,125

• STEWARDSHIP THE PURPOSE OF OUR STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE THAT THE CONSERVATION VALUES (FOR EXAMPLE WILDLIFE HABITAT, OPEN SPACE INCLUDING PRODUCTIVE FARMLAND, RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES) OF EACH CONSERVATION EASEMENT WE HOLD ARE PROTECTED FOREVER. BY DOING SO, WE ENSURE THAT THE WISHES OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT DONOR AND THE PUBLIC'S TRUST ARE UPHELD. COLORADO OPEN LANDS MAINTAINS A MODEL CONSERVATION EASEMENT STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM THAT IS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE OF COLORADO AND ACCREDITED BY THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE ACCREDITATION COMMISSION. FOR FULL DESCRIPTION, SEE SCHEDULE O.

  Expenses $3,832,783 · Grants $1,375,000 · Revenue $109,936

• HEALTHY LANDS & WATER THE PURPOSE OF THE HEALTHY LANDS & WATER PROGRAM IS TO RESTORE CRITICAL LANDSCAPES TO BE ECOLOGICALLY VIBRANT, RESILIENT, AND PRODUCTIVE. TO ACHIEVE THIS WORK, WE BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND LEVERAGE RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT LANDOWNERS IN STEWARDING, RESTORING, AND ENRICHING CRITICAL NATURAL RESOURCES ACROSS COLORADO.

  Expenses $1,011,069

• COMMUNICATIONS, OUTREACH AND EDUCATION COLORADO OPEN LANDS IS DEDICATED TO FORGING A REAL CONNECTION BETWEEN CONSERVED LANDS AND THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO. IT IS IN THAT SPIRIT THAT WE OFFER A SUITE OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS, DESIGNED TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO LAND AND ALL THE BENEFITS IT PROVIDES. WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: A CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP SERIES, EXPEDITIONS ON CONSERVED PROPERTIES, A DIRECTORY OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM CONSERVED LANDS, AGRICULTURAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, FARM TO TABLE EVENTS, AND PROMOTION OF URBAN AGRICULTURE. WE ALSO DISTRIBUTE A SEMI-ANNUAL NEWSLETTER AS WELL AS MONTHLY EMAILS FULL OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE WITH CONSERVED LANDS. FOR FULL DESCRIPTION, SEE SCHEDULE O.

  Expenses $367,301 · Revenue $2,239

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $51,292,712

  Expenses

  $50,033,875

  Contributions

  $49,912,520

  Grants paid

  $1,418,232

• 2023

  Revenue

  $33,137,776

  Expenses

  $33,918,294

  Contributions

  $32,241,931

  Grants paid

  $663,897

• 2022

  Revenue

  $46,520,950

  Expenses

  $47,850,137

  Contributions

  $46,289,620

  Grants paid

  $1,025,055

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $34,650,733

  Expenses

  $30,328,102

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,741,113

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $26,643,606

  Expenses

  $25,740,817

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,877,456

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $23,604,006

  Expenses

  $22,405,540

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,045,076

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,181,661

  Expenses

  $21,816,238

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,933,397

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,754,310

  Expenses

  $12,920,375

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,864,166

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,305,005

  Expenses

  $16,306,601

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,726,882

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,517,341

  Expenses

  $5,477,563

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,614,876

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,411,735

  Expenses

  $5,017,531

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,623,344

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,563,430

  Expenses

  $16,371,415

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,209,355

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $24,651,422

  Assets (EOY)

  $432,850

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• COL FOUNDATION

  $1,418,232

  2024 · STEWARDSHIP OF EASEM

• COL FOUNDATION

  $1,025,055

  2022 · STEWARDSHIP OF EASEM

• COL FOUNDATION

  $663,897

  2023 · STEWARDSHIP OF EASEM

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $879,759

  2024 · SAGE GROUSE HABITAT CONSERVATION EASEMENT

• C O L FOUNDATION

  $422,521

  2024 · PRESERVE OPEN SPACE

• MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC

  $419,551

  2024 · OTHER

• C O L FOUNDATION

  $418,706

  2023 · PRESERVE OPEN SPACE

• DENVER FOUNDATION

  $412,850

  2024 · LAND RESOURCES CONSERVATION

• DENVER FOUNDATION

  $354,000

  2023 · LAND RESOURCES CONSERVATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $184,300

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $175,728

  2023 · RESTORING THE HYDROLOGY OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER

• COLORADO COALITION OF LAND TRUSTS

  $159,750

  2025 · CONSERVATION PROJECT

• COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION

  $147,608

  2024 · GENERAL PURPOSE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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