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COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES FOUNDATION

EIN 20-8643063 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

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Revenue 2024
$1,570,823
Expenses 2024
$1,989,800

Program services were 95.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X11
Classification
1000
Street
121 S TEJON STREET 5TH FLOOR

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR PUBLIC, CHARITABLE, OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO BENEFIT THE COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY OPERATIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To operate exclusively for public, charitable, or educational purposes to benefit the Colorado Springs Utilities community.

  • THE PROJECT COPE PROGRAM PROVIDES EMERGENCY UTILITY BILL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS OF COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH NINE NONPROFIT AGENCIES, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO 2431 HOUSEHOLDS TO HELP KEEP THEIR ENERGY AND WATER SERVICES ACTIVE.

    Expenses $1,890,452 · Grants $1,762,905

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.

  • Tristan Gearhart

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $434,682
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $351,270
    Other
    $83,412
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $351,270 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $50,991 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $32,421 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $434,682 related
  • Lisa Barbato

    Director

    Total calculated
    $427,455
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $352,191
    Other
    $75,264
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $352,191 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $50,991 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $24,273 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $427,455 related
  • Mike Francolino

    President

    Total calculated
    $426,953
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $345,208
    Other
    $81,745
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $345,208 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $50,991 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $30,754 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $426,953 related
  • Renee Adams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $398,865
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $317,091
    Other
    $81,774
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $317,091 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $46,540 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $35,234 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $398,865 related
  • Natalie Lovell

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $233,278
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $177,365
    Other
    $55,913
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $177,365 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $26,155 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $29,758 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $233,278 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,570,823
    Expenses
    $1,989,800
    Contributions
    $1,493,406
    Grants paid
    $1,762,905
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,095,981
    Expenses
    $1,174,111
    Contributions
    $1,018,531
    Grants paid
    $1,171,975
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,186,701
    Expenses
    $455,020
    Contributions
    $1,169,727
    Grants paid
    $410,106

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
    $1,147,424
    Expenses
    $1,156,595
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,751,625
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,248,291
    Expenses
    $578,960
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,757,532
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $964,666
    Expenses
    $1,123,412
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,093,587
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $681,768
    Expenses
    $1,062,975
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,251,499
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,384,162
    Expenses
    $916,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,131,803
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $860,631
    Expenses
    $948,432
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,672,591
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $782,266
    Expenses
    $1,005,179
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,767,347
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $810,850
    Expenses
    $1,010,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,979,499
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $931,960
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,176,803
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $897,423
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,157,729

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

  • Colorado Springs Utilities

    $1,762,905

    2024 Bill assistance for utilities customers.

  • Colorado Springs Utilities

    $1,100,680

    2023 Bill assistance for utilities customers.

  • Colorado Springs Utilities

    $410,106

    2022 Bill assistance for utilities customers.

  • 2023 Bill assistance for utilities customers.

  • 2023 Bill assistance for utilities customers.

  • 2023 Bill assistance for utilities customers.

  • 2023 Bill assistance for utilities customers.

  • 2023 Bill assistance for utilities customers.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • Colorado Springs Utilities

    Sec 115(1) · Public Utilit · CO

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.