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THE SUMMIT FOUNDATION

EIN 74-2341399 BRECKENRIDGE, CO

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Revenue 2024
$9,046,610
Expenses 2024
$6,686,718

Program services were 80.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30Z
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 4000

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

FOR OVER 40 YEARS, THE SUMMIT FOUNDATION HAS BEEN THE TRUSTED PARTNER IN SUPPORTING THE ENTIRE SUMMIT COUNTY COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING STRONG LEADERSHIP TO ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS. WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE LEADING PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION FOR SUMMIT COUNTY AND OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING EVEN BETTER MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, AND WORKING ACROSS ALL BOUNDARIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORTING QUALIFIED TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS

  • WE PROVIDE GRANTS AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR QUALIFIED TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP HARD-WORKING STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS OF COLLEGE OR OTHER POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. AS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WE ALSO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND SEED FUNDING FOR SPECIAL INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS CRITICAL COMMUNITY ISSUES.

    Expenses $5,387,439 · Grants $4,972,323

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.

  • Jeanne Bistranin

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $217,341
    From this org
    $209,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,320
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,021
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,394
    Nontaxable benefits
    $926
    Filer's total
    $217,341

  • Chad Covell

    FORMER DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $139,286
    From this org
    $121,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,786
    Hours/week
    45

  • Ellen Reid

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

  • Tim Applegate

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Banas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Beckmann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Blanchard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shannon Buhler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Byrd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Cammarata

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Luella Chavez D'Angelo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jon Copeland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Dankner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Deppe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peggy Hiller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Hughes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Kelly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Kopp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meg Lass

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dustin Lyman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Magliocchetti

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robbins Manley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin McGinnis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Messegee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Pestello

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. 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
    $9,046,610
    Expenses
    $6,686,718
    Contributions
    $7,798,465
    Grants paid
    $4,972,323
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,381,865
    Expenses
    $6,001,722
    Contributions
    $5,403,430
    Grants paid
    $4,548,258
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,224,766
    Expenses
    $5,163,813
    Contributions
    $6,778,669
    Grants paid
    $3,883,255

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
    $4,939,479
    Expenses
    $4,887,496
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,397,790

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,446,939
    Expenses
    $5,484,033
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,333,564

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,053,681
    Expenses
    $4,947,112
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,792,311

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,190,320
    Expenses
    $4,412,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,599,465

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,062,296
    Expenses
    $4,604,202
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,039,513

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,434,610
    Expenses
    $4,236,012
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,180,984

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,366,498
    Expenses
    $3,530,877
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,813,228

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,064,257
    Expenses
    $2,982,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,575,726

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,943,293
    Expenses
    $2,842,830
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,292,483

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,000,842
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,188,927

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 PC.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.