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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING SOUTHWEST COLORADO

EIN 84-1474900 DURANGO, CO

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Revenue 2024
$4,341,287
Expenses 2024
$4,806,313

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T31
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 1673

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

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To develop and increase charitable giving that connects donors to community needs in Southwest Colorado and to support the nonprofit sector through granting and educational opportunities.

  • Nonprofit Support - The Community Foundation is committed to maximizing the full potential of our region's nonprofits and bolstering the vibrancy of Southwest Colorado. We invest and manage contributions in the five counties we serve: Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, and San Juan. We facilitate effective grantmaking for donors to ensure our region is a great place to live, work, learn, and play. In addition, the Community Foundation provides local, affordable professional development workshops and learning opportunities for nonprofit organizations in our region. We work closely with our nonprofit community to identify needs and find experienced professionals to offer hands-on training to increase capacity. Our organization feels strongly that the more effective the nonprofit sector is, the better investment it is for our philanthropists.

    Expenses $3,631,115

  • FISCAL PROGRAMS - The Community Foundation administers fiscal sponsorship relationships with approximately ten charitable organizations or projects that do not have their own 501c3 tax-exempt status. We extend our charitable umbrella over select projects whose missions closely match our own in order to catalyze their work for the benefit of our community. Fiscal sponsorship is an efficient, economic way to reduce the cost of running a project while maintaining the integrity of the projects purpose. There are significant benefits and cost savings for projects to utilize the Community Foundation for certain activities, such as donation management, accounting, bookkeeping, insurance, and banking. (Current fiscal projects include Bear Smart, Caf au Play, Cancer Coalition of Southwest Colorado, Durango Derailers, Early Childhood Council of Archuleta County, Earth Day Durango, Give a Dam, Sail Durango, and The Community Treehouse.)

    Expenses $334,788

  • Events - The Community Foundation hosts events for various purposes, including (1) grantmaking, (2) fundraising, and (3) community awareness. (1) The 19th Hole Concerts are a grant opportunity for nonprofits in Archuleta County. Selected nonprofits practice vital skills, such as grant writing, marketing, and event logistics. Through these popular concerts, the nonprofit grantees share their important work with the community and earn much-needed grant funds. (2) The Community Foundations largest fundraising event is the Durango Wine Experience, where we host wine vendors from around the world and produce a fun, shoulder-season festival each spring. Since we prioritize nonprofit support in all our projects, we ensure Wine Experience attendees get both a taste of wine and a taste of the impactful work that the Community Foundation and other local nonprofits accomplish. (3) The Community Foundation created the Making a Difference Speaker Series to align with our core values. We commit to annually bringing in nationally known speakers to talk about their philanthropic endeavors, prompting community awareness, conversations, and actions around significant, timely topics. (Related fundraising amounts from our events are reported on Schedule G.)

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Briggen Wrinkle

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $128,397
    From this org
    $116,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,000
    Hours/week
    40

  • Wilson Warmack

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Molly Martin

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Martha Minot

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gretchen Nordham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dave Albrechta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Robin Duffy-Wirth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Barbara McLachlan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marcy Mitche

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Karen Thompson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Smiley

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $4,341,287
    Expenses
    $4,806,313
    Contributions
    $3,683,994
    Grants paid
    $3,629,692
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,139,653
    Expenses
    $5,762,323
    Contributions
    $5,308,784
    Grants paid
    $4,710,466
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,623,709
    Expenses
    $2,812,434
    Contributions
    $2,933,894
    Grants paid
    $2,053,912

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
    $6,509,684
    Expenses
    $4,874,167
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,384,796

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,877,808
    Expenses
    $3,292,495
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,354,120

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,493,596
    Expenses
    $2,005,994
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,509,199

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,200,312
    Expenses
    $2,400,427
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,110,638

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,962,203
    Expenses
    $1,629,893
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,090,525

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,594,595
    Expenses
    $1,598,858
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,405,611

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,388,772
    Expenses
    $994,838
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,927,558

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,285,787
    Expenses
    $1,610,211
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,757,800

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $859,879
    Expenses
    $1,055,486
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,689,712

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $859,879
    Expenses
    $1,055,486
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,689,712

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

  • PINE RIVER SHARES

    $835,931

    2024

  • ONWARD

    $718,949

    2023

  • SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION

    $381,500

    2023

  • UNITED WAY OF SW COLORADO

    $310,600

    2023

  • LA PLATA YOUTH SERVICES

    $229,333

    2023

  • LA PLATA YOUTH SERVICES

    $223,412

    2024

  • IGNACIO COMMUNITY COLLEGE

    $190,000

    2023

  • LOCAL FIRST FOUNDATION

    $165,000

    2023

  • UNITED WAY OF SW COLORADO

    $155,276

    2024

  • GOOD FOOD COLLECTIVE

    $136,000

    2024

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

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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.