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Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Castle Rock, CO EIN: 84-1234841 Website

To receive and maintain a fund or funds and apply the principal and income therefore, and any other property or funds of the Foundation, to such charitable, religious, scientific or educational uses and purposes as will, in the absolute and uncontrolled discretion of the Trustees of the Foundation, most effectively assist, encourage and advance the objectives, purposes and programs of the Boulder Rotary Club as expressed in its constitution; and to promote the objectives and purposes of Rotary International; and to these ends organize, establish and maintain charitable, religious, scientific and educational activities, agencies and institutions already established or to be established which, from time to time, shall seem expedient or desirable to said Trustees, provided, always, that the Foundation shall never have or exercise any objectives or purposes except such as shall in law be deemed charitable, religious, scientific or educational.

Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc gave $39K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $20K), mostly in Colorado. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$39,377
-69.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+100.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$19,689
-84.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$19,689
Total assets
$1,654,823
+9.0% vs 2024
Primary geography
Colorado (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Boulder Rotary Club: $29KBoulder Rotary Club$29KYMCA of Northern Colorado: $10KYMCA of Northern Colorado$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Boulder Rotary Club ($29K). Together the top 2 received $39K.

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

6<$50K1$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 6 grants of 8 (75%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

BoulderAlexandriaLafayette

How Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving fell 27% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 2 grants2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $36K (2023) to $129K (2024). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $39K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Boulder Rotary Club Boulder, COBoulder Rotary Club Good Works$29,377
YMCA of Northern Colorado Lafayette, COSupport of Children in Norther Colorado$10,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,654,823$215,152$184,286$39,3772$63,792
2024$1,518,351$140,866$178,937$129,3151$52,786
2023$1,430,634$601,587$111,455$36,3481$117,495
2022$940,502$142,310$120,080$54,1852$11,644
2021$1,020,121$138,475$141,219$106,0652$59,174
2020$987,883$190,451$212,737——$21,237
2019$966,600$92,232$177,531——$19,549

About Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in Castle Rock, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $39K. Net investment income was $64K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc is led by Cassidy Murphy, Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2021); 1 of 16 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Cassidy Murphy

    Chair

    Trustee → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John T. Sullivan

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bob Murphy

    Trustee

    Trustee → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bill Anderson

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Corker

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Sible

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leslie Herz

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Rutherford

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Rofles

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Tilson

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathy Heidebrecht

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michelle Dube

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Weatherwax

    CFO

    Treasurer → CFO, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    $600 (2025)

  • Grant Hickman

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Danny Lindau

    Secretary

    Trustee → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Priscilla Newbury

    Vice Chair

    Trustee → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (22)
  • Former: Janet Beardsley (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: John Regur (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: John Mozeliak (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Jim Rolfes (2021–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Charlotte Roehm (2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Michael Carpenter (2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Kitty DeKieffer (2019–2023) — Past Chair
  • Former: Norris Hermsmeyer (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Michael Brady (2019–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Susan Connelly (2020–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Chad Stamm (2021–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Karl Kurtz (2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Helena Kottke (2019–2021) — Past Chair
  • Former: Sally Brown (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Kathy Pollicita (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Michael McHale (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Carol Gorsuch (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Dennis Channer (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Don James (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: George Browning (2019–2020) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Jere Jill Mock (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Marilynne Tarrall (2019–2020) — Past Chair

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Michael Weatherwax — CFO: $600Michael WeatherwaxCFO$600

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $600, to Michael Weatherwax (CFO).

Frequently asked questions about Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc

How much does Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc give each year?

Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc gave $39K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $129K across 1 grant.

How large is Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc?

Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc reported $1.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $215K.

Where does Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc operate?

Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc has awarded grants in Colorado, Virginia.

What is Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc's EIN?

Boulder Rotary Club Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-1234841. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 28, 2022)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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