CMF Endowment Fund

Public charity · Grantmaker Boulder, CO EIN: 84-1095703

Provide for the long-term sustainability of the Colorado music festival & center for musical arts.

CMF Endowment Fund at a glance

In short: CMF Endowment Fund gave $759K across 1 grant in 2024 (avg $759K), mostly in Colorado. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2024)
$759,316
+203.7% vs 2023
Grants made (2024)
1
+0.0% vs 2023
Average grant
$759,316
+203.7% vs 2023
Median grant
$759,316
Primary geography
Colorado (100% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who CMF Endowment Fund funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2024

Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts: $759KColorado Music Festival &Center for Musical Arts$759K

The largest 2024 recipient was Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts ($759K).

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

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

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 4 (25%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2024 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Boulder

How CMF Endowment Fund gives

  • Giving grew 849% from 2021 to 2024. 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$200K$400K$600K$800K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024

From 2021 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $40K (2022) to $759K (2024). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $759K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts Boulder, COTo Support Local Community Music Education and Performance.$759,316
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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
2024—$22,461$761,734$759,3161$19,116
2023$699,042$152,048$252,016$250,0001$23,268
2022$743,570$28,899$42,517$40,0001$26,999
2021$914,549$67,447$80,000$80,0001$52,539
2020$871,620$-31,345———$-66,881
2019$867,096$127,284———$123,984

About CMF Endowment Fund

Based on IRS filings

CMF Endowment Fund is a public charity, based in Boulder, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2024. In 2024, it awarded 1 grant totaling $759K. Net investment income was $19K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

CMF Endowment Fund is led by Andrea Berry, President since 2022 (on filings since 2020); none of the 7 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Andrea Berry

    President

    Trustee → President, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Caryl Kassoy

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christopher Mueller

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anne Beer

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marianne Luu-Chen

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Jones

    Trustee

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Douglas Houston

    Secretary

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (7)
  • Former: Ferd Grauer (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Helgeland (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Doug Houston (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Tk Smith (2019–2021) — President
  • Former: Susan Boothby (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Roger Davidson (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Stephen Trainor (2019) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about CMF Endowment Fund

How much does CMF Endowment Fund give each year?

CMF Endowment Fund gave $759K across 1 grant in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $250K across 1 grant.

Where does CMF Endowment Fund operate?

CMF Endowment Fund has awarded grants in Colorado.

What is CMF Endowment Fund's EIN?

CMF Endowment Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-1095703. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2024.

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

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 30, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS June 3, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 20, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 28, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 23, 2025)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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