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Poudre Heritage Alliance

Public charity · Grantmaker Windsor, CO EIN: 36-4507550 Website

To build a deeper understanding of the cache la poudre river's national significance in influencing water development, law, and management, through interpretative and educational programming and media.

Poudre Heritage Alliance at a glance

In short: Poudre Heritage Alliance gave $27K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $9K), mostly in Colorado. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$27,472
-16.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
3
+200.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$9,157
-72.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$8,000
Total assets
$660,301
+3.8% 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 Poudre Heritage Alliance funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 3 recipients in 2025

Town of Windsor: $13KTown of Windsor$13KHistoric Larimer County: $8KHistoric Larimer County$8KColorado State University: $6KColorado State University$6K

The largest 2025 recipient was Town of Windsor ($13K). Together the top 3 received $27K.

Grant Size Distribution

10 grants across all recorded years

10<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 10 grants of 10 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Fort CollinsWindsorGreeleyGreenwood Village

How Poudre Heritage Alliance gives

  • Giving grew 219% 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$10K$20K$30K$40K2 grants2019 Total only2020 3 grants2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 1 grant2024 3 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $9K (2022) to $39K (2021). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $27K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Town of Windsor Windsor, COEaton Construction$13,000
Historic Larimer County Fort Collins, COEmma Malaby Planning$8,000
Colorado State University Fort Collins, COPoudre Trail History$6,472
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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$660,301$674,545$611,458$27,4723$5,433
2024$636,003$708,714$690,117$33,0001$5,841
2023$545,691$715,670$598,105$16,0802$2,488
2022$394,858$562,239$556,178$8,6001$866
2021$343,700$524,711$442,057$38,8023$811
2020$454,036$348,103$356,308$8,658Total only$1,973
2019$272,618$435,926$366,804$15,5002$843

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Poudre Heritage Alliance

Based on IRS filings

Poudre Heritage Alliance is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Windsor, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $660K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $27K. Net investment income was $5K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Poudre Heritage Alliance is led by Dan Biwer, Chair since 2023 (on filings since 2019); 1 of 17 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Dan Biwer

    Chair

    Secretary → Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Scopel

    Director

    Treasurer → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Meegan Flenniken

    Prior Director

    Director → Prior Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Robinson

    Prior Director

    Director → Prior Director, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jared Orsi

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Katie Donahue

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Pulis

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tammy Rusch

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Clark

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michelle Bird

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Roger Sherman

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Hummer

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sabrina Stoker

    Executive Di

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $95K (2022) → $122K (2025)

  • Greg Dewey

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wade Willis

    Past Chair

    Chair → Past Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Kallenberger

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chelsie Romulo

    Secretary

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (16)
  • Former: Nick Haws (2019–2024) — Prior Director
  • Former: Hannah Swanbom (2022–2024) — Prior Director
  • Former: Candace Troutman (2024) — Prior Director
  • Former: Bob Overbeck (2019–2023) — Prior Director
  • Former: Candace Thomas (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Kathleen Benedict (2019–2022) — Prior Executive Director
  • Former: Julie Pignataro (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Perry Buck (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jared Mazurek (2022) — Director
  • Former: Billy Mihelich (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Ryan Brennan (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Scott James (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Susan Gutowsky (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Brett Hansen (2020) — Director
  • Former: Dan Willis (2020) — Chair
  • Former: Phil Goldstein (2019) — Director

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

Sabrina Stoker — Executive Di: $122KSabrina StokerExecutive Di$122K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $122K, to Sabrina Stoker (Executive Di).

Frequently asked questions about Poudre Heritage Alliance

How much does Poudre Heritage Alliance give each year?

Poudre Heritage Alliance gave $27K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $33K across 1 grant.

What is Poudre Heritage Alliance's typical grant size?

Poudre Heritage Alliance's median grant in 2025 was $8,000, and its average grant was $9,157, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Poudre Heritage Alliance give grants?

Poudre Heritage Alliance gives mostly in Colorado: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Fort Collins, CO (2 grants).

Does Poudre Heritage Alliance give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Poudre Heritage Alliance's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.

How large is Poudre Heritage Alliance?

Poudre Heritage Alliance reported $660K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $675K.

What is Poudre Heritage Alliance?

Poudre Heritage Alliance is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Windsor, CO. It holds $660K in total assets as of 2025.

What is Poudre Heritage Alliance's EIN?

Poudre Heritage Alliance's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-4507550. 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

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 17, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 31, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 24, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 21, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 12, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 3, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 30, 2026)

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