Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Greenwood Village, CO EIN: 84-1672030

The mission of Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation is to promote and support charitable and educational goals of current and retired telcom companies employees in their community.

Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$3,214,684
Revenue (2025)
$3,115,247
+553229.8% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$106,668
Expenses (2025)
$337,648
+659.2% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

How to apply to Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation

Who Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

2 grants across all recorded years

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

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 1 grant of 2 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

EnglewoodGreenwood VilageGreenwood Village

How Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 56% from 2019 to 2022. 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$800K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $308K (2022) to $708K (2020). In 2022 it made 1 grant totaling $308K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Telecompioneers Greenwood Vilage, COTo Support Telecompioneers$308,119
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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$3,214,684$3,115,247$337,648——$106,668
2024—$563$44,474———
2023$8,554$964,320$1,062,892———
2022$84,146$1,545,313$1,545,313$308,1191—
2021$261,619$1,802,884$1,802,884$674,6621—
2020$412,164$1,836,504$1,836,504$707,8621—
2019$422,681$1,721,705$1,721,705$696,7361—

About Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation is a public charity, based in Greenwood Village, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.2M in total assets. Net investment income was $107K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation is led by Patti Pace, Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2021); none of the 16 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Patti Pace

    Chair

    Secretary & Legacy West Pioneers Director → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • John Staggs

    Executive Di

    Vice Chair, At & T Pioneers Director → Chairman, 2023

    Chairman → Executive Di, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kris Wells

    Past Chair

    Vice Chair, At & T Pioneers Director → Chair, At & T Pioneers Director, 2022

    Chair, At & T Pioneers Director → Past Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Redline

    Member

    New Vision Pioneers Director → Secretary, 2023

    Secretary → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Dione Wall

    Member

    Canadian Pioneers Director → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Marian Wilcox

    Member

    Legacy West Pioneers Director → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Rita Coen

    Treasurer

    At & T Pioneers Director → Member, 2023

    Member → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Christy Mayfield

    Vice Chair

    Member → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Tanya Snair

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Cornell Smith

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Gloria Moran

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Worley

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Corson

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Misty Robertson

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Sally Munroe

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Sandra Franklin

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

Former officers (21)
  • Former: Elaine Housley (2019–2024) — Member
  • Former: John Merlino (2019–2024) — Member
  • Former: Donna Evans (2020–2024) — Member
  • Former: Nouvelle Helmick (2020–2024) — Member
  • Former: Jay Foster (2021–2024) — Member
  • Former: Allan Miller (2019–2022) — Canadian Pioneers Director
  • Former: Fred Salomon (2019–2022) — New Outlook Pioneers Director
  • Former: Joe Holbert (2019–2022) — At & T Pioneers Director
  • Former: Laura Whitlock (2021–2022) — Executive Director
  • Former: Cary Parsons (2019–2021) — Director of Finance
  • Former: Gloria Pazel (2019–2021) — Treasurer, At & T Pioneers Director
  • Former: Sherry Daughtry (2019–2021) — Legacy West Pioneers Director
  • Former: Shirley Sanz (2019–2021) — At & T Pioneers Director
  • Former: Nouvelle Helmick Secretary (2021) — New Vision Pioneers Director
  • Former: Charlene Hill (2019–2020) — Executive Director
  • Former: Darrell Liebrecht (2019) — Canadian Pioneers Director
  • Former: Deb Foley (2019) — Board Chairnew Vision Director
  • Former: Diane Rodger (2019) — New Vision Pioneers Director
  • Former: Larry Lamper (2019) — Legacy West Pioneers Director
  • Former: Mary Provencal (2019) — New Vision Pioneers Director
  • Former: Michelle Turner (2019) — At & T Pioneers 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.

Frequently asked questions about Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation

How large is Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation?

Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation reported $3.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.1M.

Where does Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation operate?

Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation has awarded grants in Colorado.

What is Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation's EIN?

Telecompioneers Charitable Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-1672030. 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

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 2, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 4, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 26, 2023)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 28, 2020)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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