United States Fencing Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Colorado Springs, CO EIN: 74-2424634

To help promote and develop the sport of amateur fencing in the United States by providing support to the United States Fencing Association.

United States Fencing Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$3,230,551
+0.7% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$624,691
+34.3% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$140,983
+49.3% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$374,374
-26.4% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who United States Fencing Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

<$50K1$50–100K3$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 3 grants of 4 (75%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Colorado Springs

How United States Fencing Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (−18%). 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$150K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $59K (2023) to $122K (2021). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $101K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
US Fencing Association Colorado Springs, COTo promote fencing in the USA.$100,773
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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$3,230,551$624,691$374,374——$140,983
2024$3,207,154$465,114$508,421$100,7731$94,417
2023$2,854,590$138,598$189,883$58,6351$54,955
2022$2,592,063$230,269$130,360$118,4491$150,560
2021$2,661,326$438,300$137,229$122,3561$319,521
2020$2,064,094$193,692$119,445$110,5601$178,692
2019$2,037,256$87,887$139,630$97,5701$45,962

About United States Fencing Foundation

Based on IRS filings

United States Fencing Foundation is a public charity focused on Recreation & Sports, based in Colorado Springs, 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 $141K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

United States Fencing Foundation is led by Amanda Lilly, Executive Director on every filing since 2024; none of the 15 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Amanda Lilly

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Selina Kaing

    President

    Co-Chair President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lianne Merchant

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robin McGraw

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Claire Fraser

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Damien Lehfeldt

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ellen Geddes

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jack Hoyle

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Weber

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Fraser

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kurtis Fetchmeyer

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laura Johnson

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lilly Huang

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Yana Kravtsova

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Emily Bian

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2024

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (10)
  • Former: David Arias (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Dow (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Zagunis (2019–2024) — President
  • Former: Samuel Cheris (2019–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Bill Walker (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Adam Watson (2021–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Donald Anthony Jr. (2021–2024) — Co-Chair President
  • Former: Keeth Smart (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Raquel Brown (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Stacey Johnson (2019) — Trustee

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 United States Fencing Foundation

How large is United States Fencing Foundation?

United States Fencing Foundation reported $3.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $625K.

What is United States Fencing Foundation?

United States Fencing Foundation is a public charity focused on Recreation & Sports, based in Colorado Springs, CO. It holds $3.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does United States Fencing Foundation operate?

United States Fencing Foundation has awarded grants in Colorado.

What is United States Fencing Foundation's EIN?

United States Fencing Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-2424634. 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 February 6, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 13, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 16, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 29, 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 March 3, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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