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Private foundation (trust)EIN 813496752Est. 2016-10

Forever Our Rivers Foundation

Grand Junction, CO 81507

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$1.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$306K

FY 2024

Grants Made

9

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$34K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$2K–$120K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$258K

4Rivers Program grant-making protects and restores 4 tributaries to the Colorado River Dolores Escalante Verde and Gila rivers of Colorado Utah and Arizona

Program 2

$48K

The Community Grants Program grant-making focuses on community-inspired projects that empower and educate youth about river ecosystems and conservation

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$103K

Total Expenses

$603K

Qualifying Distributions

$581K

Distributable Amount

$62K

Min. Investment Return

$62K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

9 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $9K to maximum $120K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $368K in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

49 grants

Conservation Legacy
$439K
2 grants
Friends of the Verde River
$135K
4 grants
Grand Staircase Escalante Partners
$128K
2 grants
RiversEdge West
$115K
3 grants
Gila Watershed Partnership
$76K
2 grants
Grand Staicase Escalante Partners
$38K
1 grant
Coalitions Collaboratives
$24K
1 grant
Lincoln Hills Cares
$18K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

49 grants

<$10K
36
grants
$10–50K
8
grants
$50–250K
4
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

5 states

Colorado
$689K
64% of total
Arizona
$211K
20% of total
Utah
$165K
15% of total
Montana
$5K
0% of total
Oregon
$3K
0% of total

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