Organization · EIN 84-0736725 · Lakewood, CO · Civil rights & advocacy

Who funds Mountain States Legal Foundation?

28 private foundations reported paying Mountain States Legal Foundation $529,468 on returns for tax year 2023.

28 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 28

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Bader Family Foundation
Arlington, VA
$135,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sarah Scaife Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
$100,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Truecos Foundation
Casper, WY
$100,000 PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, EFFECTIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THOSE WHO SHARE THEIR COMMITMENT TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO OWN AND USE PROPERTY, L… Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Wold Foundation
Casper, WY
$56,000
2 grant lines
GENERAL FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gretchen Swanson Family Foundation
Omaha, NE
$25,000 UNRESTRICTED -GENERAL OPERATING FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Doherty Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$20,000 General & Unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Edgar E & Elizabeth S Pankey Foundation
North Tustin, CA
$20,000 General Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Verdad Foundation
Casper, WY
$20,000 PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY EFFECTIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THOSE WHO SHARE THEIR COMMITMENT TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO OWN AND USE PROPERTY, LI… Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Finch Family Foundation
Pasadena, CA · Preselected only
$12,500 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Relgalf Charitable Foundation
West Palm Beach, FL
$10,000 GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
The Lozick Family Foundation
Pepper Pike, OH · Preselected only
$5,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Merrion Family Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$5,000 General & Unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Abell-Hanger Foundation
Midland, TX
$4,500
3 grant lines
UNRESTRICTED DONATION +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Creigh Family Foundation
Lincoln, NE
$4,500 General Operations Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Farrell Family Foundation
Kentfield, CA · Preselected only
$3,100 FUNDS FOR DISCRETIONARY USE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Samuel L Westerman Foundation
Bloomfield Hills, MI
$2,000 CHARITABLE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bill Stroecker Foundation
Fairbanks, AK · Preselected only
$2,000 RECIPIENT AUTHORIZED EXEMPT PURPOSES
Filed as “MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FDN”
Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Usher Family Foundation
Bonita Springs, FL · Preselected only
$1,000 exempt function of charity Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Quaker City Foundation
Chester Springs, PA · Preselected only
$1,000 OPERATIONS FOR EXEMPT PURPOSES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Betty T and David M Schneider Foundation
Waite Hill, OH · Preselected only
$1,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Mountain States Legal Foundation

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Mountain States Legal Foundation, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Garvey Kansas Foundation Wichita, KS
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $68.3K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  2. The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation Reading, PA
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $4,502 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. The Armstrong Foundation Fort Worth, TX
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $418K to them
  4. The Venner Family Foundation Wadsworth, OH
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $62K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. The Dunn Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $1.6M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. The Tkbw Private Foundation Holland, OH
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $49K to them
  7. Acts 4 32-34 Zephyr Cove, NV
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $24K to them
  8. Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Bethesda, MD
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $15.8M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. The Heritage Foundation Washington, DC
    14 shared funders · 287 funders in all
  2. Judicial Watch Washington, DC
    14 shared funders · 400 funders in all
  3. Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI
    14 shared funders · 640 funders in all
  4. Leadership Institute Arlington, VA
    13 shared funders · 295 funders in all
  5. Pacific Legal Foundation Sacramento, CA
    12 shared funders · 120 funders in all
  6. Institute for Justice Arlington, VA
    9 shared funders · 146 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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