Colorado · Nonprofit
DARK SKIES PAONIA
DARK SKIES PAONIA (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,822 to it, the largest being BUCY FAMILY FUND ($6,822). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $7k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $6k
What Dark Skies Paonia does
Programs
Educational Events - Sky viewing events are organized at least 5 times a year are free and a means to educate the public about the night sky astronomy and the importance of keeping our night skies dark. We partnered with The Learning Council a local non-profit that focuses on environmental education and youth education.
$491 spentPublic outreach and educational materials available at Town events including Hestival Festival a 3 day event which hosts hundreds of individuals families and offers educational booths music and camping. Dark Skies Paonia held a one night sky viewing event where children and adults could view the planets and learn about astronomy and importance of keeping our night skies dark for our health and the health of the environment.
$633 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $4k to $6k (+66%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $600 → $2k.
From the IRS filings of DARK SKIES PAONIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of DARK SKIES PAONIA's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DARK SKIES PAONIA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,119 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,119 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like DARK SKIES PAONIA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DARK SKIES PAONIA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DARK SKIES PAONIA?
- DARK SKIES PAONIA (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,822 to it, the largest being BUCY FAMILY FUND ($6,822). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DARK SKIES PAONIA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,822 in grants to DARK SKIES PAONIA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DARK SKIES PAONIA?
- BUCY FAMILY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $6,822 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DARK SKIES PAONIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2020–2023), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing