Colorado · Nonprofit
ESA FOUNDATION
ESA FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $39,945 to it, the largest being United Way of Eddy County ($39,945). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $866k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $6.1M
What Esa Foundation does
Mission
To develop philanthropic activities of volunteers, provide assistance to established programs that serve human needs, and produce new programs to improve the quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Esa Foundation (the foundation) is a nonprofit organization established to promote continuing education and activities that make a positive difference in the world community. The primary program of the Esa Foundation is its endowment program which grants scholarships, via an extensive application and judging process, to worthy individuals.
$155,257 spentof which $123,100 as grants$207,582 earned by the program52% of program spendingThe secondary program of the Esa Foundation is providing funding to other 501 c 3 charitable organizations. The funding is provided by members of the Esa Foundation and like amounts are then provided to the 501 c 3 designated organizations. Therefore, revenues and expenses of this program are the same and all expenditures are grants to other 501 c 3's.
$141,635 spentof which $122,636 as grants$122,636 earned by the program48% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $296,892.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2017 to 2018, from $5.0M to $5.3M (+6%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
9% of ESA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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.
Board chair
Kim Mandrell
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of ESA FOUNDATION’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
ESA FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 1 state in all.
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
ESA FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ESA FOUNDATION
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.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
44%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Esa Membership Corporation · exempt
- Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Council · exempt
- Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Council Disaster Fund · exempt
- Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Council · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ESA FOUNDATION: 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 ESA FOUNDATION?
- ESA FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $39,945 to it, the largest being United Way of Eddy County ($39,945). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ESA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $39,945 in grants to ESA FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ESA FOUNDATION?
- United Way of Eddy County is the largest funder on record, with $39,945 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ESA FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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