Colorado · Nonprofit
HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION
HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $447,999 to it, the largest being HIGH PLAINS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER ($447,999). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $191k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $448k
- Net assets
- $8.7M
What High Plains Foundation does
Mission
To support the high plains environmental center in loveland, colorado.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To acquire, design, restore, develop, maintain, preserve and protect an environmental preserve that encourages the public to explore the connections between ecological processes and sustainable living in the high plains region of colorado.hpf is planning for development of phase two of our visitor center, the habitat factory, a working greenhouse and classroom that will highlight the relationship between native plants and wildlife.the hpf is a funding organization for the high plains environmental center (hpec). Hpf helps raise funds for capitol projects that are managed and operated by hpec.
$237,539 spentof which $190,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $237,539.
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 2022 to 2023, from $7.9M to $8.5M (+8%).
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.
48% of HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Joe Knopinski
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $30k → $124k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. 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 HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION'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
HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HIGH PLAINS 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- High Plains Environmental Center · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HIGH PLAINS 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 HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION?
- HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $447,999 to it, the largest being HIGH PLAINS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER ($447,999). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $447,999 in grants to HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HIGH PLAINS FOUNDATION?
- HIGH PLAINS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $447,999 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HIGH PLAINS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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