Colorado · Nonprofit
RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon
RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $536 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($536). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $8k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $536
- Net assets
- $53k
What RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon does
Mission
Environmental Stewardship,Volunteer Projects, Education and Communication
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP: We work with the City of Colorado Springs to protect, maintain, and add to open space, specifically Red Rock Canyon and its surrounding properties.
$1,043 spent17% of program spendingVOLUNTEER PROJECTS: We sponsor trail building and maintenance of existing trails and features of Red Rock Canyon and adjoining open space, along with activities which promote caring for the land.
$1,014 spent16% of program spendingEDUCATION and COMMUNICATION: We inform our members and other interested parties about Red Rock Canyon environment, wildlife, issues and opportunities to maintain and continue to create a quality open space.
$4,212 spent67% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $6,269.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2025 to 2026, from $51k to $53k (+3%).
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.
33% of RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $121 → $96.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon’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 RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $536 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon has grown faster than three-quarters of the 77 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 77 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon
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.
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon?
- RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $536 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($536). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $536 in grants to RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $536 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RED ROCK CANYON FOUNDATION aka Friends of Red Rock Canyon 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 FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), 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