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ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION

ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,332 to it, the largest being RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ($18,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$75k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$40k
Net assets
$583k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION does

Mission

Funding education, medical and charitable project as directed by the wheat ridge rotary club.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. College scholarships with members and family excluded

    $21,500 spentof which $21,500 as grants
    59% of program spending

  2. Lutheran medical center building fund

    $5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants
    14% of program spending

  3. Miracle shop

    $1,500 spentof which $1,500 as grants
    4% of program spending

  4. Needy relief

    $1,500 spent
    4% of program spending

  5. Friends of gueoul - school in senegal

    $1,200 spentof which $1,200 as grants
    3% of program spending

  6. Navajo youth

    $1,200 spentof which $1,200 as grants
    3% of program spending

  7. City recreation center scholarships

    $1,055 spentof which $1,055 as grants
    3% of program spending

  8. Operation warm

    $1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants
    3% of program spending

  9. Polio wellness retreat

    $1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants
    3% of program spending

  10. Belize literacy project

    $500 spentof which $500 as grants
    1% of program spending

  11. Mind fest

    $500 spentof which $500 as grants
    1% of program spending

  12. Restorative justice

    $334 spentof which $334 as grants
    1% of program spending

  13. Helene disaster

    $226 spentof which $226 as grants
    1% of program spending

  14. Taghoy cleft palate surgery in phillipines

  15. Rotary international shelter box

  16. Feed the future backpack program

  17. Awrsay education benefits for disadvantaged students.

  18. Peace education

  19. Volunteer tax assistance

  20. Polio plus

  21. Rotary youth leadership award

  22. Water project

  23. Family tree

  24. Hide in plain sight

  25. Megan's place

  26. High school stem program

The 26 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,515.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($47k) Expenses 100 ($24k) Net assets 100 ($457k)2018 Revenue 51 ($24k) Expenses 105 ($25k) Net assets 100 ($456k)2019 Revenue 174 ($81k) Expenses 162 ($38k) Net assets 109 ($498k)2020 Revenue -15 ($-6858) Expenses 101 ($24k) Net assets 102 ($467k)2021 Revenue 329 ($154k) Expenses 171 ($41k) Net assets 127 ($580k)2022 Revenue -44 ($-20577) Expenses 198 ($47k) Net assets 112 ($513k)2023 Revenue 100 ($47k) Expenses 290 ($69k) Net assets 107 ($491k)2024 Revenue 199 ($93k) Expenses 161 ($38k) Net assets 119 ($545k)2025 Revenue 161 ($75k) Expenses 159 ($38k) Net assets 128 ($583k)
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Revenue (161)Expenses (159)Net assets (128)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $467k to $580k (+24%).

$457k
$456k
$500k
$467k
$580k
$513k
$491k
$545k
$583k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$23k
’17
−$974
’18
$43k
’19
−$31k
’20
$113k
’21
−$68k
’22
−$22k
’23
$55k
’24
$37k
’25
5.2
months of
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.

Chief executive

Kim Buck

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.

2021202220242025
Listed9777
Joined·+2·+0
No longer listed·4·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $19.

Funder
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'19
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY 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.

How concentrated its funding is

ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION.

45%
largest funder
100%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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

88% of ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION'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. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Colorado funders.

CO

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY 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

Greeley Rotary Club Foundation76%Rotary Club of Denver Mile High Foundation74%Denver Cherry Creek Rotary Foundation74%Westminster Rotary Foundation73%Thompson Valley Rotary Club73%Rotary Club of Golden Co73%Pueblo Rotary #43 Foundation Inc73%Pagosa Rotary Community Assistance73%

Nationally

Westwood Village Rotary Club Foundation78%Rotary Club of Sedona Charitable Fund78%Foundation of the Rotary Club of Hood River77%Rotary Club of Woodside-Portola Valley Foundation Inc77%Rotary Club of Ignacio Foundation77%Rotary Club of Asheville Foundation77%Stillwater Sunrise Rotary Club77%Eugene Southtowne Rotory Club76%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

57%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Rotary Club of Wheat Ridge · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION?
ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,332 to it, the largest being RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ($18,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $40,332 in grants to ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY FOUNDATION?
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $18,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ROTARY CLUB OF WHEAT RIDGE FOUNDATION dba WHEAT RIDGE ROTARY 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.

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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 4 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