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Blue Mountain Foundation

Accepts applications Lyons, Colorado · EIN 900098478

Blue Mountain Foundation is a private foundation in Lyons, Colorado. In tax year 2025 it gave $42,500 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $20,000 and the largest $20,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $22,000 the year before.

33% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$27,0003$445,541
2024$22,0002$490,428
2025$42,5003$535,092

How to apply

ContactRyan Burroughs President
PO Box 787, Lyons, CO 80540
Phone or email(301) 418-5265
What to submitNo formal forms

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Blue Mountain Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Colorado.

StateGrantsAmount
Colorado3$42,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Step Seven Inc
Parker, CO
General operating expenses$20,000
Star Girlz
Aurora, CO
General operating expenses$20,000
Lyons Historical Society
Lyons, CO
General operating expenses$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Blue Mountain Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Blue Mountain Foundation give?

$42,500 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $20,000.

Who runs Blue Mountain Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Ryan Burroughs (Director/President), Eric Szaloczi (Director/Vp), Robert Pfeiffer (Director/Treasurer) and Richelle Pfeiffer (Director/Secretary) among 8 officers and trustees.

What does Blue Mountain Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture.

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