Flying Diamond Ranch Foundation
Kit Carson, CO · EIN 68-0567680. Reported 185 grants totalling $131,549 to 101 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Flying Diamond Ranch Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $300. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $1,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $5,530. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kit Carson Rural Development | Kit Carson, CO | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pikes Peak Or Bust Rodeo | Colorado Springs, CO | $11,958 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Co FFA Foundation | Greeley, CO | $10,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kit Carson Volunteer Fire Dept | Kit Carson, CO | $9,130 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nwss | Denver, CO | $6,400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nwss-Catch a Calf Sponsorship | Denver, CO | $6,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| West Cheyenne County Fire Protectio | Kit Carson, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cheyenne Mountain Zoo | Co Springs, CO | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wet Mt Valley Community Fund | Westcliffe, CO | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Idalia Cubs Den | Idalia, CO | $4,370 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Golden View Classical Academy Fundr | Golden, CO | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Springs Rescue Mission | Colorado Springs, CO | $3,400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Idalia School | Idalia, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mark Hogan Emergency Family Fund | Hugo, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Co Thirty Group | Co Springs, CO | $2,872 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Marian House Catholic Charities | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kit Carson High School FFA | Kit Carson, CO | $1,945 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tragedy Assistance Program for Surv | Arlington, VA | $1,512 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kiowa County Fair | Eads, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rogers Johnson Memorial Fund | Kit Carson, CO | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Latigo Aka Pikes Peak Range Riders | Elbert, CO | $1,450 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Co Cattlemens Agricultural Land Tru | Steamboat Springs, CO | $1,300 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kit Carson High School | Kit Carson, CO | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Palmer Land Conservancy Land Trust | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| C-4 Foundation | Coronado, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Country Living Learning Center | Kit Carson, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hanover Fire Protection | Fountain, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peb Jackson Memorial Fund | Co Springs, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breakthrough T1D | Hagerstown, MD | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tel Linke Medical Emergency | Parker, CO | $775 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pikes Peak Range Riders Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $770 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sand County Foundation | Madison, WI | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cal Farley's Boys Ranch | Amarillo, TX | $700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Western Landowners Alliance | Sante Fe, NM | $700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chris Dudley Foundation-Basketball | Turner, OR | $610 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kirk Hanna Memorial Park | Hanover, CO | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Eastern Plains Cowbelles | Hugo, CO | $552 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Coloradogivesorgcommunity First F | Arvada, CO | $510 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Broadmoor Elementary | Co Springs, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Co Cattlewomen | Canon City, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Colorado Springs Youth Soccer | Colorado Springs, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cordell Farmer Educational Scholars | Kit Carson, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hilltop Ranch | Palmer Lake, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Colorado Springs School | Colorado Springs, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ula Cemetery Perpetual Fund | Westcliffe, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Custom Fundraising Solutions | Co Springs, CO | $432 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hogan Family Fall Fundraiser | Kit Carson, CO | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leadership Program of the Rockies | Denver, CO | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Emergency Fund | Eads, CO | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wray Recreation Center | Wray, CO | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $257 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Albert Guiterrez Medical Fund | Kit Carson, CO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roundup Riders of the Rockies | Castle Rock, CO | $225 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 3R Heritage & Trails Foundation | Castle Rock, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bill Barnett Memorial Fund | Eads, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Colorado Ag Leadership Fundation | Castle Rock, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cu Buff Club | Boulder, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Discovery Eye Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kappa Kappa Gamma Chapter Eb | Fort Collins, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| King Ranch Institute for Ranch Man | Kingsville, TX | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kit Carson Chamber of Commerce | Kit Carson, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Praise Commnity Church | Eads, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sadie Smelker Cancer Fund | Goodland, KS | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Society for Range Management | Billings, MT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tradition of Excellence Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Uccs Ent Center for the Arts | Co Springs, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westcliff Lighthouse Pregnancy Cent | Silver Cliff, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wild Horse Community Club | Wild Horse, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cheyenne County Ems | Cheyenne Wells, CO | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cowgirls & Cocktails Cancer Fundrai | Colorado Springs, CO | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Keefe Memorial Hospital | Cheyenne Wells, CO | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Ranching Heritage Center | Lubbock, TX | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peo Chapter Cm | Aurora, CO | $140 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beatrice Harwig Memorial Fund | Kit Carson, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blue Angels Foundation | Pensacola, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Calf - 4HFFA | Castle Rock, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cole Mika Fund | Co Springs, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County Sherrifs of Colorado | Littleton, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Csu-Rho Alum Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dr John Ball Fund | Co Springs, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| El Pomar Foundation | Co Springs, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emergency Medical Fund Sioned Mile | Colorado Springs, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Baptist Church | Burlington, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kaylee Gerstner Memorial Fund | Cheyenne Wells, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kit Carson Emt's | Kit Carson, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kit Carson Historical Society | Kit Carson, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lincoln Park Assisted Living Center | Hugo, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marilyn White Memorial Fund | Hugo, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Matt Mosher Family Memorial Fund | Kit Carson, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pauline Memorial Chapel | Colorado Springs, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Weisbrod Health | Eads, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| El Paso County Sheriffs Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bradley Allen Memorial Fund | Cheyenne Wells, CO | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holly Fire & Ambulance | Holly, CO | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mary Jo Tallman Memorial | Cheyenne Wells, CO | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mcarther Senior Center | Burlington, CO | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Diabetes Self Management | Braintree, MA | $41 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Life Services | Colorado Springs, CO | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
35 of 101 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 43%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 45 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | $23,508 | $300 |
| 2022 | 27 | $18,010 | $200 |
| 2023 | 38 | $25,222 | $300 |
| 2024 | 49 | $30,752 | $200 |
| 2025 | 36 | $34,057 | $500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in Colorado. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $300. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Flying Diamond Ranch Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 345, Kit Carson, CO, 80825. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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