The Stewart Family Foundation concentrates large, place-based gifts in Colorado that strengthen local cultural institutions and education/health-related programs. Their major investments fund expansion and preservation of the Longmont museum, university initiatives across athletics, medical campus and communications, and early childhood special education/therapy services. The foundation tends to make a small number of high-dollar awards and to provide repeat support to flagship local projects.
Stewart Family Foundation Inc % James Newcomb makes some of its largest gifts to Longmont institutions that preserve local history and expand services for children. The biggest recent award in the data is $4,202,000 to Friends of the Longmont Museum for preservation of Longmont history and expansion of the children’s museum, followed by $2,824,774 to University of Colorado Foundation for athletics, the Anschutz Medical Campus, and CMCI. Those two grants show a pattern that combines place-based cultural investment with support for major Colorado educational and medical institutions. The foundation also backs direct-service organizations serving children and families. Tlc Learning Center received $2,120,000 in 2025 for child education and therapy, after earlier grants of $861,000 in 2023 and $138,000 in 2024. In the same local network, the foundation has funded housing, food, library, dental, and women’s support programs in Longmont and nearby Colorado communities. The overall picture is of a family foundation making large, program-specific awards to a small set of recurring recipients, with Longmont as a central focus and Colorado as the primary setting for its giving.
In cultural and historic preservation, the foundation has repeatedly supported Friends of the Longmont Museum. Recent awards include $1,105,000 in 2023 and $1,100,000 in 2024 for preservation of Longmont history and expansion of the children’s museum, continuing the much larger 2025 gift. In early childhood education and therapy, Tlc Learning Center received $861,000 in 2023 and $138,000 in 2024, along with the 2025 grant of $2,120,000. The purpose is consistently listed as child education and therapy. The foundation also funds basic needs services. Longmont Meals on Wheels received $166,500 in 2025 to feed homeless and poor people, while Weld Food Bank received $79,000 in 2025 for the same purpose. Affordable housing appears as another recurring concern through grants to The Inn Between and Stepping Stones of Windsor.
Typical awards are large: the grant-size distribution is p25 $30,000, median $100,000, and p75 $309,000. The recent record shows repeated support to the same organizations over multiple years, especially in Longmont, which points to a recurring, relationship-based pattern rather than one-off philanthropy. The foundation gives locally and almost entirely in Colorado, with 98% of grants to recipients in the HQ state. It does not fund individuals and makes no program-related investments.
$5.1M
$574K
$981K
$5.3M
Most grants fall between $30K and $309K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$309K
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Concentrated, high-dollar giving: very few (5) grants totaling over $11M, with repeated multi-million dollar awards to a small set of local beneficiaries rather than many small grants.
Notable grantees: Friends of the Longmont Museum, University of Colorado Foundation, TLC Learning Center
Grantmaking is overwhelmingly Colorado-centered. Longmont, CO appears most often, with additional awards in Denver, Greeley, Estes Park, Windsor, and Las Vegas, NV. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based: 45 grants, or 100.0%, went to U.S. recipients. The pattern reflects a local Colorado footprint with a strong concentration in Longmont and surrounding Front Range communities.
The recent grants point to a mix of cultural, educational, and direct-service organizations. Named recipients include Friends of the Longmont Museum, University of Colorado Foundation, Tlc Learning Center, The Inn Between, and Longmont Meals on Wheels. The listed purposes include history preservation, children’s museum expansion, child education and therapy, affordable housing, and food services.
Yes. Friends of the Longmont Museum appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Tlc Learning Center appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and University of Colorado Foundation also appears across 2023, 2024, and 2025. Several Longmont service organizations also recur over multiple years.
The grant-size distribution shows p25 at $30,000, a median of $100,000, and p75 at $309,000. The recent list also includes several multi-hundred-thousand-dollar awards and a few awards above $1 million, indicating that the foundation often makes substantial program-specific gifts.
Colorado is the clear center of activity. The data says 98% of grants go to recipients in CO, and the top state by grant count is also CO. Recipient cities in the recent list include Longmont, Denver, Greeley, Estes Park, and Windsor.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TLC LEARNING CENTER | LONGMONT, CO | $4,020,000 | 2026 | CHILD EDUCATION AND THERAPY |
| FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT MUESUEM | LONGMONT, CO | $658,000 | 2026 | PRESERVATION OF LONGMONT HISTORY, EXPANSION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $186,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT FOR ATHLETICS DEPT, ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS, AND CMCI |
| A WOMAN'S WORK | LONGMONT, CO | $51,000 | 2026 | ASSIST NEEDY WOMEN - JOBS & FINANCE |
| ROBERTAS LEGACY | LONGMONT, CO | $45,000 | 2026 | SUPPPORT FOR FAMILIES DEALING WITH BREAST CANCER |
| SO ALL MAY EAT | DENVER, CO | $35,000 | 2026 | FEED HOMELESS AND POOR |
| LONGMONT MEALS ON WHEELS | LONGMONT, CO | $25,000 | 2026 | FEED HOMELESS AND POOR |
| WELD FOOD BANK | GREELEY, CO | $20,000 | 2026 | FEED HOMELESS AND POOR |
| STEPPING STONES OF WINDSOR | WINDSOR, CO | $20,000 | 2026 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR |
| FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT LIBRARY | LONGMONT, CO | $20,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT FOR LONGMONT PUBLIC LIBARARY |
| SUNSHINE CLUB OF LONGMONT | LONGMONT, CO | $20,000 | 2026 | DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR |
| THE INN BETWEEN | LONGMONT, CO | $15,000 | 2026 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR |
| OUR CENTER OF LONGMONT | LONGMONT, CO | $13,500 | 2026 | SHELTER AND FOOD FOR HOMELESS AND POOR |
| RAABE FAMILY DENTISTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $10,000 | 2026 | DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR |
| FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT MUESUEM | LONGMONT, CO | $4,202,000 | 2025 | PRESERVATION OF LONGMONT HISTORY, EXPANSION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $2,824,774 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR ATHLETICS DEPT, ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS, AND CMCI |
| TLC LEARNING CENTER | LONGMONT, CO | $2,120,000 | 2025 | CHILD EDUCATION AND THERAPY |
| THE INN BETWEEN | LONGMONT, CO | $345,000 | 2025 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR |
| OUR CENTER OF LONGMONT | LONGMONT, CO | $336,500 | 2025 | SHELTER AND FOOD FOR HOMELESS AND POOR |
| ROBERTAS LEGACY | LONGMONT, CO | $315,000 | 2025 | SUPPPORT FOR FAMILIES DEALING WITH BREAST CANCER |
| A WOMAN'S WORK | LONGMONT, CO | $309,000 | 2025 | ASSIST NEEDY WOMEN - JOBS & FINANCE |
| SUNSHINE CLUB OF LONGMONT | LONGMONT, CO | $284,000 | 2025 | DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR |
| BPS FOUNDATION | LAS VEGAS, NV | $200,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR ATHLETICS DEPT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO |
| FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT LIBRARY | LONGMONT, CO | $192,500 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR LONGMONT PUBLIC LIBARARY |
| LONGMONT MEALS ON WHEELS | LONGMONT, CO | $166,500 | 2025 | FEED HOMELESS AND POOR |
| WELD FOOD BANK | GREELEY, CO | $79,000 | 2025 | FEED HOMELESS AND POOR |
| ESTES VALLEY LIBRARY FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION | ESTES PARK, CO | $59,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR ESTES VALLEY PUBLIC LIBARARY DISTRICT |
| STEPPING STONES OF WINDSOR | WINDSOR, CO | $54,000 | 2025 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR |
| RAABE FAMILY DENTISTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $13,000 | 2025 | DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR |
| SO ALL MAY EAT | DENVER, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | FEED HOMELESS AND POOR |
| FRIENDS OF THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK | FORT COLLINS, CO | $5,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY BOTANIC GARDENS |
| PARENT ENGAGEMENT NETWORK INC | BROOMFIELD, CO | $3,500 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR LONGMONT COMMUNITY PARENTING PROGRAMS |
| FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT MUESUEM | LONGMONT, CO | $1,100,000 | 2024 | PRESERVATION OF LONGMONT HISTORY, EXPANSION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $614,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR ATHLETICS DEPT, ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS, AND CMCI |
| TLC LEARNING CENTER | LONGMONT, CO | $138,000 | 2024 | CHILD EDUCATION AND THERAPY |
| FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT LIBRARY | LONGMONT, CO | $100,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR LONGMONT PUBLIC LIBARARY |
| THE INN BETWEEN | LONGMONT, CO | $100,000 | 2024 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR |
| ROBERTAS LEGACY | LONGMONT, CO | $100,000 | 2024 | SUPPPORT FOR FAMILIES DEALING WITH BREAST CANCER |
| A WOMAN'S WORK | LONGMONT, CO | $100,000 | 2024 | ASSIST NEEDY WOMEN - JOBS & FINANCE |
| SUNSHINE CLUB OF LONGMONT | LONGMONT, CO | $100,000 | 2024 | DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR |
| SO ALL MAY EAT | DENVER, CO | $45,000 | 2024 | FEED HOMELESS AND POOR |
| WELD FOOD BANK | GREELEY, CO | $20,000 | 2024 | FEED HOMELESS AND POOR |
| LONGMONT MEALS ON WHEELS | LONGMONT, CO | $20,000 | 2024 | FEED HOMELESS AND POOR |
| STEPPING STONES OF WINDSOR | WINDSOR, CO | $10,000 | 2024 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR |
| RAABE FAMILY DENTISTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $7,000 | 2024 | DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR |
| FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT MUESUEM | LONGMONT, CO | $1,105,000 | 2023 | PRESERVATION OF LONGMONT HISTORY, EXPANSION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM |
| TLC LEARNING CENTER | LONGMONT, CO | $861,000 | 2023 | CHILD EDUCATION AND THERAPY |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $767,226 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR ATHLETICS DEPT, ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS, AND CMCI |
| FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT LIBRARY | LONGMONT, CO | $207,500 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR LONGMONT PUBLIC LIBARARY |
| SUNSHINE CLUB OF LONGMONT | LONGMONT, CO | $50,000 | 2023 | DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR |
TLC LEARNING CENTER
$4,020,000CHILD EDUCATION AND THERAPY
FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT MUESUEM
$658,000PRESERVATION OF LONGMONT HISTORY, EXPANSION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
SUPPORT FOR ATHLETICS DEPT, ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS, AND CMCI
A WOMAN'S WORK
$51,000ASSIST NEEDY WOMEN - JOBS & FINANCE
ROBERTAS LEGACY
$45,000SUPPPORT FOR FAMILIES DEALING WITH BREAST CANCER
FEED HOMELESS AND POOR
STEPPING STONES OF WINDSOR
$20,000AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR
FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT LIBRARY
$20,000SUPPORT FOR LONGMONT PUBLIC LIBARARY
SUNSHINE CLUB OF LONGMONT
$20,000DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR
THE INN BETWEEN
$15,000AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR
OUR CENTER OF LONGMONT
$13,500SHELTER AND FOOD FOR HOMELESS AND POOR
RAABE FAMILY DENTISTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$10,000DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR
FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT MUESUEM
$4,202,000PRESERVATION OF LONGMONT HISTORY, EXPANSION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
$2,824,774SUPPORT FOR ATHLETICS DEPT, ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS, AND CMCI
TLC LEARNING CENTER
$2,120,000CHILD EDUCATION AND THERAPY
THE INN BETWEEN
$345,000AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR
OUR CENTER OF LONGMONT
$336,500SHELTER AND FOOD FOR HOMELESS AND POOR
ROBERTAS LEGACY
$315,000SUPPPORT FOR FAMILIES DEALING WITH BREAST CANCER
A WOMAN'S WORK
$309,000ASSIST NEEDY WOMEN - JOBS & FINANCE
SUNSHINE CLUB OF LONGMONT
$284,000DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR
FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT LIBRARY
$192,500SUPPORT FOR LONGMONT PUBLIC LIBARARY
ESTES VALLEY LIBRARY FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION
$59,000SUPPORT FOR ESTES VALLEY PUBLIC LIBARARY DISTRICT
STEPPING STONES OF WINDSOR
$54,000AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR
RAABE FAMILY DENTISTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$13,000DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR
FRIENDS OF THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK
$5,000SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY BOTANIC GARDENS
PARENT ENGAGEMENT NETWORK INC
$3,500SUPPORT FOR LONGMONT COMMUNITY PARENTING PROGRAMS
FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT MUESUEM
$1,100,000PRESERVATION OF LONGMONT HISTORY, EXPANSION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
SUPPORT FOR ATHLETICS DEPT, ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS, AND CMCI
TLC LEARNING CENTER
$138,000CHILD EDUCATION AND THERAPY
FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT LIBRARY
$100,000SUPPORT FOR LONGMONT PUBLIC LIBARARY
THE INN BETWEEN
$100,000AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR
ROBERTAS LEGACY
$100,000SUPPPORT FOR FAMILIES DEALING WITH BREAST CANCER
A WOMAN'S WORK
$100,000ASSIST NEEDY WOMEN - JOBS & FINANCE
SUNSHINE CLUB OF LONGMONT
$100,000DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR
STEPPING STONES OF WINDSOR
$10,000AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR
RAABE FAMILY DENTISTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$7,000DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR
FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT MUESUEM
$1,105,000PRESERVATION OF LONGMONT HISTORY, EXPANSION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
TLC LEARNING CENTER
$861,000CHILD EDUCATION AND THERAPY
SUPPORT FOR ATHLETICS DEPT, ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS, AND CMCI
FRIENDS OF THE LONGMONT LIBRARY
$207,500SUPPORT FOR LONGMONT PUBLIC LIBARARY
SUNSHINE CLUB OF LONGMONT
$50,000DENTAL SERVICES TO POOR