Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc

How it makes and monitors grants (Schedule I, Part IV)

Grant recipient organizations must be qualified 501(c)(3) organizations or other charitable organizations recognized and currently in good standing with the irs, as can be verified through guidestar charity check and/or irs exempt organizations select check. other qualifying organizations (as described in irs code sections listed) include: religious organizations, schools, and governmental agencies (code 509(a)(1-3) and 170(a-c)(1); and must serve the public without discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, or national origin. as part of the grantmaking due diligence, the following minimum, basic information is accessed and documented through the online grants management system interface with guidestar, including the charity check component, to verify information that the nonprofit has entered when registering, or the information on the organization submitted by the donor advisor: - irs tax-exempt status checked and verified through automatic and/or manual guidestar (now candid) charity check - verification of colorado secretary of state registration (colorado organizations only) - confirmation of other basic organizational information including but not limited to primary contact, website, email, address, mission statement, year founded - description of how the funds will be utilized grant requests under $25,000 require the above plus all of the following: - current list of board of directors - curre