Sally Beck Fund

The Sally Beck Fund is administered by El Pomar Foundation, a private foundation established in 1937 by Spencer and Julie Penrose to carry out their philanthropic wishes. El Pomar Foundation states that its mission is to enhance, encourage, and promote the current and future well-being of the people of Colorado. The Sally Beck Fund is one of the specific-focus funds overseen by El Pomar outside its general competitive grant process. The fund continues the charitable intent of Sally Beck, who has dedicated considerable time and energy to supporting equine-related nonprofit organizations. The Sally Beck Fund supports nonprofit organizations engaged in equine rescue and care, therapeutic riding programs, and equine-related disaster response programs. Eligible applicants must have 501(c)(3) tax status and support at least one of these identified areas. The fund is therefore specifically focused on nonprofit equine welfare and related services rather than general animal-welfare programming. The source identifies equine rescue and care, equine-related disaster response, and therapeutic riding as the activities for which eligible organizations may seek support. Grant dollars must be used to support equine welfare, care, or feeding. The fund expressly prohibits using its grant dollars for capital improvements or overhead staffing costs. Grants typically range from $1,000 to $7,500. The source does not identify total program funding, the expected number of awards, a required cost share, or a matching contribution. Because no matching requirement is stated, the grant is recorded as having no required match. The stated typical grant range is used as the award floor and award ceiling, while the unspecified total program funding and number of awards remain unknown. Eligibility is limited in the provided guidelines to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) tax status that support equine rescue and care, equine-related disaster response, or therapeutic riding. The source does not state that individuals, businesses, government entities, schools, institutions of higher education, or other organization types may apply. It also does not provide fiscal sponsorship provisions or indicate eligibility for organizations operating under other Internal Revenue Code classifications. El Pomar's overall mission refers to the well-being of the people of Colorado, but the Sally Beck Fund guidelines supplied here do not expressly state a separate applicant-location or service-area restriction. Accordingly, no more specific geographic restriction is added to the fund's stated eligibility requirements. The Beck Fund uses a proposal process and timeline separate from El Pomar Foundation's competitive grant process. The provided material does not give an application opening date, final proposal deadline, letter of intent deadline, application portal, required application documents, proposal questions, or other submission steps. It also does not provide formal evaluation criteria beyond the fund's stated mission, eligible activities, applicant requirements, and restrictions on grant spending. Applicants should therefore follow the Sally Beck Fund's separate proposal process rather than assuming that El Pomar's general competitive grant procedures apply. The Trustees are scheduled to review the Sally Beck Fund on September 18, 2026. This is identified as a review date rather than an application deadline, so it is not entered as the application close date. The source does not state when applicants will be notified after Trustee review, when funded activities must begin or end, or whether the September review occurs on a recurring annual schedule. It does establish a reapplication restriction: all applicants, whether funded or declined, must wait one year from their previous grant decision before they can be considered again. Questions about the Sally Beck Fund may be directed to Mia Dischner at grants@elpomar.org or 719-577-7039.

Submit at least 10 weeks before the desired Trustee meeting to ensure eligibility for that review; align the request directly with equine rescue and care, therapeutic riding, or equine-related disaster response; use requested funds for equine welfare, care, or feeding; do not request funding for capital improvements or overhead staffing costs; applicants funded or declined must wait one year from the previous grant decision before being considered again.