Private foundation · EIN 84-1271390 · Julesburg, Colorado

Ernest and Lillian E Campbell Foundation

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if you're in Colorado. The foundation accepts applications (See statement) and its median grant is $1,000.

From the 2025 Form 990-PF: 22 grants paid, $68K total, median $1,000. 86% of grants stayed in Colorado. Stated restrictions: For scholarships, students must be graduating from high school in sedgwick county, colorado. 0 scale to remain eligible for future years of scholarship.

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2025
22
$68K
Median grant
$1,000
Stays in CO
86%
of grants
Deadline
See statement
Assets
$1.7M

How to apply

Application forms are available from the foundation trustees and at the foundation's principal office. Materials to be submitted for scholarships include high school transcript and two letters of recommendation from teachers. Application for grants should be in the form of a formal grant proposal and need to include the nature of the capital asset to be acquired or the capital improvement to be made. Other items to be included are a copy of the irs letter granting tax-exempt status to the entity, three previous years financial statements and three previous years 990 forms. Contact: The Foundation, Po Box 51, Julesburg, Co, 9704743488 Deadlines: Restrictions: For scholarships, students must be graduating from high school in sedgwick county, colorado. They must maintain a minimum 3.0 gpa on a 4.0 scale to remain eligible for future years of scholarship. For grants, the funds must be for the acquisition of capital assets or capital improvements to facilities located in sedgwick county, colorado.

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2025 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2025

Top 6 of 22 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Town of Ovid Fire DepartmentOvid, COFire truck$15K
Big Springs Assemble of God ChurchBig Springs, NERoofing materials$13K
Sedgwick CountySedgwick, COCounty equipment$10K
Sedgwick County Organized RecreatioJulesburg, COOperational$10K
Fort Sedgwick Historical SocietyJulesburg, COBarrier, computer, building materials$4,285
Sedwick County Memorial HospitalJulesburg, COO/r steralizer and tree removal$3,621

By state: Colorado 19 · Nebraska 3

About this foundation

Ernest and Lillian E Campbell Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Julesburg, Colorado, administered in care of Steven K Nein, tax-exempt since 1994. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does Ernest and Lillian E Campbell Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Application forms are available from the foundation trustees and at the foundation's principal office. Deadlines: See statement.

How much does Ernest and Lillian E Campbell Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2025 it paid $68K across 22 grants, a median of $1,000.

Where does Ernest and Lillian E Campbell Foundation give?

Colorado (19 grants), Nebraska (3 grants), per its latest filing.

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