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US nonprofit · EIN 043770168 · Wheat Ridge, COiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 043770168) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.State registers Colorado Secretary of State (17 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Wheat Ridge Foundation's network

6 people3 organisationsi6 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Chad MeyersDirector2018
8 yrs
Jeremy LauferDirector2022
4 yrs
Juanita StitsDirector2023
3 yrs
Paul BaileyDirector2018
8 yrs
Tom RippPresident2018
8 yrs
Vivian VOSDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Tom RippPresident3$0
Vicki OttosonExec Dir/Tre6$0
Paul BaileyDirector3$0
Chad MeyersDirector3$0
Jeremy LauferDirector3$0
Vivian VosDirector3$0
Juanita StitsDirector11$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

Colorado roster

9 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263026704). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.
NameTitle as filed
Juanita StitesDirector/Client Fund Manager
Chad MeyersBoard Member
Vicki OttosonVice Chairman--Treasurer
Paul BaileyBoard Member
Jeremy LauferDirector
Vicki S Ottoson
Thomas RippChairman/President
Tom RippChairman
Vivian VosBoard Assistant

About

Legal name
Wheat Ridge Foundation
EIN
043770168
Address
4005 Kipling St, Wheat Ridge, CO, 80033-4125
State
Colorado
Activity (NTEE)
N11 Recreation and sports
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Recreation & Sports
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 January 2004
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsChad Meyers
≥8years on the filingsPaul Bailey
≥8years on the filingsTom Ripp
≥8years on the filingsVivian VOS

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$433k
Net assets or fund balances
$433k

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Wheat Ridge Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Colorado
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Good Standing
Formed
7 February 2003
Registered agent
Vicki S Ottoson (city and state not held)

This register does not publish officers or directors.