2025-11-17T19:38:10-05:00 2024-12-31 872097940 Jamie Matthews CPA LLC PO Box 2996 Durango CO 81302 990 2024-01-01 841449671 Deer Hill Foundation % James Simmons DEER 9705227492 7850 Rd 41 Box 0180 Mancos CO 81328 JAMES SIMMONS Executive Director 9705227492 2025-11-17 true true JAMIE MATTHEWS P01899878 9704608575 2025-11-17 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z 729165 false X deerhillexpeditions.com X 1998 CO Student scholarships for wilderness expeditions and cross-cultural service projects on the Colorado Plateau; partnerships and collaborations in Native communities in the Four Corners region; and staff education to inculcate best practices in the delivery of these programs. 5 4 3 5 0 0 113519 530864 0 40583 136995 75 154102 667934 163545 203506 0 32294 118585 0 21736 56534 118439 252373 440530 -98271 227404 450565 1042586 189 364806 450376 677780 Student scholarships for wilderness expeditions and cross-cultural service projects on the Colorado Plateau; partnerships and collaborations in Native communities in the Four Corners region; and staff education to inculcate best practices in the delivery of these programs. false false 326541 190657 The Deer Hill Foundation (DHF) awards student scholarships for individuals and groups to participate in wilderness expeditions and cross-cultural service programs. Awards are based on financial need. These experiences promote greater self awareness, cultural sensitivity, and personal empowerment for high potential students who would otherwise be unable to afford program costs. In 2024 DHF supported 32 scholarships for summper programs, 35 participants in group programs supported by scholarship funds for a total of $127,920. 29992 5747 With so many families already living below the poverty line, Native peoples are especially vulnerable. Deer Hill Foundation continues to support Native Host families with food, livestock feed, tools and materials, and clothing. 28629 7111 The Deer Hill Foundation provides cross-cultural service project which involve living and working with Native American families in the Navajo Nation, Zuni Pueblo, and Hopi Pueblos, Deer Hill groups bring open minds, open hearts, and a trailer full of tools. Hands-on work, shared meals, and evening Circle foster connection across cultural boundaries. Nine Native host families, many of whom have worked with Deer Hill for decades, designed 13 projects in 2024 which are important to their community and create opportunities to share cultural arts, stories, and traditions with participants. Examples include building traditional stone bread ovens in a Hopi pueblo, chinking the log walls of a Navajo hogan, tending sheep and mending fences on a multi-generational family farm, or whitewashing the homes facing the central plaza in preparation for summer Kachina dances in some of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States. 166 participants for 2024. 385162 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false true 1 0 true 3 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 5 4 false false false false false false false true true false false false true false false true true false false false X X Deer Hill Foundation 9705337492 PO Box 154 Mancos CO 81328 Douglas Capelin Trustee 8.00 0.00 X 63167 0 0 James Simmons Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 42141 0 0 Mike Karpfen Board Chair 8.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Sarah Cobb Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nicol Gaffney Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Laurie Williams Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 105308 0 0 0 false false false 530864 67382 530864 19881 19881 75 75 75 75 178345 61231 117114 117114 117114 0 667934 19956 0 117114 X 190647 190647 12859 12859 104295 83436 15644 5215 4850 4850 9440 7216 1773 451 3400 3400 21672 20000 1568 104 3442 3442 12234 1172 11062 2873 478 2395 121 67 54 1380 1380 Bank service charges & fees 349 349 Supplies and equipment 63173 63173 Food and Kitchen Supplies 5050 5050 Donor Development 2509 2509 2236 2236 440530 385162 33632 21736 3741 43578 365824 713881 75 27357 228300 228300 81000 19769 9626 450565 1042586 29397 335120 189 289 189 364806 X 450376 677780 450376 677780 450565 1042586 227404 0 X false false X 218276 215621 179500 113519 530863 1257779 218276 215621 179500 113519 530863 1257779 586174 671605 4729 5058 8322 40583 117114 175806 3721 3721 1437306 0.46730 0.95280 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 228300 228300 228300 Credit card payable 289 289 false Deer Hill Inc 7850 RD 41 Mancos CO 81328 840966289 190647 FMV Scholarships and shared support Groceries Stipends Household and farm supplies and tools 7347 5511 FMV food supplies tools gifts Deer Hill Expeditions Owned by Family Purchase of Assets X 335120 335120 false true true 335120 Max LaPrade and John Palmer Owners of Deer Hill Expeditions 20000 Cash Admissions and program support Deer Hill INC Owned by family 190647 Scholarships and program Support false Supplemental Information for Schedule L Effective December 31, 2024 Deer Hill Foundation purchased the assets and operations from Deer Hill Expeditions, a company owned by the family of the founder of Deer Hill Foundation. X 4 72902 FMV false false false Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 The Organizations process to review Form 990 is as follows. The Form 990 is made available to all members of the governing body prior to filing this form. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c DHF Board of Trustees reviews its conflict of interest policy annually. Any conflicts that arise are discussed at the subsequent Board meeting, voted on, and decisions included in that meetings minutes. Enforcement of this policy is the responsibility of the Executive Director and the Board Chair together. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 Copies of the Organizations governing documents are made available to the public upon request. List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g Other expenses include payments to Deer Hill Expeditions, INC. for a scholarship and Service Project coordination.