WESTERN STATES DIRECTOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION
EIN 85-0384039 · Education (B32Z)
What they do
THE WESTERN STATES DIRECTOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION is A NON-PROFIT ENTITY DEDICATED to HELPING COMMUNITY BANKS CONTINUE to THRIVE THROUGH AN ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM THAT SERVES to EDUCATE and PROMOTE AWARENESS of TIMELY INDUSTRY ISSUES for COMMUNITY BANK BOARD DIRECTORS and SENIOR EXECUTIVES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN, SOUTHWESTERN and MIDWESTERN REGIONS of THE COUNTRY. THE BOARD VOLUNTEERS THEIR TIME and ARE DEDICATED to PROVIDING A VALUABLE and EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM EVERY AUTUMN. IN ADDITION, A PERCENTAGE of THE SYMPOSIUMS PROCEEDS ARE REINVESTED IN THE INDUSTRY THROUGH FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS to BANK ASSOCIATIONS and OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS to SUPPORT THEIR EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS.
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (20)
MIKE VAN NORSTRANDDIRECTOR
ZAC KARPFDIRECTOR
WILLIAM A MITCHELL JRSECRETARY/TREASURER
WILL ISHAMDIRECTOR
VINK MILLERDIRECTOR
VACANTBOARD VICE CHAIR
SEAN ORMANDDIRECTOR
SCOTT MEIERDIRECTOR
S DEXTER SCHRODTDIRECTOR
P MARK GRAFFDIRECTOR
ANDY MILLERDIRECTOR
MARK SHEELEYDIRECTOR
JENNIFER WALLERDIRECTOR
JED FANNINGDIRECTOR
GREG DIXSONDIRECTOR
GERG WEEDDIRECTOR
DANNY BEYHANDIRECTOR
CHRISTOPHER MOYABOARD CHAIR
BOB MCBRIDEDIRECTOR
ANDY MONTGOMERYDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1991
- Location
- 1099 18TH ST STE 2700, DENVER, CO 80202-1927
- County
- Denver
- In care of
- % W F WOOD
- Primary officer
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL JR, SECRETARY/TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- FORTNER BAYENS PC
- NTEE classification
- Education (B32Z)
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes