The Piton Foundation is a private, operating foundation established in 1976 by Denver oil man Sam Gary. It is funded by the Gary-Williams Energy Corporation to develop and implement programs to improve education, expand economic opportunities for families, and strengthen lower-income communities. Read more We invite you to look over our redesigned web site, which provides new tools for making our data on communities and schools easier to use. Read more

tax credits for working families

The Piton Foundation considers tax credits, especially the Earned Income Tax Credit, an important tool for increasing the economic self-sufficienty of lower-wage workers, and conducts an annual public information campaign to inform eligible Colorado families about these tax credits. Read more The foundation also provides a tool to locate sites across Colorado providing free income-tax return preparation for families earning less than $40,000. Read more   The IRS will begin mailing economic stimulus payments to over 130 million households in May.  See the fact sheet about these payments to determine what you need to do to receive your "rebate". Read More

SCHOOL FACTS

School Facts provides data about all Denver Public Schools, including demographic information about students, test scores, school characteristics and performance measures. Plus now you can get CSAP results for schools statewide. Read more

Latest publication

The Piton Perspective (Spring 2008). Poor Children Lack Access to Top-Performing Schools.   This issue of The Piton Perspective features a recent study by the foundation that analyzed how far students in the Denver, Aurora and Mapleton school districts must travel to reach a school rated "high" or "excellent" by the state. Researchers found dramatic inequities for students that live in different parts of the school districts. Read the full study