Penrose House Conference Center
Our Mission
El Pomar is a general purpose foundation committed to enhance, encourage and promote the current and future well-being of the people of Colorado.
Learn More about our Grant MakingOur Team
Together Trustees and staff honor the legacy of Spencer and Julie Penrose through overseeing and carrying out El Pomar Foundation's grant making as well as community stewardship and leadership development programs.
meet our peopleOur History
Spencer and Julie Penrose met in Colorado Springs and married in 1906. A mining industry entrepreneur with childhood friend and business partner, Charles L. Tutt, Spencer created many iconic attractions in the Pikes Peak region. The couple also founded or made transformational gifts to nonprofits and established El Pomar Foundation to carry on their philanthropic endeavors.
MORE ABOUT OUR HISTORYHistoric Properties
The Penrose Heritage Museum, adjacent to The Broadmoor Hotel, is free and open to the public as is the Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun perched atop Cheyenne Mountain.
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El Pomar Foundation annual reports highlight the Foundation's grant making and programmatic activities each year.
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