Funding search · EIN 814372306 · Englewood, CO

Schoelzel Family Foundation

Name: Schoelzel Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

149
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

underserved children families special youth education scholarship advance

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Butterfly Pavillion4 grants · $340,000
Tall Tales Ranch4 grants · $225,000
Warren Village4 grants · $175,000
Denver Dumb Friends League3 grants · $111,865
Denver Zoological Foundation3 grants · $105,000
Food Bank of the Rockeis4 grants · $81,000
Monterrey Peninsula Foundation4 grants · $69,500
Gold Crown Foundation4 grants · $65,000
Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance1 grant · $60,000
Humane Colorado1 grant · $60,000

Giving over time

$492,240

2022

$452,375

2023

$481,250

2024

$505,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 149 grants.

$130,000
Tall Tales Ranch · Centennial, CO · 2022
Residential project/special needs
$125,000
Butterfly Pavillion · Westminster, CO · 2024
Conservation work with elephants and bees
$115,000
Butterfly Pavillion · Westminster, CO · 2023
Conservation work with elephants and bees
$110,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2022
Operation support for underserved families
$85,000
Butterfly Pavillion · Westminster, CO · 2025
Conservation and general support
$60,000
Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance · Denver, CO · 2025
Operational support
$60,000
Humane Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$52,250
Denver Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$45,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Operational support
$45,000
Tall Tales Ranch · Centennial, CO · 2023
Residential project/special needs
$35,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Operational support
$31,875
Denver Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$30,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2025
Operation support for underserved families
$27,740
Denver Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2022
General support
$25,000
Food Bank of the Rockeis · Lakewood, CO · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Tall Tales Ranch · Centennial, CO · 2025
Residential project/special needs
$25,000
Tall Tales Ranch · Centennial, CO · 2024
Residential project/special needs
$25,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2024
Operation support for underserved families
$25,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Operational support
$23,000
Food Bank of the Rockeis · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Program support
$22,500
Monterrey Peninsula Foundation · Pebble Beach, CA · 2023
General support
$22,000
Monterrey Peninsula Foundation · Pebble Beach, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Gold Crown Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
Sports enrichment programs for at risk youth
$20,000
Food Bank of the Rockeis · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Monterrey Peninsula Foundation · Pebble Beach, CA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Children of the Pueblo · Tubac, AZ · 2025
Scholarship and educational supplies
$15,000
St Jude Children'S Hospital Alsac · Memphis, TN · 2025
Operational support
$15,000
Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Operational support
$15,000
Children of the Pueblo · Tubac, AZ · 2024
Scholarship and educational supplies
$15,000
Gold Crown Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Sports enrichment programs for at risk youth
$15,000
Gold Crown Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Sports enrichment programs for at risk youth
$15,000
Butterfly Pavillion · Westminster, CO · 2022
Conservation work with elephants and bees
$15,000
Gold Crown Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Sports enrichment programs for at risk youth
$13,000
Children of the Pueblo · Tubac, AZ · 2023
Scholarship and educational supplies
$13,000
Food Bank of the Rockeis · Lakewood, CO · 2022
Program support
$12,000
Children of the Pueblo · Tubac, AZ · 2022
Scholarship and educational supplies
$10,000
Anchor Center for the Blind · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$10,000
Awe · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$10,000
Children'S Hosptial Co Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2025
Advance patient care, education, research, & advocacy
$10,000
Cure Search for Childrens Cancer · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General support
$10,000
Reach Out and Read Co · Denver, CO · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Anchor Center for the Blind · Denver, CO · 2024
Operational support for preschool education
$10,000
Children'S Hosptial Co Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2024
Advance patient care, education, research, & advocacy
$10,000
Cure Search for Childrens Cancer · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General support
$10,000
Reach Out and Read Co · Denver, CO · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
St Jude Children'S Hospital Alsac · Memphis, TN · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Anchor Center for the Blind · Denver, CO · 2023
Operational support for preschool education
$10,000
Discovery Land Company Foundation · Beverlly Hills, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Golden Rule Relief Fund - Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Graland Country Day School · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$10,000
Reach Out and Read Co · Denver, CO · 2023
Operational support
$10,000
St Jude Children'S Hospital Alsac · Memphis, TN · 2023
Operational support
$10,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2023
Operation support for underserved families
$10,000
Anchor Center for the Blind · Denver, CO · 2022
Operational support for preschool education
$10,000
Reach Out and Read Co · Denver, CO · 2022
Operational support
$10,000
St Jude Children'S Hospital Alsac · Memphis, TN · 2022
Operational support
$10,000
Teach for America Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Operational support
$9,000
Denver Country Club Scholarship Program · Denver, CO · 2025
Captial gift and harmony equine center
$8,000
A Friend of Jack Rescue · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$8,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$7,000
Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Operational support
$7,000
Cure Search for Childrens Cancer · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$7,000
Denver Country Club Scholarship Program · Denver, CO · 2023
Captial gift and harmony equine center
$5,000
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operational support
$5,000
Children of the Pueblo Aspire · Tumacacori, AZ · 2025
General support
$5,000
Chv Police Foundation · Cherry Hills Village, CO · 2025
General support
$5,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2025
Operational support
$5,000
Flint Animal Cancer Centers - Csu Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2025
General support
$5,000
Graland Country Day School · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$5,000
Kent Denver · Englewood, CO · 2025
Operational support to educate underserved children
$5,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Monterrey Peninsula Foundation · Pebble Beach, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
National 4h Council · Chevy Chase, MD · 2025
General support
$5,000
Special Olympics of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
Special needs programs
$5,000
Zarlengo Foundation · Wheatridge, CO · 2025
Support families with disabled children
$5,000
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Operational support
$5,000
Chv Police Foundation · Cherry Hills Village, CO · 2024
General support
$5,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2024
Operational support
$5,000
Denver Country Club Scholarship Program · Denver, CO · 2024
Captial gift and harmony equine center
$5,000
Flint Animal Cancer Centers - Csu Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
General support
$5,000
Graland Country Day School · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$5,000
Kent Denver · Englewood, CO · 2024
Operational support to educate underserved children
$5,000
National 4h Council · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
General support
$5,000
Zarlengo Foundation · Wheatridge, CO · 2024
Support families with disabled children
$5,000
Children'S Hosptial Co Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2023
Advance patient care, education, research, & advocacy
$5,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
Colorado Golf Association · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023
General support
$5,000
Flint Animal Cancer Centers - Csu Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
General support
$5,000
Kent Denver · Englewood, CO · 2023
Operational support to educate underserved children
$5,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023
General support
$5,000
National 4h Council · Chevy Chase, MD · 2023
General support
$5,000
Pebble Beach Foundation · Pebble Beach, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Special Olympics of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Special needs programs
$5,000
Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Cherry Hills Palmer Scholarship Foundation · Cherry Hills Village, CO · 2022
Fund palmer scholarship fund
$5,000
Children'S Hosptial Co Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2022
Advance patient care, education, research, & advocacy
$5,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2022
Operational support
$5,000
Iapf · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support

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