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.

4 grants matching “butterfly” · $340,000

$85,000
Butterfly Pavillion · Westminster, CO · 2025
Conservation and general support
$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
$15,000
Butterfly Pavillion · Westminster, CO · 2022
Conservation work with elephants and bees

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.