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Schlessman Foundation

$27.2M
in grants paid: 551
grants: 199
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$1.0M
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2024
General operations
$700,000
Fort Lewis College Foundation · Durango, CO · 2024
General operations
$425,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$320,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$320,000
Roundup River Ranch · Gypsum, CO · 2024
General operations
$315,000
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$315,000
High Line Canal · Centennial, CO · 2024
General operations
$255,000
Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity · Greeley, CO · 2024
General operations
$237,500
We Don'T Waste · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$225,000
Craig Hospital · Englewood, CO · 2024
General operations
$215,000
Denver Botanic Gardens · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$200,000
Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$117,500
Sun Valley Kitchen and Community Center · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$113,750
Women'S Bean Project · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$110,000
Casa De Paz · Aurora, CO · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Colorado pledge endowed scholarship
$100,000
Denver Scholarship Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Schlessman family foundation scholarship
$40,000
Scottish Rite · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$38,000
Young American'S · Denver, CO · 2024
Ameritowne & youthbiz
$35,000
Minds Matter Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Whiz Kids · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Metro Caring · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Girls Inc of Metropolitan Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Kids First Health Care · Commerce City, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Dmns · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Grid Alternatives Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Adams County Emergency Food Bank · Commerce City, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Mile High Ministries · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Sewall Child Development Center · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
The Laboratory To Combat Human Trafficking · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$22,500
Emily Griffith Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$22,500
Mountain Resource Center · Conifer, CO · 2024
General operations
$22,500
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$21,000
The Gathering Place · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Aurora, CO · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Kids in Need of Dentistry · Commerce City, CO · 2024
Kind oral health centers
$20,000
The Delores Project · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$20,000
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Mi Casa · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Earthlinks · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Second Wind Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Reading Partners · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Raise the Future · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$19,000
Iliff School of Theology · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$18,000
Denver Street School · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General operations
$18,000
Hope Communities · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$18,000
Parkinson Association of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$18,000
Hope House Colorado · Arvada, CO · 2024
General operations
$18,000
The Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Lighthouse Writers Workshop · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Colorado Institute of Developmental Pediatrics (Adam'S Camp) · Englewood, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Colorado Uplift · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Metro Denver Partners · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Mile High 360 · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Work Options · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Ekar Farm · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Rocky Mountain Youth Medical and Nursing (Dba Every Child Pediatrics) · Thornton, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Teaching Peace Dba Longmont Community Justice Partnership · Longmont, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Environmental Learning for Kids · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Children'S Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,500
Celebrate Edu · Boulder, CO · 2024
General operations
$17,000
Blind Institute of Technology · Thornton, CO · 2024
General operations
$16,000
The Conflict Center · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Listen Foundation · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
The Kiva Center · Boulder, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Maria Droste Services of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Brothers Redevelopment · Denver, CO · 2024
Home modification & repair
$15,000
Denver Santa Claus Shop · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado · Aurora, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Laradon Hall Society for Exceptional Children and Adults · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Chanda Plan Foundation · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Coal Creek Meals On Wheels · Lafayette, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Integrated Family Community Services · Englewood, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Ability Connection Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Statewide family support services
$15,000
Crosspurpose · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Denver Inner City Parish · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Wapiyapi · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Douglas Land Conservancy · Castle Rock, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Mile High Workshop · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Book Trust · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Mount Evans Hospice Inc (Dba Mount Evans Home Health Care and Hospice) · Evergreen, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Denver Children'S Advocacy Center · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Butterfly Pavilion · Westminster, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Dental Lifeline Network - Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Donated dental services
$15,000
Project Angel Heart · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Colorado Village Collaborative · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative · Golden, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Weecycle · Aurora, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Colorado Center for the Blind · Littleton, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Safehouse Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Clothes To Kids of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Anchor Center for Blind Children · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Senior Support Services · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Seniors' Resource Center · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Groundwork Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Archway Housing and Services · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Denver Urban Gardens · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations

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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.