Funding search · EIN 841406852 · Lakewood, CO

Kesselman Family Foundation

Name: Kesselman Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

75
grants reported: $192,605
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

The Trevor Project3 grants · $15,000
University of Denver1 grant · $12,800
The Action Center3 grants · $8,125
Georgetown University Fund for3 grants · $7,825
Fern Kesselman Endowed Scholarshi1 grant · $7,500
Jerome Kesselman Endowed Scholarshi1 grant · $7,500
Cu Foundation Boulder Financial Aid3 grants · $6,915
Denver Rescue Mission3 grants · $6,450
Geneva Glen Camp3 grants · $6,250
Tunnel To Towers1 grant · $6,250

Giving over time

$56,750

2022

$63,300

2023

$72,555

2024

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$12,800
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Fern Kesselman Endowed Scholarshi · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Jerome Kesselman Endowed Scholarshi · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$6,250
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Charitable
$6,215
International Fellowship of Christi · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Fern Kesselman Endowed Scholarship · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Jerome Kesselman Endowed Scholar Fd · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2022
Charitable
$4,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2023
Charitable
$3,400
Humane Society of Pikes Peak · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable
$3,300
Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$3,215
Cu Foundation Boulder Financial Aid · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$3,125
Georgetown University Fund for · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$3,125
The Action Center · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Charitable
$3,125
The Family Tree · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Georgetown University Fund for · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
The Action Center · Lakewood, CO · 2022
Charitable
$2,700
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Max Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
National Center for the Missing & E · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
No Kill Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Polaris Project · Pittsburg, PA · 2023
Charitable
$2,250
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$2,250
Geneva Glen Camp · Indian Hills, CO · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Afs-USA National Develop Office · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Geneva Glen Camp · Indian Hills, CO · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Harvard Medical School Alumni · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Geneva Glen Camp · Indian Hills, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Habitat for Humanity · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Harvard Medical School Alumni · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
The Action Center · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Cu Foundation Boulder Financial Aid · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Cu Foundation Rocky Mtn Leadership · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,700
Cu Foundation Boulder Financial Aid · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,700
Cu Foundation Cu Anscutz Medical · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,700
Georgetown University Fund for · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,700
The Family Tree · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Colorado Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Cu Foundation Rocky Mtn Leadership · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Colorado Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Habitat for Humanity · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
Denver Rescue Mission · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
Harvard Medical School Alumni · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,250
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Asia Initiatives · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Colorado Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Cornell University Fund for Enginee · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Rocky Mountain Pbs · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Afs-USA National Develop Office · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Asia Initiatives · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Cornell University Fund for Enginee · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Nami Colorado · Englewood, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Afs-USA National Develop Office · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Asia Initiatives · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Cornell University Fund for Enginee · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Cu Foundation Cu Anscutz Medical · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Nami Colorado · Englewood, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
The Family Tree · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Uc Berkeley University Development · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Africaid · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$50
National Ms Society · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable

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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.