Funding search · EIN 841369773 · Denver, CO

Koelbel Family Foundation

Name: Koelbel 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.

81
grants reported: $2.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,500
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Denver Zoological Foundation4 grants · $702,000
University of Colorado Foundation3 grants · $355,000
Highline Canal Conservancy2 grants · $250,000
Junior Achievement Colorado2 grants · $200,000
Rocky Mountain Public Media1 grant · $150,000
High Line Canal Conservancy1 grant · $125,500
Western Stock Show Association (Dba National Western Stock Show)1 grant · $100,000
National Western Stock Show1 grant · $100,000
Colorado Open Golf Foundation1 grant · $75,000
Sewall Child Development Center2 grants · $52,000

Giving over time

$858,833

2022

$887,333

2023

$579,633

2024

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$300,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$250,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Sea lion underwater viewing campaign support
$250,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Retirement donation
$151,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$150,000
Rocky Mountain Public Media · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$125,500
High Line Canal Conservancy · Centennial, CO · 2024
General operating
$125,000
Highline Canal Conservancy · Centennial, CO · 2023
General operating
$125,000
Highline Canal Conservancy · Centennial, CO · 2022
General operating
$100,000
Junior Achievement Colorado · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General operating
$100,000
Junior Achievement Colorado · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General operating
$100,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Leeds bldg expansion
$100,000
Western Stock Show Association (Dba National Western Stock Show) · Denver, CO · 2023
Legacy campaign - families of the west portaits
$100,000
National Western Stock Show · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$75,000
Colorado Open Golf Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$51,000
Sewall Child Development Center · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Children'S Hospital Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2022
General operating
$20,000
Children'S Hospital Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Cherry Hills Village Elementary Ptco · Cherry Hills Village, CO · 2024
General operating
$9,300
Musana Community Development Organization · Centennial, CO · 2024
General operating
$8,333
Common Sense Institute (Fka Common Sense Policy Roundtable) · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$8,333
Common Sense Institute (Fka Common Sense Policy Roundtable) · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$8,333
Common Sense Policy Roundtable · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$6,000
Volunteers of America Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$5,500
Brent Eley Foundation (Dba Brent'S Place) · Aurora, CO · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Evergreen Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Community Foundation Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$4,500
Brent'S Place at Brent Eley Center · Aurora, CO · 2022
General operating
$3,000
Denver Santa Clause Shop · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$3,000
Salvation Army Intermountain Division · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$3,000
Schweiger Ranch Foundation · Lone Tree, CO · 2023
General operating
$3,000
Economic Literacy Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Matching grant
$3,000
Salvation Army Intermountain Division · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Reach Out and Read Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$2,500
The Park People · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$2,500
History Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$2,500
National Sports Center for the Disabled · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$2,500
University of Colorado Foundation - Golden Buffalo Scholarship Fund · Boulder, CO · 2023
Ski scholarship program
$2,500
National Sports Center for Disabled · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Reach Out and Read Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
2022 gala sponsorship
$2,500
University of Colorado Foundation - Golden Buffalo Scholarship Fund · Boulder, CO · 2022
Ski scholarship program
$2,000
Fort Lewis College Foundation · Durango, CO · 2024
General operating
$2,000
Step Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$2,000
The Park People · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$2,000
United Way - Boys & Girls Club · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$2,000
United Way - Colorado Uplift · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Rotary International · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$2,000
Step Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$2,000
The Park People · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$2,000
United Way - Colorado Uplift · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,500
Lion Global Foundation (Dba Mizel Institute) · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$1,500
Lion Global Foundation (Dba Mizel Institute) · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$1,500
Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Rotary International · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$1,000
Bud Werner Memorial Library · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center · Longmont, CO · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Restoration Community Church · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$1,000
United Way - Big Brothersbig Sisters of Colorado · Durango, CO · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Bud Werner Memorial Library · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center · Longmont, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Fort Lewis College Foundation · Durango, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Mosaic in Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Mount Saint Vincent Home · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Restoration Community Church · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Sewall Child Development Center · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
United Way - Big Brothersbig Sisters of Colorado · Durango, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
United Way - Boys & Girls Club · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
United Way - Santa Claus Shop of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Whiz Kids Tutoring · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$500
Brent Eley Foundation (Dba Brent'S Place) · Aurora, CO · 2024
General operating
$500
Denver Santa Clause Shop · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$500
Restoration Community Church · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$500
Whiz Kids Tutoring · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$500
Whiz Kids Tutoring · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$500
Denver Santa Clause Shop · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$500
Denver Scholarship Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating

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