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Schlessman Foundation

Name: Schlessman Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

551
grants reported: $27.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $11,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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.

Ymca of the Rockies6 grants · $2.8M
Fort Lewis College Foundation6 grants · $2.0M
Colorado College6 grants · $1.9M
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation3 grants · $1.5M
Savio House3 grants · $1.5M
Denver Zoological Foundation5 grants · $1.4M
Butterfly Pavilion3 grants · $1.0M
Denver Art Museum3 grants · $980,000
Warren Village3 grants · $920,000
Kids First Health Care4 grants · $775,000

Giving over time

$8.5M

2021

$5.7M

2022

$6.2M

2023

$6.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 551 grants.

$1.0M
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2024
General operations
$700,000
Fort Lewis College Foundation · Durango, CO · 2024
General operations
$600,000
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2023
Enduring tradition, inspired future - a campaign for camp chief ouray's second century
$500,000
Butterfly Pavilion · Westminster, CO · 2023
General operations
$500,000
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Denver central library
$500,000
Savio House · Denver, CO · 2023
Construction of savio's family residential program
$500,000
Butterfly Pavilion · Westminster, CO · 2022
General operations
$500,000
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Denver central library
$500,000
Savio House · Denver, CO · 2022
Construction of savio's family residential program
$500,000
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021
Schlessman family, denver central library installment on $2,500,000.00 pledge.
$500,000
Savio House · Denver, CO · 2021
Construction for family residental program installment on $2,000,000.00 pledge.
$500,000
The Butterfly Pavilion · Westminster, CO · 2021
1/3 pledge payment
$450,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Colorado pledge endowed scholarship
$450,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Colorado pledge endowed scholarship
$425,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$410,500
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Animal care and vet sevices entrance
$407,793
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
Cheryl schlessman bennett 77 memorial scholarship
$407,793
Denver Lions Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021
General operations
$400,000
Fort Lewis College Foundation · Durango, CO · 2023
Capital construction of the health sciences center
$400,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2022
North building renovation
$400,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
Endowed scholarship installment on $2,000,000.00 pledge.
$400,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2021
North building renovation installment on $2,000,000.00 pledge.
$400,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021
Animal care and vet services installment on $2,000,000.00 pledge.
$350,000
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2021
Brighter future
$333,334
Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Fdn Porter Hospice · Denver, CO · 2021
1/3 pledge payment
$333,333
Porter Hospice · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023
General operations
$333,333
Porter Hospice · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022
General operations
$320,000
Roundup River Ranch · Gypsum, CO · 2024
General operations
$320,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$315,000
High Line Canal · Centennial, CO · 2024
General operations
$315,000
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$315,000
Roundup River Ranch · Gypsum, CO · 2023
General operations
$300,000
Highline Canal · Centennial, CO · 2023
General operations
$300,000
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
General operations
$300,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2023
General operations
$300,000
Fort Lewis College Foundation · Durango, CO · 2022
Capital construction of the health sciences center
$300,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2022
General operations
$300,000
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2022
Enduring tradition, inspired future - a campaign for camp chief ouray's second century
$300,000
Fort Lewis College Foundation · Durango, CO · 2021
Health sciences center installment on $2,000,000.00 pledge
$300,000
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2021
Cco second century campaign installment of $2,000,000.00 pledge.
$255,000
Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity · Greeley, CO · 2024
General operations
$250,000
Kids First Health Care · Commerce City, CO · 2023
New clinic and admin site capital project
$250,000
Kids First Health Care · Commerce City, CO · 2022
New clinic and admin site capital project
$250,000
Kids First Health Care · Commerce City, CO · 2021
New clinic capital project installment on $1,000,000.00 pledge.
$244,676
Iliff School of Theology · Denver, CO · 2021
Iliff + healers program and 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
$200,000
Denver Botanic Gardens · Denver, CO · 2021
Center for art, science and education final installment on $1,000,000.00 pledge.
$200,000
Fort Lewis College Foundation · Durango, CO · 2021
Flow program
$200,000
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2021
Permanent endowment fund
$180,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2021
North building renovation
$150,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2021
Erv
$150,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021
Animal care and vet sevices entrance
$150,000
Ymca of Metropolitan Denver · Denver, CO · 2021
Beyond & psa
$117,500
Sun Valley Kitchen and Community Center · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$113,750
Women'S Bean Project · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$110,500
The Colorado Museum of Natural History Dba Denver Museum of Nature & Scienc · Denver, CO · 2022
Space odyssey reimagined
$110,000
Casa De Paz · Aurora, CO · 2024
General operations
$110,000
Scottish Rite Foundation of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2021
Advanced autism training for ritecare western slope partners
$100,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Colorado pledge endowed scholarship
$100,000
Denver Scholarship Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Schlessman family foundation scholarship
$100,000
Denver Scholarship Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Schlessman family foundation scholarship
$100,000
Denver Scholarship Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Schlessman family foundation scholarship
$100,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2021
Home fire campaign
$100,000
Denver Museum of Nature & Science · Denver, CO · 2021
Space odyssey reimagined campaign installment on $500,000 pledge.
$100,000
Denver Scholarship Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021
Schlessman family foundation scholarship installment on $500,000 pledge.
$100,000
Fort Lewis College Foundation · Durango, CO · 2021
Schlessman family scholarship
$50,000
Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity · Greeley, CO · 2022
General operations
$50,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
Csb scholarship
$50,000
Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity · Greeley, CO · 2021
General operations
$42,500
Work Options · Denver, CO · 2023
General operations
$40,000
Scottish Rite · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$40,000
Scottish Rite · Denver, CO · 2023
General operations
$38,000
Young American'S · Denver, CO · 2024
Ameritowne & youthbiz
$35,000
Minds Matter Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$32,500
We Don'T Waste · Denver, CO · 2023
General operations
$32,500
We Don'T Waste · Denver, CO · 2022
General operations
$32,500
Work Options · Denver, CO · 2022
General operations
$30,000
Metro Caring · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Whiz Kids · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Scottish Rite Foundation of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2021
General operations
$30,000
We Don'T Waste · Denver, CO · 2021
General operations
$28,000
Young American'S · Denver, CO · 2023
General operations
$28,000
Young American'S · Denver, CO · 2022
General operations
$27,000
Scottish Rite · Denver, CO · 2022
General operations
$26,500
Minds Matter Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Adams County Emergency Food Bank · Commerce City, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Dmns · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Girls Inc of Metropolitan Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Grid Alternatives Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Kids First Health Care · 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
$25,000
Whiz Kids · Denver, CO · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Brain matters campaign
$25,000
Whiz Kids · Denver, CO · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Rocky Moutain Adventist Healthcare Fdn · Denver, CO · 2021
Brain matters campaign installment on $100,000.00 pledge

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