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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.

1 funder with a record of paying for “schlessman”

Where the money went

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Schlessman Foundation Inc → Denver Public Library Friends Foundation: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2021Schlessman Foundation Inc → Colorado College: $408K across 1 grant, latest 2021Schlessman Foundation Inc → Denver Scholarship Foundation: $400K across 4 grants, latest 2024Schlessman Foundation Inc → Fort Lewis College Foundation: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2021Schlessman Foundation Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Schlessman Foundation Inc$1.4MDenver Public Library Friends Foundation: received $500K on this topicDenver Public Library Friends F…$500KColorado College: received $408K on this topicColorado College$408KDenver Scholarship Foundation: received $400K on this topicDenver Scholarship Foundation$400KFort Lewis College Foundation: received $100K on this topicFort Lewis College Foundation$100K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →