Private foundation · EIN 84-6030309 · Denver, CO · Return for the year ending 2024-03-31

Where Schlessman Foundation's grants went

It reported $6.16M in grants paid across 112 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 77.0% of those dollars to 91 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Website on filing
WWW.SCHLESSMANFOUNDATION.ORG

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 102 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
YMCA of the Rockies
Estes Park, CO · EIN 84-0404913
$600,000ENDURING TRADITION, INSPIRED FUTURE - A CAMPAIGN FOR CAMP CHIEF OURAY'S SECOND CENTURYSame address 1.00
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation
Denver, CO · EIN 84-6036979
$500,000DENVER CENTRAL LIBRARYSame address 1.00
Savio House
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0570279
$500,000CONSTRUCTION OF SAVIO'S FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMSame city 1.00
The Colorado College
Colorado Spgs, CO · EIN 84-0402510
$450,000COLORADO PLEDGE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPSame address 1.00
The Fort Lewis College Foundation
Durango, CO · EIN 23-7122114
$400,000CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES CENTERSame address 1.00
Porter Hospice
Greenwood Village, CO · no confident EIN match
$333,333GENERAL OPERATIONSUnmatched Help match
Roundup River Ranch
Gypsum, CO · EIN 20-4632248
$315,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame city 1.00
University of Denver
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0404231
$300,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame ZIP 1.00
Warren Village
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0644270
$300,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Kids FIRST Health CARE
Commerce City, CO · EIN 84-0799374
$250,000NEW CLINIC AND ADMIN SITE CAPITAL PROJECTSame ZIP 1.00
Denver Scholarship Foundation
Denver, CO · EIN 20-5143175
$100,000SCHLESSMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPSame ZIP 1.00
Wedontwaste
Denver, CO · EIN 27-0585966
$32,500GENERAL OPERATIONSExact name 1.00
Young Americans Center for Financial Education
Denver, CO · EIN 84-1564926
$28,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 0.65
Minds Matter Colorado
Denver, CO · EIN 20-1449487
$26,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame city 1.00
Whiz Kids
Denver, CO · no confident EIN match
$25,000GENERAL OPERATIONSUnmatched Help match
Adams County Emergency Food Bank
Commerce City, CO · EIN 30-0754165
$20,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Craig Hospital
Englewood, CO · EIN 84-0404233
$20,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame street 1.00
Grid Alternatives
Denver, CO · EIN 46-1815422
$20,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 0.86
Metro Caring
Denver, CO · EIN 84-6116951
$20,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Reading Partners
Oakland, CA · EIN 77-0568469
$20,000GENERAL OPERATIONSExact name 1.00
Sewall Child Development Center
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0413241
$20,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196605
$17,500GENERAL OPERATIONSKnown alias 1.00
Emily Griffith Foundation
Denver, CO · EIN 84-1169001
$17,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Mile High Ministries
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0782214
$17,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Mountain Resource Center
Conifer, CO · EIN 84-1178699
$17,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking
Denver, CO · EIN 27-0662292
$17,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Girls Inc of Metropolitan Denver
Denver, CO · no confident EIN match
$17,500GENERAL OPERATIONSUnmatched Help match
Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores
Denver, CO · EIN 03-0412235
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Earthlinks
Denver, CO · EIN 84-1343224
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Kids in Need of Dentistry
Commerce City, CO · EIN 84-6038681
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame street 1.00
National Jewish Health
Denver, CO · EIN 74-2044647
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Raise the Future
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0793576
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Rocky Mountain Youth Medical and Nursing
Thornton, CO · EIN 84-1321485
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Second Wind Fund
Denver, CO · EIN 73-1701536
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
The Delores Project
Denver, CO · EIN 20-1122039
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Denver Zoological Foundation
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0502539
$15,000ANIMAL CARE AND VET SEVICES ENTRANCESame ZIP 1.00
Colorado Museum of Natural History
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0518447
$15,000SPACE ODYSSEY REIMAGINEDSame address 0.66
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation
Wheat Ridge, CO · no confident EIN match
$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONSUnmatched Help match
Iliff School of Theology
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0404244
$14,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame ZIP 1.00
Hope Communities
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0829068
$13,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Hope House of Colorado
Arvada, CO · EIN 84-1567838
$13,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 0.99
Parkinson Association of the Rockies
Denver, CO · EIN 74-2212593
$13,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers & Scientists
Denver, CO · EIN 74-2208861
$13,000GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Ability Connection Colorado
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0420225
$12,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
The Childrens Museum of Denver
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0658142
$12,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 0.63
Colorado Lions Kidsight Program
Centennial, CO · EIN 45-3718930
$12,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame ZIP 1.00
Environmental Learning for Kids
Denver, CO · EIN 84-1436605
$12,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame city 1.00
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Denver, CO · EIN 32-0102662
$12,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame city 1.00
Sun Valley Community Center
Denver, CO · EIN 47-4226132
$12,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame address 0.82
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Denver, CO · EIN 74-2357211
$12,500GENERAL OPERATIONSSame city 1.00

8 more lines ($926K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    83 recipients in common
  2. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    27 recipients in common
  3. The Colorado Health Foundation Denver, CO
    22 recipients in common
  4. Xcel Energy Foundation Minneapolis, MN
    21 recipients in common
  5. Anschutz Family Foundation Denver, CO
    20 recipients in common
  6. The Janus Henderson Foundation Denver, CO
    18 recipients in common
  7. Daniels Fund Denver, CO
    16 recipients in common
  8. Enterprise Holdings Foundation Saint Louis, MO
    14 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.