Ymca of the Rockies
ESTES PARK, CO
$1MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General operations
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Schlessman Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 84-6030309 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: SCHLESSMAN FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 116 | $6.8M |
| 2023 | 112 | $6.2M |
Where Schlessman Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Colorado$13M
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Fort Lewis College Foundation
DURANGO, CO
$700KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General operations
Ymca of the Rockies
ESTES PARK, CO
$600KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Enduring tradition, inspired future - a campaign for camp chief ouray's second century
Savio House
DENVER, CO
$500KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Construction of savio's family residential program
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation
DENVER, CO
$500KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Denver central library
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (228 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Schlessman Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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