Colorado · Private foundation
Kesselman Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $126k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2026
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 30
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 7
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 9% of the organizations Kesselman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 23 | $126k | 9% |
| FY2025 | 22 | $73k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $63k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $60k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $60k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $77k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $62k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $49k | 64% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Denver | $42,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Jeffco Action Center Inc the Action Center | $30,375 | 10 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Geneva Glen Camp Inc | $21,750 | 10 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $19,125 | 3 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $18,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $17,750 | 10 | 0% |
| Colorado Academy | $15,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Congregation Rodef Shalom | $14,100 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($298k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kesselman Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Kesselman Family Foundation
- How much does Kesselman Family Foundation give?
- Kesselman Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $126,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 30 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Kesselman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (38%), Health (11%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Kesselman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: University of Denver ($43k), Jeffco Action Center Inc the Action Center ($30k), Trevor Project Inc ($30k).
- Does Kesselman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kesselman Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kesselman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Kesselman Family Foundation based?
- Kesselman Family Foundation is based in CO.
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