Dolores J & Robert a Bochatey Foundation
Lakewood, CO · EIN 84-3751936. Reported 53 grants totalling $202,552 to 35 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Dolores J & Robert a Bochatey Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,462. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $252 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Through Music - Colorado | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Marketplace of Ideasmarketplace for Kids | Mantador, ND | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mirror Image Arts | Arvada, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey St Viator Prep High School | North Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Earth Sciences Foundation Inc Letsdigorg | Springfield, MO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hillsdale College K-12 | Hillsdale, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jazzstl | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lotus Impact Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Repertory Orchestra - Youth | Breckenridge, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Colorado Learning Connections | Frisco, CO | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hope Lutheran K-8 School | Shawnee, KS | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bard Prison Initiative | Annandaleonthehudso, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Earth Sciences Foundation Inc Letsdigorg | Eau Claire, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Golden View Academy | Golden, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Paws & Pals | Blue Springs, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Read - Utah | Provo, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Icivics | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spencer Nelson | Littleton, CO | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ariel Hopkins | St Louis, MO | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lilly Fosdick | Cheasapeake, VA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Etm-Center for Talent Development | Denver, CO | $3,462 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Applewood Golf Course | Golden, CO | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ascent Credit Union Foundation | Ogden, UT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Esl in-Home Program of Northern Nevada | Gardnerville, NV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lee's Family Academy | Las Vegas, NV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Angel Fund | Helena, MT | $2,252 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Precious Child | Broomfield, CO | $2,241 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Braking Barriers - Utah | Provo, UT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zaveon Mills | St Louis, MO | $1,227 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hands All Around | Littleton, CO | $1,050 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Firefly Autism | Lakewood, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockly Family Foundation | Golden, CO | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Andrews Orthodox Camp (youth) | Cleveland, NY | $820 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Old Threshers Museumfair | Mt Pleasant, IA | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bringing Life to Music | Denver, CO | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
14 of 35 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 40%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Mirror Image Arts
PROVIDE "YOUR VOICE-THEATRE IN EDUCATION" FOR DENVER/AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN AT RISK INCLUDING JUVENILE INCARCERATED, DISTRUPTING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE. - Education Through Music - Colorado
PROVIDE FULL MUSIC PROGRAM TO DENVER & AURORA K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. - Hillsdale College K-12
CREATE & DISTRUBTE FULL LIBERAL ARTS AND STEM CUURICULUM. TRAIN TEACHERS TO USE IT. PUBLIC, CHARTER, AND HOME SCHOOL. - Cristo Rey St Viator Prep High School
Student Scholarships to attend accredited 4 year college prep high school with integrate work experience at partnership businesses. - Lotus Impact Foundation
Provide onsite & virtual literacy/ESL training and other academic tutoring to low-income residents in the housing development. - Hope Lutheran K-8 School
Scholarship for low-income students to attend k-8
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 14 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | $20,192 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 7 | $24,271 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 12 | $39,562 | $2,831 |
| 2024 | 14 | $49,527 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 12 | $69,000 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Dolores J & Robert a Bochatey Foundation has 33 of them, worth $145,044. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Education Through Music - Colorado | Denver, CO | $10,000 |
| Cristo Rey St Viator Prep High School | North Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 |
| Marketplace of Ideasmarketplace for Kids | Mantador, ND | $5,000 |
| Mirror Image Arts | Arvada, CO | $5,000 |
| Earth Sciences Foundation Inc Letsdigorg | Eau Claire, WI | $5,000 |
| Icivics | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 |
| Hillsdale K-12 | Hillsdale, MI | $5,000 |
| Earth Sciences Foundation Inc Letsdigorg | Springfield, MO | $5,000 |
| Education Through Music - Colorado | Denver, CO | $5,000 |
| Bard Prison Initiative | Annandaleonthehudso, NY | $5,000 |
| Icivics | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 |
| Marketplace of Ideasmarketplace for Kids | Mantador, ND | $5,000 |
| Golden View Academy | Golden, CO | $5,000 |
| Jazzstl | St Louis, MO | $5,000 |
| Marketplace of Ideasmarketplace for Kids | Mantador, ND | $5,000 |
Where its money goes
38% of its giving went to organizations in Colorado. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,462. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Dolores J & Robert a Bochatey Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 9000 W 20TH Ave, Lakewood, CO, 80215. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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