Funder Standing / Colcom Foundation

Colcom Foundation

PA · EIN 311479839 · 100M+ · data as of FY2023
Adds new grantees occasionally

16 of 104 organizations Colcom Foundation funded in FY2023 had not been funded in the prior 3 years.

Across all compared years the rate is 22.9%. Foundations of a similar size sit at 33.0%.

The numbers

New-grantee rate
22.9%
Pooled across compared years
Median grant
$66,000
Range $9,000 – $2,870,000
Repeat-dollar share
90.0%
Dollars to prior-year grantees
Accepts unsolicited
Yes
Inferred from the filing — see below
Match rate
100.0%
Grant lines resolved to an organization
Filing years used
4
Consecutive returns on file

Who they funded in FY2023

RecipientAmount
COLCOM FOUNDATION - NUMBERSUSA EDUCATION & RESEARCH FOUNDATION$2,870,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM$2,600,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - IMMIGRATION REFORM LAW INSTITUTE$2,300,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES$1,975,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST$1,750,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - IMMIGRATION RESEARCH FUND$1,070,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - OGLEBAY FOUNDATIONnew$1,000,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY$602,825
COLCOM FOUNDATION - NATIONAL AVIARY PITTSBURGH INC$550,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY$350,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - PITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP$350,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY$340,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - SCENIC AMERICA$300,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$225,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART$220,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - VETERANS PLACE OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD INC$200,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - PA CLEANWAYS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INC$200,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - MOUNTAIN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION$180,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - PENNSYLVANIA RESOURCES COUNCIL$175,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - WESTMORELAND LAND TRUST$175,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - SCENIC PITTSBURGH$160,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - PITTSBURGH TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES$150,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - GROW PITTSBURGH$150,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN$150,000
COLCOM FOUNDATION - TREE PITTSBURGH$150,000

Showing the 25 largest of 104 grants.

How to read this

Every US private foundation files Form 990-PF, and Part XV of that return itemises each grant it paid, with the recipient's name. Lining those lists up across filing years shows which organizations were funded for the first time.

That does work the application checkbox cannot. Whether a foundation says it accepts unsolicited proposals is self-reported and never audited. The grant ledger is behaviour.

What this page does not tell you. Whether your work fits what Colcom Foundation funds — no tax return contains that. Whether anyone on your board already knows a trustee, which is how a great deal of foundation money actually moves. Or anything that has changed since the last filing, which runs twelve to twenty-four months behind.
Source. IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV line 3a (grants paid during the year), tax years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Excludes. Grants approved for future payment, which the return lists separately
Computed. 2026-08-03 · Next recompute. 2026-11-01
Distribution. GivingTuesday Data Lake mirror of the IRS e-file corpus

If this is your foundation.

Every figure here comes from your own filings. If one looks wrong I would rather hear it than keep publishing it — write to me and I will show you the filings and the arithmetic behind it, and correct it if it is off.