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Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
55
Grants FY2025
54
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$275,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 86
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
18
Total assets, FY2025
$16M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $286k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving54$1.9M28%
FY202454$2.1M24%
FY202359$1.7M8%
FY202277$1.9M25%
FY202169$1.7M28%
FY202086$1.6M78%
FY201923$302k52%
FY201815$555k47%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.6MHealth$2.7MPhilanthropy$2.1MReligion$1.2MHuman Services$1.1MEnvironment$660kCommunity Improvement$539kYouth Development$500kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Patricks Episcopal Church$2,267,9009n/a
The George Washington University$710,00030%
Fair Chance$466,00077%
Youth for Tomorrow-New Life Center Inc$315,00080%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$300,00050%
The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc$274,000610%
Horizons Greater Washington Inc$248,00093%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$225,00020%
Christ Church Parish of Georgetown$195,0009n/a
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$180,00020%
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All grantees of Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Patricks Episcopal Church$2,267,9009n/a
The George Washington University$710,00030%
Fair Chance$466,00077%
Youth for Tomorrow-New Life Center Inc$315,00080%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$300,00050%
The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc$274,000610%
Horizons Greater Washington Inc$248,00093%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$225,00020%
Christ Church Parish of Georgetown$195,0009n/a
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$180,00020%
Building Bridges Across the River Inc$175,00021%
RARE Hope Inc$175,000442%
Charleston Habitat for Humanity Inc$160,00063%
Georgetown University$125,00020%
The Field School Inc$110,00020%
Georgetown Ministry Center$95,00072%
Washington Winter Show Inc$95,000710%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$90,00060%
University of Denver$80,50020%
Intown Playgroup Inc$80,000721%
The Washington Ballet$80,00070%
The Aspen Institute Inc$75,00040%
Martha's Table Inc$65,32530%
Harvest Hope Food Bank$65,00050%
Trisomy 18 Support Inc Dba Trisomy 18 Foundation$60,471515%
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc$60,39040%
Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment Inc$60,22551%
Best Kids Inc$60,00062%
My Sister's Place Inc$60,00050%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$60,00040%
Little Folks School Inc$55,00051%
Oceana Inc$55,00050%
Youth Homes Inc$50,77040%
St Peter's Hospital Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Washington School for Girls$50,00012%
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$50,00020%
Helo Incorporated$45,000210%
Eo Wilson Biodiversity Foundation$45,00040%
St Marys Health Wagon Inc$45,00040%
City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc$45,00051%
Upstream USA Inc$45,00030%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$45,00040%
The MusicianShip DC$40,30041%
The Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation$40,00030%
Big Creek People in Action Inc$40,00042%
Charity Global Inc$40,00040%
Nephcure Kidney International$35,00020%
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc$30,38530%
Arlington Food Assistance Center$30,36330%
Good Sports Inc$30,30030%
Little Falls Watershed Alliance Inc$30,000329%
Hope Recovery$30,0003n/a
Cancer Action Inc$30,00032%
National Park Trust Inc$30,00030%
Comfort Cases Inc$30,00030%
Ellas Kids Inc$30,000316%
Turning the Page$30,00032%
DC Public Education Fund$25,00010%
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc$25,00011%
Woodson Center$25,00010%
National Gallery of Art$25,00010%
The National Theatre Foundation$25,00021%
Spur Local Inc$21,00051%
Growing Hope Inc$20,30021%
National Pku Alliance Inc$20,00040%
Abused and Homeless Children's Refuge Inc$20,00020%
Transitional Housing Corporation$20,00020%
HER Resiliency Center$20,00022%
City Blossoms Inc$20,00021%
Echo Inc$20,00031%
One Simple Wish Inc$20,00020%
Thrive DC$20,00020%
Lift Inc$20,00020%
Council on Foundations Inc$20,00020%
American Nurses Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association$19,00020%
District of Columbia Public Library Foundation Inc$15,25021%
Citizens Association of Georgetown$15,15032%
Lambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation$15,00010%
Center for Humane Technology$15,00010%
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation$15,00010%
Charity Navigator$14,00050%
The Club Foundation$12,50022%
Paws and Stripes Inc$10,70011%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$10,50030%
Covenant House Washington DC$10,00010%
Waterorg$10,00010%
Save the Chimps Inc$10,00010%
Upstream$10,0001n/a
Youth Homes$10,00010%
Knock Out Abuse$10,0001n/a
National Kidney Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma Inc$10,00010%
Earth Island Institute Inc$10,00010%
Polar Bears International$10,00010%
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$10,00010%
4 Paws for Ability Inc$10,00010%
Water Missions International$10,00010%
Hope for Paws$10,00010%
Sea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation$10,00011%
Team E$10,0002n/a
Fashion Arts Collective Co Michael Schilken Dvorak Law Group$10,000214%
Fair Girls Inc$10,00011%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$10,00010%
National Park Foundation$10,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,00010%
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$10,0001n/a
American Forests$10,00010%
American Kidney Fund Inc$10,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00010%
Amazon Conservation Association$10,00010%
Insight Memory Care Center$10,00020%
Environmental and Energy Study Institute$10,00011%
Children of the Village Network Inc$7,500110%
DC Greens Inc$7,50020%
Dover Childrens Home Inc$6,50040%
Childhelp Inc$5,00010%
Historic George Town Club Foundation$5,0001n/a
Preserve Kiawah$5,0001n/a
Ford's Theatre Society$5,00010%
Downtown Rescue Mission Inc$5,00010%
Merri-Mac Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Increasing HOPE$5,00011%
Charleston Animal Society$5,00010%
The Santa Barbara Birth Center$3,0001n/a
The Concept School$2,50010%
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia$2,50010%
Autism Speaks Inc$2,50010%
Children's Hospital Foundation$2,00010%
Friends of Volta Park Inc$1,50013%
Arts Etc$1,00010%
National Aphasia Association I$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 121 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe George Washington University: $710,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFair Chance: $466,000 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetYouth for Tomorrow-New Life Center Inc: $315,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $300,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $274,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetHorizons Greater Washington Inc: $248,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation: $225,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $180,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBuilding Bridges Across the River Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRARE Hope Inc: $175,000 over 4y, 42% of budgetCharleston Habitat for Humanity Inc: $160,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetGeorgetown University: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Field School Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGeorgetown Ministry Center: $95,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetWashington Winter Show Inc: $95,000 over 7y, 10.0% of budgetLowcountry Food Bank Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Denver: $80,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIntown Playgroup Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 21% of budgetThe Washington Ballet: $80,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMartha's Table Inc: $65,325 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHarvest Hope Food Bank: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrisomy 18 Support Inc Dba Trisomy 18 Foundation: $60,471 over 5y, 15% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $60,390 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSurvivors and Advocates for Empowerment Inc: $60,225 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBest Kids Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetMy Sister's Place Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Folks School Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetOceana Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Homes Inc: $50,770 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSt Peter's Hospital Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWashington School for Girls: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJohn F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHelo Incorporated: $45,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetEo Wilson Biodiversity Foundation: $45,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSt Marys Health Wagon Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCity Kids to Wilderness Project Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUpstream USA Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe MusicianShip DC: $40,300 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetThe Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBig Creek People in Action Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCharity Global Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNephcure Kidney International: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNational Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc: $30,385 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetArlington Food Assistance Center: $30,363 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGood Sports Inc: $30,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 121.

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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.

Greater Washington Community FoundationDC43.8× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · United Way of the National Capital Area · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · World Bank Community Connections Fund · Sidgmore Family Foundation · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · The Rockefeller Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation

How much does Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation give?
Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation reported 55 grants totaling $1,867,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 86 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), Health (19%), Philanthropy (15%).
Who are Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Patricks Episcopal Church ($2.3M), The George Washington University ($710k), Fair Chance ($466k).
Does Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Alisann and Terry Collins 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 Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee.
Where is Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation based?
Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation is based in VA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 175 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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